If you need to locate a book review for an assignment or need to browse reviews as part of readers' advisory, take a look at the resources on this page.
Journal Resources
BooklistA book review magazine published by ALA. Covers adult nonfiction, adult fiction, graphic novels, youth nonfiction, youth fiction, and audio.
Library JournalAmerican trade publication that contains library news, articles about professional practice, and reviews of library materials and equipment.
Publishers WeeklyA weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business. Contains over 9,000 book reviews for fiction, nonfiction, and children's.
Kirkus ReviewsAmerican book review magazine that reviews over 7,500 titles each year in fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, teen, and children’s.
School Library JournalThe premier publication for librarians working with children and teens. Publishes over 6,000 reviews annually in multimedia, reference, fiction, and nonfiction.
The Horn BookThe most distinguished journal in the field of children’s and YA literature.
Core Collections (H.W. Wilson)This link opens in a new windowSelected and recommended by collection development specialists, books within these five Core Collections encompass a wide variety of topics, including fiction, non-fiction, social sciences, science, math and reading.
Choice Reviews OnlineThis link opens in a new windowIncludes reviews of academic books, websites, and media in all subject areas.
MAS Ultra-School EditionThis link opens in a new windowDesigned specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines, and provides access to more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 items.
Library & Information Science SourceThis link opens in a new windowIncludes full text for more than 460 publications and indexing for hundreds of high-quality journals, as well as books, research reports and proceedings across an array of subjects, and provides comprehensive coverage of the history of library studies.
Author/Illustrator Information
Biography in ContextThis link opens in a new windowDiscover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.
