Research Guides: Book Reviews: Reviews in Mags and Newspapers

Magazines and Newspapers -- Full-Text Reviews

** = UC Irvine access only

New York Review of Books**
Access this traditional source of book reviews from beginning (1963) to present.
Los Angeles Review of Books
The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts.
TLS: Times Literary Supplement
Can only read a portion of the review as subscription to current content is not available to libraries. We do have the current subscription in physical format on the 2nd floor of the Langson Library.
TLS Historical Archive**
Fully searchable archive of the TLS in image format and full page context with the identities of contributors who were published anonymously disclosed. There is a six-year moving wall for coverage. Coverage: 1902-2005
New York Times (1851-present)**
To see reviews only, type in "review" and search under document type.
Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)**
To see reviews only, type in "review" and search under document type.
Los Angeles Times (1987-present)**
To see reviews only, type in "review" and search under document type.
Metacritic
Good place to find current and freely-available film, television, DVD, book, and video game reviews.
Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)**
Complements the database Academic Search Complete by covering early years of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States.

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