Follow the same steps listed above, but also click on Scholarly and Peer-Review under Refine Your Search in the left-hand column. Or you can try a database like Literature Resource Center, which is a great source for literary critiques.
All of the databases listed below will help you find book reviews and/or literary critiques.
When searching for book reviews/literary criticism by a topic, a phrase or an author's name, put quotation marks around it to search for an exact match.
Example search terms:
"author interview"
"book review"
"literary criticism"
"review article"
"author interview" AND "ray bradbury"
"book review" AND "the great gatsby"
"literary criticism" AND 1984 AND orwell
review AND "pride and prejudice"
(review OR criticism) AND "brave new world"
Content includes:
More than 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
More than 80,000 articles/essays of literary criticism
More than 250,000 author biographies
More than 450 literary journals
More than 900,000 book reviews
Nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary poems
More than 27,000 classic and contemporary short stories
Nearly 10,000 author interviews
More than 7,400 classic novels
Off campus? To view the database resources, you will be prompted to enter your SC4 email address and password. Please contact the library if you are having trouble.