How to Find Book Reviews, Literary Criticism, and Other Reviews

• Use the OneSearch box on the library homepage at https://sc4.edu/library.
• Type in the title of your book. Put the title in quotation marks " " if it is more than one word to search it as a phrase.
• Click on Book Review in the left-hand column under Content Type.

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"

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.