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

• Who?  Who is the author of this source?
  • Are they qualified to write/speak on the subject?
  • Do you detect any bias on the author’s part in relation to the subject?
• What? What is the source?
  • Does it have a title?
  • Is it a primary source, such as an original document or creative work or is it a secondary source, such as a report or analysis of primary sources?
  • Is it authoritative or trustworthy?
• How?
  • How was the source produced?
  • Who is the publisher or sponsoring organization?
• Where did you find the source?
  • Was it through a library’s databases or through an internet search engine that may list results in a biased or weighted manner?
• When was the source published? 
  • Has it been replaced or updated?

MLA Handbook. 8^th ed., The Modern Language Association, 2016, pp. 11-12.

Google can be helpful for your research. Here are some ways to make sure you're getting the best you can out of it:

• Use Google Advanced Search: next to the search box, click on Advanced Search. Use AND, OR, and NOT.
• Use Google Scholar: go up to the top of the Google page, and click on the link "more." Choose Scholar from the list. Google Scholar will bring you back scholarly journal articles; we have access to the ones with links on the right!
• Use Google Books: in the same place you clicked for Scholar, try Books. Some books are available online, full-text, in PDF!
• Use your skepticism: don't forget that Google is primarily a company that exists to make money. Try going to the second and third results pages.