Critical Reviews Contents of this page: Book Reviews Movie Reviews A review is a critical evaluation. By reading reviews, you can determine the quality of a book or movie. Book Reviews Books are reviewed in newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. Ordinarily a book will be reviewed within a year after it is published, although it may be reviewed later. To find a book review, you need to know the author, title, and date of publication. Following are several sources for finding book reviews: Expanded Academic ASAP Gives references to reviews and in some cases the full text. Search for title and review. Example: Prodigal Summer and review Book Review Digest Plus, 1905- Gives full bibliographic information about the book, a summary of the book, excerpts from some of the reviews, and references to full reviews in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Book Review Index, 1965- (Carrier Library Index Table 3) Cites reviews in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Does not include summaries or excerpts of reviews. More comprehensive in its coverage than Book Review Digest. Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals: 1886-1974 (Carrier Library Index Table 3) WilsonWeb OmniFile Covers book reviews in arts and humanities journals. Movie Reviews Expanded Academic ASAP Gives references to reviews and in some cases the full text. Search for title and review. Example: A Beautiful Mind and movie review Film Literature Index Indexes reviews in international film periodicals. Film Review Annual (Index Table 5) WilsonWeb OmniFile Covers film reviews in arts and humanities journals. Film Indexes Online Directory of films and film personalities; includes references Internet Movie Database Browser Reviews from newspapers, film magazines, and other Internet sources. Send comments to: Lynn Cameron © James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA