Book Reviews  Tags: sfsu sf_state san_francisco_state_university j._paul_leonard book_review online_source printed_source  

 If you are looking for literary criticism - an in-depth examination of themes rather than an overview and opinion of the book as a whole, refer to the Literary Criticism Research Guide. 

1. When searching most online databases try combining the book title and phrase "book review" as a keyword search.
2. Some databases allow you to search "book review" as a resource type. 
   
3. Print indexes provide book reviews as well as electronic databases. If you do not locate a review in the book review index volume with a date corresponding to the year the book was published, check the volumes for the one or two years after the date of publication.