UVM Libraries Research Guides: Book Reviews: Children's Books

Children's Books

Children's Book Review Index
Call Number: REF Z 1037 .A1 C47 (C475) Holdings: 1965-1984, 1985-2015 (Ref Collection-1st floor)
Citations to book reviews.
Book Review Digest
Call Number: REF Z 1219 .C95 Holdings: 1905-2014/2015 (Ref Collection-1st floor)
[Full-Text (excerpts)].Cites and excerpts reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children. Includes only reviews that have appeared within 18 months of the book's publication.

Book Review Index This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text and Citations]. Reviews for adult and children's books from popular, trade, refereed, and scholarly publications. Coverage is more extensive than Book Review Digest. Coverage: 1965-present.
Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text]. After entering the database, select "Children's Literature Review" from the "by Product/Series" list.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text and Citations]. Popular magazines, scholarly journals, and selected newspapers, including the New York Times. Substantive coverage: late 1970s-present, date varies by publication. To find book reviews: enter search terms; in the "Document Type" category, select "Book Review" from the list.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text and Citations]. Scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and other sources. Substantive coverage: 1980s-present, date varies by publication. To find book reviews: enter search terms; in the "Document type" category, select "Review" from the list. If you want book reviews from journals and magazines only, in the "Source type" category, select "Magazines" and "Scholarly Journals."
Gale Academic OneFile Select This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text and Citations]. Popular magazines, scholarly journals, and selected newspapers, including the New York Times. Coverage: 1980-present, date varies by publication. To find book reviews: enter search terms; in the "by document type" category, select "Book Review" from the list.
General OneFile This link opens in a new window
[Full-Text and Citations]. This multidisciplinary resource contains newspapers, journals, and other general-interest media sources, including the New York Times and NPR transcripts. Date coverage: 1980-present. To limit a search to book reviews, enter search terms; in the "by document type" category, select "Book Review" from the list.

Selected Review Journals

Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books
Rates and reviews virtually every children’s and young adult book published in the U.S. Full-text online access from 2000-present. Print format (Howe Library Reference Collection, 1st floor. REF Z 1037.A1 H67): 1989/90-2007.
Horn Book Magazine
Reviews new books for children and young adults, and features articles and commentaries on issues in children’s and young adult literature. Full-text online access from 1990-present. Print format (Library Research Annex): 1930-1973. Microfilm format (Howe Library, 2nd floor): 1974-2008. Horn Book website
School Library Journal (SLJ)
Includes articles on timely topics of interest to school library media specialists, and reviews thousands of new books for children and teenagers annually. Full-text online access from 1974-present. SLJ Reviews website
Booklist
This journal of the American Library Association reviews thousands of new titles for children, young, adults, and adults annually, and includes special focus features. Full-text online access from Dec 1993-present and indexed back to 1980. Print format (Howe Library Periodicals, 2nd floor): 1956/57-present. Booklist website
Kirkus Reviews
This magazine contains reviews of over 5,000 titles each year that includes adult fiction and nonfiction hard-covers and trade paperbacks, as well as children's and young adult titles. Full-text online access from 1991-present. Kirkus website