skip to content

BOOK REVIEWS


Locating Book Reviews at the Trecker Library

UConn Libraries Homepage: 
 

HOMER is the University of Connecticut Libraries online catalog.  Through Homer, it is possible to search not only the holding of the University Libraries, including the Regional Campus Libraries, but also the catalog of other libraries.  In addition, there are links to other databases, full text resources restricted to the UConn community.
 

Book Review Digest (1983+)
  An index with brief excerpts from reviews in newspapers and periodicals.
  Located in Shortcuts - First Search on the Library Homepage
  Paper backfiles 1981-1996 found at Ref Z 1291.C6
  Paper backfile 1906-1980 found in Reference Storage First Floor
 ABELL Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1980+)
 Fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American Literature
 Located in Databases by Title on the Library Homepage
Academic Universe
Full texts of a worldwide list newspapers and journals
Located in Shortcuts on the Library Homepage
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1980+)
References many of the world’s leading arts and humanities journals
Located in Shortcuts - First Search - Other Databases - Arts and Humanities on the Library Homepage
British Humanities Index (1985+)
Indexes 400 British journals
Located in Databases by Title on the Library Homepage
InfoTrac(1980+)
A general periodical index with many full text articles
Located in Shortcuts on the Library Homepage
INSPEC (1969+)
Indexes 4000 scientific and technical journals
Located in Shortcuts - First Search on the Library Homepage
JSTOR
Full texts of older journals in economics, mathematics, history, and the social sciences
Located in Shortcuts - Fulltext  on the Library Homepage
MLA International Bibliography (1963+)
Extensive bibliography which includes criticism in books, journals and dissertations
Located in Databases by Title on the Library Homepage
Uncover
Current awareness service available at no charge to current UConn students, faculty and staff
Located in Shortcuts on the Library Homepage
WilsonWeb (formerly JRef) (1994+)

WilsonWeb is comprised of databases covering many fields of science, social science and the humanities, with Full Text Articles including: Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, and Social Sciences Full Text. Located in Shortcuts from the Library Homepage


WWW Resources
 

Electronic Book Review :  http://www.altx.com/ebr/
Yahoo :   http://www.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/reviews/

STYLE MANUAL
 

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing  Ref. PN147 .G444 1998
Latest information on bibliographical citations in all formats
MLA Style of Citation (Electronic) http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/mla.html
An excellent introduction to citing electronic sources.



Compiled by Beverley Manning
H.B. Trecker Library
Beverley.Manning@.uconn.edu
February 2001

This page is maintained by Janice Mathews.