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RDG332 - Literature for Children

 

How to find book reviews

Find a book review for: 

Quetzal: Sacred Bird of the Cloud Forest by Dorothy H. Patent, 1996

1.  Look in one of these indexes to find a review:

a.  Book Review Digest

·        Available online - 1983 to present.

·        In print in Kresge Library – REF Z 1219 .C96   1905 -1999

b.  General Reference Center Gold – online, 1980 to present

c.  Book Review Index - available only in print at Kresge Library

·        REF Z 1035 .A1 B6  1969-1997

d.  Lexis/Nexis – online, full-text reviews from Kirkus back to April 1991

·        Click the Power Search tab, then search for Kirkus Reviews as a source, select that title to search, then enter your book title.

RESULTS:

a.  Book Review Digest: The Horn Book v. 73 (Jan./Feb. 1997) p. 78 not full-text (FT)

b. Gen Ref Ctr Gold :      The Horn Book Magazine Jan-Feb 1997 v73 n1 p78 FT                                         

                                        Booklist August 1996 v92 n22 p1899, FT

                                        School Library Journal Oct 1996 v42 n10 p138, not FT

c. Book Review Index: Kirkus Reviews July 15, 1996 v64  p903, not FT

d.  Lexis/Nexis:          Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 1996, FT

 

2.  If the review is not available full-text, check the Library Catalog to see if we have the journal.

            Journal title search of School Library Journal     (Available online and in print at ERL)

  Journal title search of Kirkus Reviews (Available on Lexis/Nexis, 1991- to the present)

 

3. Key journals that review children’s books:

  journal              micro/print access             call number                  online access

Booklist

ERL: 1987-

KL: 1969-92

4th floor Kresge Library Z1035.A1B65

Gen Ref Ctr Gold 1992-

Horn Book Magazine

ERL: 2004-

KL: 1924 -

4th floor Kresge Library  Z1037.A1A15

Gen Ref Ctr Gold 1993-

Kirkus Reviews

ERL:1972-89

KL:

Some missing issues

LexisNexis 1991-

Gen Ref Ctr Gold 2001-

School Library Journal

ERL: 1977-

KL:

 

Gen Ref Ctr Gold 2000-

LexisNexis 2001-

 

Contact: Kris Condic, Associate Professor, 236 Kresge Library