Asian Studies

• America: History and Life - covers the world's scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Hint: Select "review" from publication type list and enter title of book into the search box.
• ​ATLA Religion Database - major index to books and articles on religious studies. Hint: Choose keyword search; enter "reviews" and combine it with keywords from the title example: "reviews and Beyond phenomenology"
• Canadian Periodical Index - good source if book was published Canada. Hint:  Search title of the book and limit results to document type  "book review"
   
• CBCA (Canadian Business and Current Affairs) -  good source if book was published in Canada Hint: enter book title into search box and then filter document type to "book review"
   
• JSTOR  -use advanced feature; then limit to "reviews" 
   
• Project Muse - search for the book title, then limit results to reviews
   
• Periodicals Archive Online - international index to thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage is from the first issues(back to the 1700's) to 2005. Hint: Select "Advanced Search"and limit "Document Type" to review
   
• Web of Science - indexes more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Hint : Go to Advanced Search and  select document type "Book Review"

New York Review of Books - searchable index of contents from 1963 to the present..  Paper  and microfiche copies available in the Library collection.

TLS Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive (1902-2014)

• Book Review Guide ( University of Alberta)
• Writing a Critical Book Review (University of Toronto)
• How to Write a Book Report and a Book Review (Concordia)