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These are usually written by subject specialists and can be short reviews of a particular title or general articles relating to the subject of the book or books under review.
General reviews of books covering many subject areas can be found in:

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1981- from Web of Knowledge. Campus ID and password required.
• Social Sciences Citation Index 1981- from Web of Knowledge. Campus ID and password required.
• Times Literary Supplement 1994-
• London Review of Books 1979- Per 800 LON (Robinson Library Level 3) and a selection of reviews is available online at http://www.lrb.co.uk/
• New York Review of Books 1968- Per 800 NEW (Robinson Library Level 3)
• Arts and Letters Daily includes links to book reviews in various publications.

Many journals include book reviews on the specific subjects covered by the journal and many subject databases that index journal articles will also index book reviews.

Newspapers include book reviews, especially the weekend issues. Current newspapers are kept on Level 2 of the Robinson Library; earlier years are available online in the News section of the Lexis®Library databases service. Details of Library newspaper holdings including access to online versions can be found in using the link below:

• Newspapers