LibGuides: Getting Started Guide: Book Reviews: Philosophy & Religion

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"Into the Wild" AND Krakauer

Databases

Off campus access information

Although most databases will have either the full-text of book reviews or citations to book reviews, the ones listed here are the most likely places to find them.

Also see the databases listed under the general resources section of this guide.

ATLA Religion - with selected full text This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: CNUThis database produced by the American Theological Library Association, indexes journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. It also includes full-text access to ATLA's online collection of major religion and theology journals. The database begins in 1949, but also includes indexing for some journal titles extending back into the nineteenth century.
Religion & Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: VIVACovering such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, this database offers nearly 300 full text journals, including more than 250 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the database. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1975 for some titles.

Databases

Off campus access information

Although most databases will have either the full-text of book reviews or citations to book reviews, the ones listed here are the most likely places to find them.

Also see the databases listed under the subject specific section of this guide.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Subsciber: VIVAA comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database; indexing & abstracting; content going back as far as 1887
Access World News This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: CNUFind global information on topics related to business and economics, careers, criminal justice, education, environmental studies, health, international studies, performing and fine arts, political science, social issues, sports, STEM and more from a variety of news media featuring newspapers, videos and web-only content including the Daily Press, Virginian-Pilot, USA Today and international sources.
Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1903-1983 This link opens in a new window
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Reflecting nearly eight decades of H.W. Wilson’s Book Review Digest, this Retrospective database provides excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
JSTOR - Advanced Search This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: CNUAn online database of full-content articles from various journals in many subject areas including, but not limited to African American studies, Ecology, Economics, History, Literature and Mathematics. Many journals start with the first volume and issue; there is usually a delay of several years for accessing current issues.
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: VIVAProvides full-text access to over 1,500 general periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more. Additionally it features: the full-text Magill Book Reviews; full-text reference books; the full-text from over 80,000 biographies; over 105,787 full-text primary source documents; an image collection of 293,480 photos, maps and flags. PDF backfiles for some publications go as far back as 1975.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: VIVAProvides cover-to-cover full-text access for 131 national & international newspapers as well as selective full-text coverage for more than 335 U.S. newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are provided from ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, National Public Radio (NPR), etc.
New York Times (1851-2020) This link opens in a new window
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This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Subscriber: VIVACovers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Provides access to the full-text/full-image of articles.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
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Searches a variety of databases covering a wide range of topics. It provides access to full-text/image of many journals, as well as other data.