Finding+Books+for+your+project

=Places to find book reviews=

Before you start pulling books off of the shelves, save yourself some time by first reading reviews of books. It will help you find titles that might be of interest and it will help you figure out whether you're likely to find what you're looking for in a book you've located.


 * Amazon.com Book Search (use Editorial Reviews) []
 * Barnes and Noble [|http://www.barnesandnoble.com]
 * Booklist []
 * Bookspot []
 * English Server Fiction: Criticism []
 * Internet Resources in English Language and Literature []
 * New York Review of Books []
 * Washington Post: Chapter One []
 * [|New York Times Book Review] (can search back to1981)
 * [|Student Resource Center Bronze] (enter title and/or author's name and Review; choose keyword search) (To access from home ask a librarian for the Passwords from Home sheet)
 * [|JSTOR] (advanced search) Click on "review." **Username**: brooklinehs **Password**: bhslibrary
 * NPR book reviews--great search feature for recent nonfiction: []
 * [|Goodreads' nonfiction list]--reader recommended books
 * [|A site that lists many other book review sites] (240+ sites as of 2/2017)
 * [|Books and Authors]--a site used by the Brookline Public Library to help members find books

Now: Check to see if the book you're looking for is on the shelf in one of the branches of the Brookline Public Library or the Boston Public Library. Also check out what's available in the [|BHS School Library]