Q. How do I find reviews of children's books?

There are several ways to find trade reviews for children's and young adult books. I recommend starting by searching Rod Library's holdings:

Go to the Rod Library home page (www.library.uni.edu) and search for the title of your book (in quotation marks) and the word review. For example, to find reviews for Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina, I typed in “merci suarez changes gears” review.

If the title of your book is one common word, like Draw by Raúl Colón, you may want to include the author’s name: draw raul colon review

Look for search results that have (Children’s review) and/or (Book review) in their title. To get to the review, use the "Full Text Available" link to navigate to the selected database. You may need to log in with your CatID if you’re off-campus.

See this document for suggestions about additional ways to find reviews of children's books or contact library@uni.edu and we can assist you further. Please note that most review journals have not been digitized for years before about 2000, so if you are looking for reviews of an older book, we can show you how to use the Children's Book Review Index (a print reference book) to locate reviews in old issues of the paper journals.

If you prefer to search by individual journal, some links to our subscriptions are below. Refer to your assignment as necessary for a complete list of the sources that your instructor finds acceptable.