Citing Sources
MLA Handbook by ISBN: 1603293515Publication Date: 2021Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements.
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL Guide)
- Please note: There is a citation generator on this site that is not free or recommended. See the list of recommended citation generators on our guide to Style Guides and Manuals
- More Information about Style Guides
- Free online course from MLA: Understanding the MLA International Bibliography
Finding Book Reviews
These databases are excellent resources for locating book reviews:
- Book Review Index Plus
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Contains citations to more than 2 million reviews from scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers. Search fields include author, date, illustrator, audiobook reader, review length, reading level, review source and type, reviewer, work title, and review title. Restricted to one user at a time.
- Magill Book ReviewsAvailable in Academic Search Complete. Coverage ends with the 2011 issues.
- NoveList
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Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, and annotations for over 125,000 fiction titles. Also includes Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists. Coverage includes picture books, children's "chapter" books, young adult titles and books for adult readers. Title records include full-text reviews from several journals, including Booklist, School Library Journal, Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.
Other Databases Containing Book Reviews
These databases can be searched for book reviews as well:
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. - Access World News
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Full-text of over 600 U.S. newspapers. Access World News also covers over 1,300 foreign English-language news resources. Spanish-language editions of the newspapers are also included. - JSTOR
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Searchable full-text journal backfile collection. Individual titles are listed in the E-Journals A-Z. - Project Muse
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Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.
