EN390 - Forgotten Authors

The Historical New York Times database is a great resource to try using when you're searching for contemporary book reviews. Try using these tips:

• Use quotation marks around your author's name or book title (example: "Luther Benson"). This will ensure that your search retrieves any exact matches and excludes most of the irrelevant search results (example: finding an article about Martin Luther King, Jr. instead of Luther Benson).
• Use the Specific Date Range filter to find search results from a particular time period. This will help to exclude any modern articles on your topic.
• Select the Review option on the Document Type filter. This will limit your search results to book reviews only and will exclude all other document types. Using this filter can help to reduce the number of irrelevant search results.