Major References
Contemporary Authors
Gives up-to-date information on authors working in various formats.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Multi-volume work offering lengthy excerpts from essays about books, with a cumulative title index.
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Includes material from the earlier part of this century, thus it is useful for more classic works.
Journals
Australian Book Review
Started in 1968, this is the longest running journal of this type in Australia. The web site gives access to the more recent issues.
Australian Women's Book Review
Begun in 1989, this journal features reviews and articles on issues facing women writers.
Melbourne Age
The daily books section of the Age provides book reviews.
Austlit : the Australian Literary Gateway
The Austlit database can be accessed via workstations in the Alexander Library Building.
Australian Book Review Index 1979-1981
Together with the Index to Australian Book Reviews 1965-81 these publications provide the only coverage available for those years.
APAIS 1955-2000
Selectively indexes reviews in newspapers and magazines and is also useful for features on authors. Australian Public Affairs Full Text can be accessed via workstations in the Alexander Library Building.
Book Review Digest
Covers 1905 onwards and includes short excerpts. Content is chiefly American and English.
Book Review Index
Coverage from 1965 to the present with some Australian content.
Interest/Support Groups
Book Clubs
Book clubs are a flourishing "grass roots" literary phenomenon where lively discussion prevails.
Net Links
Reviews from the Well Bookshop
Medium length reviews with an invitation for readers' contributions.
Readings Books & Music Reviews
Short reviews of current stock on different subjects.
Amazon Books
A mammoth on-line U.S. bookstore whose site includes reviews, customer comments, and author interviews.
Barnes and Noble
Another searchable site with collated review information.
Bookwire
A book industry resource guide with news, reviews and author features. Also has over 7,000 categorised links to book sites around the world.