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Book reviews

How to find and write reviews of a book.

How to find and write book reviews
Key book review search tools

America: History and Life 1954 to present

Covers Canadian and American history. Book reviews become numerous beginning in 1971. Search for title or author and limit document type to "Book Review."

Historical Abstracts

Covers world history (excluding Canada the the United States), 1450 to present. Book reviews become numerous beginning in the 1960s. Search for title or author and limit document type to "Book Review."

JSTOR

Full-text electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences. Limit to item type: "Review."

Web of Science Core Collection

Citation index for all subject areas. Change from Basic to Advanced search. Change from "All document types" to "Book Review."

WilsonWeb Databases

Book reviews start in the early 1970s. Change Document Type to "Book Review"

Additional search tools by discipline

Business

ABI/Inform Complete

Limit search to document type "review"

Canadian studies

Bibliography of Native North Americans

Limit search to document type "book review"

CPI.Q: Canadian Periodicals Index

Limit search to document type "book review"

CBCA

Limit search to document type "review"

Economics

EconLit

Limit search to document type "book review"

Music

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

Limit search to document type "book review"

Religion

Atla Religion Database

Limit search to publication type "review"

Psychology

PsycInfo

Limit search to record type "review-book"

Science

Biological Sciences

Limit search to document type "review"