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Book Reviews: Comprehensive Guide
(see also Quick Starts)
)Book Review Indexes
Book Review Digest, 1905 -
Index to selected books on all topics. Includes excerpts of reviews. Indexes fewer books than Book Review Index, but includes older books.
Location: WLU 2nd Floor Quick Reference - Z 1035 A1 B72
Book Review Index Plus, 1965 -
Index to millions of book reviews from several thousand periodicals. Includes more than 600,000 full text reviews. For scholarly reviews, limit "to refereed publications." More comprehensive than Book Review Digest.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
15 volumes. Covers journals in history, political science, and sociology
Location: WLU 2nd Floor Quick Reference - Z 1035 A1C6
Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities, 1960-1990
Covers more than 700 journals in classics, philosophy, music, language, and literature
Location: WLU 2nd Floor Quick Reference - Z 1035 A1I63
Indexes for Canadian Books
America: History and life, 1954- .
Electronic index to studies on North American history. Book reviews become numerous beginning in the 1971 publication year. Search for title or author and limit publication type to "Review."
| Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q), 1988 to present |
| Best source for Canadian reviews. Limited to document type "Book Review." For reviews back to 1920, see print version of Canadian Periodical Index, under "Book Reviews." Location: WLU 3rd floor Reference - AI3 .C242 |
Canadian Book Review Annual, 1975 - 2006
Evaluative reviews in Canadian -published English-language journals for all subjects.
Library lacks 1994 and 1995. Location: WLU 2nd Floor Quick Reference - Z1371.C3
CBCA (Canadian journals, magazines, news resources)
Journal Coverage Lists
Search book title. Limit to book reviews by clicking on "more options," then under Document Type, look for Review, then Book Review.
General Indexes and Electronic Journal Collections
Factiva 1969 to present Please log out when finished. |
| For book reviews: search title in free text; choose date range; then click on + beside subject, + beside Content Types, and select Review. Alternatively, under subject, click on + beside Political/General News and select Arts/Entertainment. |
| LexisNexis Academic |
| To limit to book reviews: choose "Power Search," then click on "Subject," then "Reports, Reviews and Sections," then "Book Reviews." |
New York Times - Books
Searchable book reviews since 1981.
New York Times Index, 1851 -
Location: WLU 3rd Floor (Index-Abstract) - AI21 N44
See various headings: "Reviews of Books," "Books--Reviews," "Book Reviews."
Project Muse
Nearly 300 journals, primarily from the humanities and social sciences.
About emailing full-text.
Times Index (London, England), 1930 -
Location: WLU 3rd Floor (Index-Abstract) - AI21 T47
See under "Books" or "Books reviewed and noticed."
Web of Science, 1900 -
Citation index for all subject areas.
Change drop-down to "document type," then select "Book Review"
WilsonWeb Databases
Book reviews start in the early 1970s. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
Humanities: Classical World
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), To find reviews, go to Advanced Search, then choose "Review" as "Type of Work."
L'Année philologique, 1949-2002
Annual bibliography of works on ancient Greece and Rome, including references to book reviews.
Sample Entry (Full Record in electronic version): Mutatio Valentia : the late Roman baths at Valesio, Salento / by Johannes Sipko BOERSMA [et al.]. Amsterdam : Thesis Publ., 1995. XIV-353 p. ill. index. (Scrinium; 9). || AJA 1997 101 (3) : 615-616 I. Nielsen.
Sources of reviews follow the double-vertical line. This book by Boersma and others is reviewed by I. Nielsen on pages 615 and 616 of the American Journal of Archaeology (AJA), volume 101, issue number 3, published in 1997.
Also available in print, v. 1 (1924) - v. 29 (1958)
Location: WLU 3rd Floor Reference - Z 7016 M35 A5
Humanities: Music and Fine Arts
Humanities Full Text, 1984 -
Includes reviews for books in all areas of the Humanities. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
IIMP Full Text: International Index to Music Periodicals
Limit search to Document Type: Book Review
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), To find reviews, go to Advanced Search, then choose "Review" as "Type of Work."
Humanities: History
America: History and life, 1954-
Electronic index to studies on North American history. Book reviews become numerous beginning in the 1971 publication year. Search for title or author and limit publication type to "Review."
Humanities Full Text, 1984 -
Includes reviews for books in all areas of the Humanities. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), To find reviews, go to Advanced Search, then choose "Review" as "Type of Work."
JSTOR (back issues of journals)
Reviews from scholarly journals, in some cases back to the 19th century. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
Social Sciences Full Text, 1984 -
Includes reviews for books. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
Humanities: Language and Literature
Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 1953 -
Location: WLU 3rd Floor Reference - Z 2231 B5
See name of author of book.
Bibliographie de la Littérature Française du Moyen Âge à nos Jours, 1966 - 1980
Location: WLU 7th Floor Book Stacks - Z 2171 B5533
Title varies. Book reviews appear to occur for the first time in the 1971 volume.
Continued in the monthly periodical, Revue D'histoire Littéraire de la France.
Sample Entry:
Minor (Lucian W.) - The Militant hackwriter... 1975. [Voir C.R. par Priscilla P. Clark, FR, October 1976, 159-160...].
Humanities Full Text, 1984 -
Includes reviews for books in all areas of the Humanities. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), To find reviews, go to Advanced Search, then choose "Review" as "Type of Work."
Literature Online
Find reviews of scholarly books for English-language literature. Search "Criticism" and limit to Reviews.
Humanities: Philosophy and Religion
ATLA Religion Database, 1949 -
Provides access to books, book chapters and articles from major journals on all aspects of religious studies. Limit search to Publication Type "Review."
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly research on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), incorporating databases of citations to more than 600 journal titles, reviews since 1990 in more than 100 journals, and books. Also provides access to Paul Oskar Kristeller's Iter Italicum, a finding list for previously uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections worldwide.
Philosopher's Index, 1940 -
Change "Keywords (KW=)" to "Publication Type (PT=)" and enter Book Review
Sciences
Biological Sciences, 1982 -
Limit search to reviews by adding the following to the search statement: and pt=review
Social Sciences
ABI/Inform Global Business Index, 1971 -
International database for business information. Limit to book reviews by clicking on "more options," then under Document Type, look for Review, then Book Review.
Anthropology Review Database, 1990 -
Index to online book reviews of works of interest to anthropologists
Bibliography of Native North Americans
To find reviews, limit Document Type to Book Review
Communication & Mass Media Complete 1915 to present
To find reviews, limit Document Type to Reviews
EconLit, 1969 -
Reviews for a large number of books in the area of Economics.
Limit search to Record Type="Review"
GenderWatch, 1970 -
Full-text database of international information devoted to women's and gender issues in a broad range of disciplines. Limit to book reviews by clicking on "more options," then under Document Type, look for Review, then Book Review.
Social Sciences Full Text, 1983 -
Includes reviews for books. Search for the book title and change the drop-down menu from "Keywords" to "Books Reviewed."
Sociological Abstracts, 1963 -
Index to a large number of books in the area of Sociology Limit search to reviews by adding the following to the search statement:
and pt=review
Book Review Journals
The following publications, consisting predominantly of book reviews, are currently received by WLU Library, or can be accessed electronicaly on the Internet.
General
- Choice Reviews Online Reviewing journal provides brief reviews of more than 6500 academic publications each year. The online version of Choice: Current Reviews for College Librarians.
Issues 1964 to 1995 on microfilm and microfiche:
Call No.: Z1035.C5 Location: 4th Floor - London Review of Books, 1998 - Current issues in paper; earlier years (back to 1979 on microfilm.) Call No.: AP4.L6 Location: 4th Floor
- New York Review of Books The most recent four issues of this biweekly publication are available electronically. Library copies, vol.1, 1963- . Current issues in paper; earlier years on microfiche. Call No.: AP2.N655 Location: 4th Floor
- Book Reviews from New York Times Select "Books" from "Features" menu for reviews back to 1981.
- La Quinzaine litteraire, no. 776 (2000)- Reviews of books published in France
Call No.: AP20.Q53 Location: 4th Floor - TLS: The Times Literary Supplement, 1902- . Current issues in paper; earlier years in microfilm. Call No.: AP2.T45
Canada
- Books in Canada, Also available in print: v. 9 (1980), v. 11 (1982)-v. 37, no. 1 (2008 Jan-Feb). Call No.: Z1369.B73 Location: 4th Floor
- Les Lettres québécoises, no. 1, 1976- . Call No.: PS8002.L4 Location: 4th Floor
- LRC: The Literary Review of Canada, 1991- . Library keeps latest year only. Call No.: Z1369.L5 Location: 4th Floor
By Subject
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review Electronic journal only, from 1990.
- The Classical Review, Also available in print, New Series v. 49 (1999)-n.s. v. 57 (2007); on microfiche, vol. 29, 1979-v. 49 (1999). Call No.: PA1.C7 Location: 4th Floor
- Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews, In paper: v. 44 (1999)-v. 49 (2004); on microfiche, vol. 32, (1987)-v. 45 (2000). Call No.: BF1.C53
- Contemporary Sociology, Also available in print: v. 29 (2000)-v. 36 (2007). Call No.: HM 1 C65 Location: 4th Floor
- Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1988-1998. Annual. Call No.: Z7753.C79 Location: 4th Floor
- History: Reviews of New Books, Also available in print: v. 18 (1989/90)-v. 25 (1996/97), v. 26 no. 2 (1998)-v. 35 (2006/07). Call No.: Z6205.H69 Location: 4th Floor
- World Literature Today, Also available in print: vol. 51, 1977- v. 82 (2008).
