How to find and write reviews of a book.
How to find and write book reviews
- Finding book reviews (video)
- How to write a book review (from Dalhousie University Libraries)
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."
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."
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."
Book reviews start in the early 1970s. Change Document Type to "Book Review"
Additional search tools by discipline
Business
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"
Limit search to document type "review"
Economics
Limit search to document type "book review"
Music
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
Limit search to document type "book review"
Religion
Limit search to publication type "review"
Psychology
Limit search to record type "review-book"
Science
Limit search to document type "review"