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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"