Indexes to Book Reviews

Book reviews are specialized periodical articles which inform the reader of new books on the market and whether or not the reviewer thinks the book worth reading. For those cited in indices for which no full text version is provided, you must check Aubiecat to see if our library carries the periodical and issue in which the review has been published.

ELECTRONIC

Ebsco's Academic Search Premier: 1990-; some full text available, both scholarly and non scholarly.

Infotrac's Expanded Academic ASAP: 1980-; some full text available, both scholarly and non scholarly

JSTOR: Full text to backfiles until approximately the last five years in social science, science and humanities journals. Note that you specify reviews as the type of article for which you are searching and must choose the subject area in which to search.

Project Muse: Full text database to selected recent issues of journals, mainly in social sciences and humanities areas 

Web of Science: : An index to journal articles which retrieves citations only, 1984-. Choose "full search" option, your subject area, and general search option. After entering keyword search for your title and author, choose book reviews for document type.

Books in Print with Book Reviews: Retrieves short reviews in library review periodicals for selected recent books.

PAPER

Book Review Index Location: Reference Collection, 2nd floor, folio Z 1035 .A1 B6. Citations to reviews in scholarly and non scholarly periodicals, 1965-. Look under the author of the book, then the title.

Book Review Digest: Location: Reference Collection, 2nd floor, Z 1219 .B72. Citations to reviews with excerpts and summary of book, 1906-1999.

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974.. Location: AZ 1035 .A1 C64. Citations to reviews in early periodicals in all fields listed alphabetically by author. Volumes 13-15 are title indexes.

Combined Retrospective Index to Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974. Location: AZ 221 .C645 1982) Citations only; separate author/title volumes.

 

 

Content originator, Lynn Williams (willily@auburn.edu).