Research Guide: Book Reviews
Places to start
JSTORFull text of scholarly journals, from earliest issues up to 3-5 years ago.
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Choice Reviews OnlineAn important source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.
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Other Sources
Book Review IndexLocates book reviews in general magazines like the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly etc. A very useful print resource.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly JournalsThis outstanding set contains citations to reviews that appeared in more than 450 scholarly journals. Especially excellent for finding academic reviews of history, political science, and sociology books that were published or reviewed between 1886-1974. Available in print only.
H-net Book ReviewsH-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences is an online scholarly review resource. Each H-Net discussion network has its own review editor. Once posted to individual H-Net networks, reviews are posted to H-Review and archived on this site.
Left IndexLeads to articles in left-leaning periodicals about politics, economics, and society.
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Arts & Letters DailySponsored by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Arts & Letters Daily's mission is to extract the "precious nuggets of real content" for its readers.
New York Times' Book ReviewsFull text of the NYT Books section's archive of reviews, news, and author interviews from 1981 to the present. Free access with registration.
Art
Art Full TextThis database offers full text plus abstracts and indexing of an international array of publications. See also: Art Index Retrospective.
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History
America: History and LifeIndexes the scholarly literature on the history of the U.S. and Canada. Includes links to full text of the articles also included in JSTOR.
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Religion
ATLA Religion IndexContains indexes and full text relating to the study of all religious subjects. Click the info button for printing instructions.
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Sociology
Sociological AbstractsOne of the most important guides to the literature of sociology and related disciplines, including anthropology. Indexes journal articles, books, conference papers, book reviews, and scholarly web sites.
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