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Book Reviews

Social Science Indexes

Indexes over 2100 periodicals covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, area studies and current events. Reviews have been included since 1974. Under Document Type, limit to Book Review.
 
Business Periodicals Index
HF5001.B97 (1958-1995) Compact Shelving
Starting with 1975/1976, citations to reviews are listed alphabetically by author in the Book Reviews section at the end of each volume.
 
Under More Search Options: Source type, select Book Review. Includes full text of book reviews published in the Journal of Economic Literature since 1993.
 

ERIC
This resource is the major index to education literature. Select Advanced Search, then type words from the title as a keyword or title search. Under Publication Type, select Book/Product Reviews.

Gender Studies Database
Interdisciplinary coverage of gender-related topics. Under Document Type, select Book Review.

"Maintained by Michigan State University, this site provides book reviews of academic books. Reviews are written by members of the academic community."
 
Full text of reviews in humanities, social science and science journals.
 
Lambda Book Report is the most established review of LGBT literature in the United States. Check the website for current reviews.
 
Coverage varies by title, beginning no earlier than 1993. To find book reviews, choose Advanced Search and then "Reviews" under Content Type. .
 
Under box: Show Content Where, select Document Type from drop-down menu and then select Review-Book. 
 
To limit your search to book reviews, search the Web of Science Core Collection and unselect all search options except Social Sciences Citation Index from the Editions dropdown menu. Click on Add Row. Click on All Fields and choose Document Type from the dropdown menu. Type Book Review in the search box.
 
In Advanced Search, select Book Review under Document Type.