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Book Reviews
Anthropology
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Anthropological Literature covers articles published from the late 19th century to the present. Includes book reviews.
Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource brings 100 years of anthropological material online to scholars and the public. Contains book reviews.
Art
Art Index (1929-present)
Book reviews appear in a separate section at the back of each print volume.
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Art Abstracts (1984-present)
Art Abstracts covers topics such as advertising art, antiques, architecture, computers, fashion, graphics, industrial design, photography, sculpture, television, and textiles. The database also contains reviews of art books.
Business
ARBA In-depth: Economics and Business
Business Periodicals Index (1976-1999)
The Ultimate Business Library : 50 Books that Shaped Management Thinking
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ABI/Inform (Global) (1971-present)
ABI/Inform indexes and abstracts articles from nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals covering business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
Business Source Premier Indexes journals as far back as 1922.
Business Source Premier is a business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes book reviews.
Business Book Review is a web resource that provides thorough but concise summaries of the best business books.
EconLit (1969-present)
EconLit includes references to articles in economics journals from all over the world, most of which are in English or with English summaries. Book Reviews from Journal of Economic Literature are indexed here. Select Book Review under Document Type Phrase in Advanced Search.
Ultimate Business Library: The Greatest Books That Made Management (2003)
Communication/Communication Disorders
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The database contains information on books, journals, dissertations, scholars, institutions, and web resources in the area of communication disorders. Also includes information about professional societies and conferences. Includes book reviews.
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides information related to communication and mass media. Includes book reviews. Coverage varies by title and goes as far back as 1915.
Computer Science
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The ACM Digital Library (approximately 1964-present)
Provides citations and full-text of articles from Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, and transactions. Includes book reviews.
IEEE Digital Library (1988-present for most titles)
The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library provides online access to 25 society magazines and transactions, and more than 1,700 selected conference proceedings. Includes book reviews.
Education
Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography (1927-2001)
Book reviews are arranged alphabetically by author since 1954 in section entitled "Book Notices".
Education Index (1929 -present)
Includes a separate section for book reviews at the end of each volume.
In and Out of Books: Reviews and Other Polemics on Special Education (1984)
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Education Research Complete is the definitive online resource for education research. It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,500 journals, as well as full text for more than 750 journals, and includes full text for more than 100 books and monographs, and for numerous education-related conference papers. Coverage varies for each title. Includes book reviews.
ERIC (1966-present)
ERIC contains reviews of books relating to education as well as reviews of children's books.
Exercise Science
Physical Education Index (1978-present)
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SPORTDiscus with Full Text (1975-present)
This database provides international coverage of sports and fitness literature, including physical education, sports medicine, exercise psychology, biomechanics, training, coaching, fitness, leisure, play, games, dance, and more. Contains book reviews.
Geography
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GEOBASE (1980-present)
This database indexes worldwide literature on geography, geology, ecology and related disciplines. Includes book reviews.
GeoRef (1785-present)
GeoRef, produced by the American Geological Institute, is a comprehensive geosciences database that indexes books, maps, government reports, conference papers, theses and dissertations. Includes book reviews.
Health Sciences
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text is the definitive research tool for all areas of nursing and allied health literature with more than 600,000 full-text articles dating back to 1937.
Health and Wellness Resource Center (1980-present)
This database contains health information for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health research. Provides book reviews.
Medline (1966-present)
MEDLINE, created by the National Library of Medicine, provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
History
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America: History and Life (1964-present)
Provides reviews for books and media on United States and Canadian History in academic journals. Use Advanced Search and type review in the Document Type search box.
Historical Abstracts (1954-present)
Provides citations to articles, books, and dissertations on world history since 1450. Includes book reviews.
Law
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Writ is a free legal magazine that is available on the FindLaw site. The contributors are mostly legal academics who argue, explain and debate legal issues of topical interest. Writ contains reviews of recent law books.
Contains reviews of books dealing with law and politics.
Library Science
ARBA Guide to Library Science Literature, 1970-1983
Library and Information Science Abstracts - LISA (1969-present)
LISA provides bibliographic information about past and present developments in librarianship, information science, online retrieval, publishing and information technology. it is international in scope and includes book reviews.
Library Literature (1921-1997)
The print index has a separate section for book reviews at the back of each volume.
Online
Library and Information Science Abstracts (1969-pressent)
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (1960s to the present)
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more.
Library Literature (1980-present)
Includes records for selected library journals, books (more than 600 a year), conference proceedings, library school theses, pamphlets, and book reviews
Literature
A Guide to Critical Reviews of United States Fiction, 1870-1910
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (Also available through LION)
Asian American Literature : Reviews and Criticism of Works by American Writers of Asian Descent
Profiles 45 important Asian American authors of novels, short stories, essays, plays, and poetry, and provides excerpts from critical essays examining their works, as well as reviews.
The Best in Children's Books: The University of Chicago Guide to Children's Literature, 1979-1984
Book Reviews (African American Authors)
The Bookfinder : a Guide to Children's Literature About the Needs and Problems of Youth Aged 2-15
A Guide to Critical Reviews of United States Fiction, 1870-1910
Humanities Index (1974-present)
Literary Reviews and Essays, on American, English, and French literature
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LION (Literature Online)
Literature Online is the world's largest cross-searchable database of literature and criticism.
Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. Book reviews are included.
Literature Resource Center from Gale provides biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. To find book reviews, select Advanced Search.
Math
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MathSciNet (1940-pressent)
MathSciNet offers reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for literature relating to Math. Contains information from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications.
Music
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IMP International Index to Music Periodicals
This is a music journal resource with more than half a million indexed articles, plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to the present, covering the scholarly to the popular. Contains book reviews.
Published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, RLIM covers articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, and iconographies from 1967 to the present. To find book reviews search keywords in the title of the book and limit Document Type to Reviews
Philosophy
The Philosopher's Index (1988-present)
The Philosopher's Index provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Book reviews appear in a separate section at the back of each volume.
Online
The Philosopher's Index (1940-present)
Psychology
Mental Measurements Yearbook (1940-present)
Mental Measurements Yearbook, produced by the Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska, provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. It also contains reviews of books on psychological tests.
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Provides users with critical reviews of tests.
PsycInfo (1800s-present)
PsycInfo Indexes 1,300 scholarly journals along with books, dissertations and book chapters in psychology, educational psychology, and behavioral sciences. Includes book reviews.
Religion
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ATLA (1949-present)
ATLA is produced by the American Theological Library Association and is the premier database for religion and theology. It indexes, articles, book reviews, essays and works back to 1949. ATLA also indexes multi-author works and conference proceedings.
Sciences
Applied Science and Technology Index (1958-1984)
This is a print index that covers 350 English language journals in the fields of engineering, computers, chemistry, applied mathematics, energy, and other applied sciences. Starting with the 1976 volume the last section of each issue has book reviews.
Biological and Agricultural Index (1964-1996)
Biological & Agricultural Index provides indexes periodicals in biology and agriculture. Covers feature articles, biographical sketches, reports of symposia and conferences, review articles, abstracts and summaries of papers, selected letters to the editor, special issues or monographic supplements, and book reviews.
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ASTA Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (1983-present
)Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields. Cites book reviews.
Provides access to full-text bioscience research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Includes book reviews.
Provides full text/full image access to approximately 1,500 journals published by Elsevier Science. Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,000 journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Search by author and/or title and Book Review in Full Text.
Social Sciences
Required Reading: Sociology's Most Influential Books
Social Sciences Index (1974-preent)
Social Sciences Index is published annually and contains citations to periodical articles in anthropology, area studies, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, gerontology, international relations, law, public administration, policy sciences, political science, social work, sociology, public welfare, urban studies and related subjects. Citations to book reviews appear in a separate section at the back of each volume.
Sociological Abstracts (1955-present)
Indexes books and dissertations in the field of sociology and related disciplines. To access citations to book reviews, type book review in the keyword or phrase section and then add the author or book title to your search. Or you can click on the Limit Your Search button on the main screen and select the " book review" option from the Publication Type on the pull-down menu.
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SSCI is an indexing and abstracting service for close to 2000 scholarly journals in all areas of the social sciences. It provides citation information that indicates where and how often an author or article has been cited in the literature. Includes book reviews.
SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers.
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
Theater
Online
International Bibliography of Theater and Dance with Full Text (1982-present)
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text is the definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. It contains full text for more than 100 periodicals and more than 100 books & monographs and includes book reviews.
Women's Studies
Choice Reviews in Women's Studies
Women Studies Abstracts (1974-present)
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GenderWatch (1970-present)
GenderWatch is a women's and gender issues database with full-text coverage of most journals. Provides reviews of books relating to women.
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