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General Sources
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Dates and format: 1990-present. Electronic.
Notes: Try this first for recent books. Broad coverage of popular press and scholarly journals. Contains full text of some reviews.
Dates and format: 1905-present. Print.
Notes: English language books published in the U.S. and Canada, including adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction. Does not include government documents, textbooks, or technical books in science or law. Includes brief excerpts from each book review.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Reading Room, Z 1223 .B7
Book
Review Index
Dates and format: 1965-present.
Notes: Broad coverage--includes twice as many journals as Book Review Digest--but very brief entries.
PCI (Periodicals Contents Index)
Dates and format: 1799-1991 (varies). Electronic.
Notes: Contains nearly two million book reviews from over 3000 scholarly journals. Select "Book reviews only" and enter the author's name in the "Article Title Keyword" field.
Reader's
Guide Retrospective
Dates and format: 1890-present.
Notes: Complete index of 150-200 most widely circulated American periodicals. After 1976, includes a separate section of book reviews at the end of each volume.
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen
Wissenschaftlicher
Dates and format: 1971-present. Print.
Notes: The most comprehensive and international source for reviews of scholarly books. In German, but with cross-references from English and French subject words.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Reading Room, Z 5051 .I64
Dates and format: 1961-1993, print. 1977-present, electronic.
Notes: Select Full Search, then Cited Ref Search. Narrow results if necessary by limiting to book reviews at the bottom of the Cited Reference Selection screen.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Printed volumes of Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index are in the Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .A63 and Z7161 .S728. Printed volumes of Science Citation Index are in the Chemistry Library Reference collection, Z7403 .S38
Dates and format: Dates vary. Electronic.
Notes: For the full text of book reviews, especially of recent fiction and other popular literature. Covers major news media.
Dates and format: Dates vary. Electronic.
Notes: Similar to Lexis-Nexis Academic.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in
Scholarly Journals
Dates and format: 1886-1974. Print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Reading Room, Z 1035 .A1 C64
Index to Book Reviews in the
Humanities
Dates and format: 1960-1990. Print.
Notes: Excludes archaelogy and theology, drops history after 1969
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Reading Room, Z 1007 .I386
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities
Journals
Dates and format: 1802-1974. Print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Reading Room, Z 1035 .A1 C638
International Index to
Periodicals
Dates and format: 1916-1965. Print.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Index
Dates and format: 1965-1974. Print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .R23
Divides into the following two sources:
Humanities Index
Dates and format: 1974-present, print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .R23
Social Sciences Index
Dates and format: 1974-present, print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .R23
Subject Index to Periodicals
Dates and format: 1915-1961. Print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .S9
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British Humanities Index
Dates and format: 1962-present. Print.
IU Bloomington location and call number: Main Library, Reference Department Index Area, AI3 .B86
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