Why read book reviews?
Book reviews, ranging from simple summaries to in-depth critical analyses and evaluations, provide useful informaiton for readers and researchers. Read book reviews to:
- Find out what others have said about a book
- Identify controversies about the book
- Find out how the book relates to other works
- Find out what's being published in your field of interest
- Easily identify new books for fugure reading (or books to avoid!)
Article Databases That Include Book Reviews
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Academic Search CompleteSearch by the author or title of the book, and limit "document type" to "Book Review"
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PsycINFO1597-present. From the American Psychological Association. Provides access to scholarly literature in the psychological, social, behavioral, and health sciences. Includes journal articles, books, chapters, and dissertations. Includes approximately 2,500 journals. Updated weekly.
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Sociological Abstracts1963-present. Abstracts journal articles, monographs, dissertations, conference proceedings, other research covering sociology, social work, and related social sciences. Also includes selected web resources.
General Book Review Databases
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Book Review Digest PlusIndexes and provides links to book reviews appearing in a wide variety of scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Some scholarly journals which regularly publish book & film reviews
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Current AnthropologyAccess current and past issues via JSTOR. Most issues include extensive book review section.