Sources for Book Reviews in History


How to Locate Book Reviews

Reviews on a particular book may appear the year the book was first published, revised into a new edition, or one or two years after those dates.

Sources
Dates
Location
Book Review Digest
1905-1997
Reference Area
Book Review Index
1977-present
Reference Area
1983-present
Library Web Site

New York Times Online
(LexisNexis Academic database)

June 1980- present
Library Web Site


Online Databases:
Some databases provide the full-text of the article; many do not.

General Databases
LexisNexis Academic
Provides citations and articles from hundreds of newspapers, magazines, & journals
Dates vary by source
Book Review Digest
Provides citrations to exerpts of reviews of current juvenile, adult fiction and non-fiction books. An abstract of each book is provided.
1983-present
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications
Dates vary. Many go back to the early 1900's

SIRS Researcher

Provides articles from more than 1,200 newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications.
1989-present

 

History Databases
America:History & Life 1960- present
Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1980- present
Historical Abstracts 1964- present
Historical Newspapers Online 1790-1920, 1970-1980
History of Science, Technology & Medicine 1976- present
Humanities Abstract 1984- present


Periodicals not available online, and not owned by the Bromfield Library can be obtained from other OSU Libraries through the interlibrary loan service. Please allow several business days delivery of the article. The cost of each article is $1.00 for each article due upon pick-up.


Journals and Magazines pertaining to History owned by the
Bromfield Library
(not all provide Book Reviews nor or all the titles current subscriptions)


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