Book Reviews: Humanities Book Review Resources
Suggested resources for finding reviews for current or historical book publications
Humanities Book Review Resources
- Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL).Features book reviews among its citations of books, journal articles, critical editions, essays, and dissertations published worldwide (1920+). Online searches may be limited to reviews only. Also available in print: Z2011 .M69 (Ivy)
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLA SerialsCitations for book reviews available from this American Theological Association database indexing 650 journals on Biblical studies, world religious history, church history, and related topics (1949+).
- Gale Literature Resource CenterSearch for a work or author and choose the results link for Reviews & News to find book related book reviews. If needed, refine to Person-about when searching by author.
Print Book Review Resources - Humanities
Arts & Humanities Citation IndexCall Number: Ivy Stacks Z5931 .A78Publication Date: 1976-1992Print coverage 1976-1992 in Ivy Stacks. Book reviews for materials in arts and humanities, indexed by author/title of book reviewed as cited reference.
Library has online access to the Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1975-present (see above or database A-Z list).
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals 1802-1974Call Number: Ivy Stacks Z6265 .C65Publication Date: 1982Ten-volume set covers book reviews in 150 humanities journals from 1802-1974. Disciplines include philosophy, classics, folklore, linguistics, music, and literature, mostly in English.
Humanities IndexCall Number: Ivy Stacks AI3 .H8Publication Date: 1974-1990Reviews for books in the fields of archaeology, classics, area studies, folklore, history, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion, with coverage from 1974-1990.Book reviews are found at the end of each volume, in a separate section. Entries are under author of the book reviewed. Look for previous title, Social Sciences & Humanities Index (volumes 1965-1974) in Virgo.
An Index to Book Reviews in the HumanitiesCall Number: Ivy Stacks Z1035 .A1 I63Publication Date: 1961-1990Index to reviews in over 400 scholarly journals devoted primarily to literature, as well as to philosophy, the arts, travel, and biography. Library has volumes covering 1961-1990.
