LibGuides: History: Secondary Sources: Book Reviews and Author Info.

Finding Book Reviews in History

To find reviews, follow instructions below and type keywords from the title of the book in the search box.

Book Review Digest (1906- )
This is a PAPER source in the Index Area, Main Floor East. Call number: Z 1219 .C96. You need to know year the book was published. Includes excerpts from the reviews.

Book Review Index
Coverage: 1965-present
Comprehensive guide to over 5.6 million book reviews in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, political science, and more. This database covers thousands of indexed publications, including Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, The New York Times Book Review, Times Literary Supplement, Village Voice, and Middle East Policy.
Note: This database defaults initial search results to after 1980. To perform a search for reviews from 1965-1979, go to advanced search, uncheck the box labeled documents with full text, change the date limit to before January 1, 1980, and then enter your search terms.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
Historical Abstracts
Limit "document type" to book review.
Historical Newspapers via ProQuest
Choose "Advanced Search." Under "document type" select "review." NOTE: Sometimes the review limit is not accurate. You may have to search the title of the book and/or author name, without adding the limit review.
JSTOR
Select "advanced search" and limit "item type" to "reviews." May not have the most recent titles.
MasterFILE Complete
Limit "document type" to book review.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
Choose "book review" in "document type."

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Covers biographical material on over 6 million individuals from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of activity. BGMI indexes material from current and major retrospective publications and includes over 20 million entries covering more than 2,000 years of human history.
NO FULL TEXT
Dictionary of Literary Biography
This series offers biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of authors while placing them in the larger perspective of literary history.

Gale Literature Criticism
Click "advanced search," and put author's name in the "person-by or about" search box.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Includes Contemporary Authors (partial) and The Writers Directory.

Google
Google an author's name and look to see if she or he has a website, resume, c.v. etc. online. Beware that when you throw your search out to the general internet, some sources may be less reliable.

Marquis Biographies Online
Coverage 1607-present
Access to more than 1.5 million brief biographies of accomplished individuals from every significant field of endeavor. Biographies include birth and death date, education, awards, career history, hobbies, family information, current membership, and more. Resources searched include Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who of American Women, and others.
University of Oklahoma Libraries has licensed this resource for 5 simultaneous users.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.

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