Specialized Fields (Electronic)

ABI/INFORM Global (business) -- unknown / many book reviews
                    use Advanced Search, select   Book Review   as   Article Type

America History and Life -- about 121,000 book reviews
                    type   book review   in the Document Type field

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts -- about 37,000 book reviews -- (1983-current)
                    use Advanced Search, select   Book (brv)   as   Type

Biological & Agricultural Index -- about 40,000 book reviews
                    use Advanced Search, select   Book (brv)   as   Type

CINAHL (nursing and health) -- very few reviews -- (1982-current)
                    use Advanced Search, type   book w reviews   , select Subject Headings (keyword) Index

Criminal Justice Periodical Index -- unknown / many reviews -- (1968-current)
                    use Advanced Search, select   Book Review   as   Article Type

ERIC (education) -- about 2,100 book reviews (1966-current)
            FirstSearch database: use Advanced search, type book w reviews , select Subject (keyword) Index
            AskEric database: type 072 , select Publication Type as Field

GeoRef/S -- about 5,200 book reviews
                    use Advanced Search, type   book w reviews   select Subject (keyword)   Index

Medline -- very few book reviews (1965-current)
            FirstSearch database: use Advanced search, type book w review , select Subject (keyword) Index
            http://igm.nlm.nih.gov database: type book review , select Subject as Field

MLA (literature) -- very few book reviews -- (1963-current)
                    use Advanced Search, type   book w review   select Subject (keyword)   Index

ProQuest Newspapers -- unknown / many reviews
                    use Advanced Search, select   Book Review   as   Article Type

Social Sciences Abstracts -- about 176,000 book reviews -- (1983-current)
                    use SearchPlus, select   Book-review   as   Article Type

Sociological Abstracts -- about 3,000 book reviews -- (1963-current)
                    use Advanced Search, type   book w review   select Subject (keyword)   Index

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Printed Indexes
mostly at the index area of 2 North

General Sources (Printed)

Book Review Digest -- Index area, Z 1035 .A1 B56 -- (1905-current)
                    excerpts of reviews, over 100 periodicals, by author. Subject/Title Index.

Book Review Index -- Index area, Z 1035 .A1 B6 -- (1965-current)
                    indexes over 500 periodicals, by author. Title Index.

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Jrnls 1886-1974 -- Ref Z 1035 .A1 C6
                    over 1 million reviews from 459 history, pol sci, sociol journals, by author or title.

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature -- Index area and Ref stacks, AI 3 .R4 -- (1901-current)
                    indexes over 250 periodicals. Separate Book Reviews section, by author.

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Specialized Fields (Printed) (by LC number)
          # means a separate Book Review section in back of each issue

Humanities Index -- Index area, AI 3 .R492 -- (1974-current) -- #

Social Sciences Index -- Index area & Ref Stacks, AI 3 .R494 -- (1974-1999) -- #

Physical Education Index -- Index area, GVZ 6121 .P5 -- (1978-current) -- #

Journal of Economic Literature -- Index area & 2 South, HB 1 .J6 -- (1969-current)
                    separate Book Review section in middle of each issue.

Business Periodicals Index -- Index area & Ref Stacks, HFZ 7164 .C81 -- (1958-1998) -- #

Accounting & Tax Index -- Index area, HFZ 7164 .C81 A281 -- (1992-current)
                    listed under subject heading Book Reviews, in main body.

Alternative Press Index -- Index area & Ref Stacks, HNZ 7164 .S66 A5 -- (1969-current) -- #

Women's Studies Index -- Index area, HQZ 7962 .W66 -- (1989-current)
                    listed under subject heading Book Reviews, in main body.

Criminal Justice Periodical Index -- Index area & Lower Level, HVZ 5118 .C9 C7 -- (1975-1998)
                    listed under subject heading Book Reviews, in main body.

The Left Index -- Index area & Ref Stacks, JAZ 7164 .P3 L4 -- (1982-current) -- #

Current Law Index -- Index area & Lower Level, K 33 .C87 -- (1980-current)
                    listed by title or author or review author.

Education Index -- Index area & Lower Level, L 3 .E42 -- (1929-current) -- #

Music Index -- Index area, ML 118 .M84 -- (1949-current)
                    listed under subject heading Book Reviews, in main body.

Art Index -- Index area, NZ 5937 .A78 -- (1929-current) -- #

Film Literature Index -- Index area & Ref Stacks, PN 1993 .F5 -- (1973-1998)
                    throughout each issue, by subject or author.

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts -- Index area, PZ 7003 .L12 -- (1967-current)
                    separate Book Review Bibliography section, in middle of each index volume.

General Science Index -- Index area, QZ 7403 .G4 -- (1978-1998) -- #

Mathematical Reviews -- Index area & 3 North, QAZ 6653 .M33 -- (1940-1995)
                    throughout each issue, by subject; book reviews are noted by a * symbol.

Computing Reviews -- Index area & 3 North, QAZ 6654 .C17 C65 -- (1960-current)
                    separate section in front of each issue, by subject.

Biological & Agricultural Index -- Index area & 3 North, SZ 5073 .A46 -- (1964-current) -- #

Applied Science & Technology Index -- Index area & 3 North, TZ 7913 .I7 -- (1958-current) -- #

Library Literature -- Index area, Z 666 .C211 -- (1933-current) -- #

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Newspapers (Printed)
          % means to look under subject heading Books-Authors or Books-Titles

Christian Science Monitor -- Index area, AI 21 .C46 -- (1956-1997) -- %

Los Angeles Times -- Index area, AI 21 .L65 L67 -- (1972-1998) -- %

New York Times -- Index area, AI 21 .N44 -- (1972-1998) -- subj hdg Books and Lit., then by Title.

San Francisco Chronicle -- Index area, AI 21 .S3 -- (1976-current) -- %

The Times (London) -- Index area, AI 21 .T46 -- (1977-current) -- subj hdg Books (Titles &Rvws), then by Title.

Washington Post -- Index area, AI 21 .W33 -- (1972-1997) -- %

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