Anthropology Subject Guide
Book Reviews
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Web of Science) The Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.
Indexes and excerpts reviews of English-language fiction and nonfiction books published in leading periodicals. Scholarly books, textbooks, government publications, and technical books are excluded. Online coverage: 1983-present. Updated weekly.
Book Review Digest Retrospective 1905-1982
Indexes and excerpts reviews of 300,000 English-language fiction and nonfiction books published in leading periodicals. Scholarly books, textbooks, government publications, and technical books are excluded.
Print: Z 1219 .C96 (Ref)
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Provides reviews of general interest and some scholarly books published in the US since 1965. This doesn't have the excerpts from reviews that Book Review Digest provides, nor does it go back to 1905, but it does index many more periodicals.
Print: Z 1035 .A1 B6 (Ref)
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
Z 1035 .A1 C64 (Ref)
This 15-volume set offers title and author access to over one million book reviews that appeared in the backfiles of about 460 scholarly journals in the fields of History, Political Science, and Sociology between 1886 and 1974. Reviews are arranged by author's last name.
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
Z 1035 .A1 C63x (Ref)
A 10-volume set that includes close to 500,000 book review citations from the backfiles of 150 humanities journals, mostly focusing on Literature, Religion, and Philosophy. Reviews are arranged by author's last name.
Indexes more than 465 major humanities journals in art, history, literature, philosophy, religion, music, and related areas. Coverage from 1984, abstracts from 1994 to the present.
Covers major scholarly journals for science, medicine and engineering. Cited Ref. search feature finds articles that cited a specific author or publication. Coverage: 1900 - present.
More infoSocial Sciences Citation Index
(Web of Science) The Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database that indexes more than 1,725 journals spanning 50 disciplines, and selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals. Disciplines include: anthropology, history, industrial relations, information & library science, law, philosophy, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public health, social issues, social work, sociology, urban studies, women's studies. Because the information about each article includes the article's cited reference list (or bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage is from 1956 to present. Please LOGOFF, so others may use the database.
Indexes over 600 periodicals in anthropology, economics, ethnic studies, feminist studies, geography, human services, international relations, law and criminology, police science, political science, population studies, psychology, public administration, public health, social work, sociology, urban studies, and related social science subjects. Coverage: indexing from 1983 and abstracts from 1994. Updated weekly.
More infoReviews in Anthropology
Z 5111 .R47 v.1- (Feb 1974-) (Ref)
Long, detailed reviews of new books in the field. Published quarterly.
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Librarian's Comment: Also, many anthropology journals include book reviews. To identify these, use a periodical index such as Anthropological Literature.
Librarian's Comment: A search may be limited to book reviews.