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Databases for Finding Book Reviews

It is helpful to know the author, title of work, and year of publication when looking for book reviews.

Academic Search Premier
A keyword search using the author's name and the major words in the title of the book will yield the greatest results.
Project MUSE - Standard Collection
Project MUSE offers journal titles from 40 scholarly publishers and covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
JSTOR
JSTOR provides access to several collections of backfiles of scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. JSTOR includes the full runs of each journal, generally up to 1-7 years from the present. Note: Auburn University subscribes to the Arts & Sciences I & II Collections and the Life Sciences Collection.

Databases by Subject
In the databases available at Auburn University Libraries you have access to hundreds of indexed journals in subject specific fields. From the "Databases by Subject" page, select a relevant discipline for recommended databases. Keyword searching in most databases will secure the best results.

Print Indexes for Finding Book Reviews

Book Review Digest
Reviews are listed alphabetically by author, and a title index is included at the back of each volume. Check the volume corresponding to the year in which the book was published, as well as the next few years. RBD has volumes from 1906 through 1999.

Reference Collection
Z 1219 .B72
Book Review Index
Reviews are listed alphabetically by author, and a title index is included at the back of each volume. Check the volume corresponding to the year in which the book was published, as well as the next few years. Coverage begins in 1965 and runs through 2018.

Reference Collection
Z 1035 .A1 B6
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974
Scholarly reviews of books dealing with history, political science, and sociology are listed alphabetically by the author of the book being reviewed. Volumes 13-15 serve as the title index.

RBD 4th Floor
Z 1035 .A1 C64
Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974
Reviews of book reviews in the humanities are listed alphabetically by the author of the book being reviewed. Volume 10 is the title index.

RBD Closed Stacks - Request at Circulation Desk
AZ 221 .C645 1982
An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities
Reviews are listed alphabetically by the author of the book being reviewed. This index begins coverage in 1960; RBD has volumes from 1960 through 1990.

Offsite Storage - Request at Circulation Desk
AI 5 .I5
National Library Service Cumulative Book Review Index, 1905-1974
Reviews are indexed in "author" and "title" volumes. This index reviews for Book Review Digest, Choice, Library Journal, and Saturday Review.

RBD 4th Floor
Z 1035 .A1 N3
The New York Times Book Review Index, 1896-1970
Reviews are listed in author, title, subject, category, and by-line volumes.

RBD 4th Floor
Z 1007 .N562
TLS, The TImes Literary Supplement
Most recent editions in Current Issues; older editions, from 1969 to 2019, in microfilm (filed by title).
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Reference Collection
AI 3 .R4
Humanities Index
Offsite Storage - Request at Circulation Desk
AI 3 .H9
Art Index
RBD 3rd Floor
N 1 .A454
Social Sciences Index
RBD 2nd Floor
H 1 .S632
Business Periodicals Index
Reference Collection
HF 5001 .B8288
General Science Index
RBD 3rd Floor
Q 1 .G47
Applied Science and Technology Index
RBD 4th Floor
Z 913 .I7
Biological and Agricultural Index
RBD 4th Floor
S 1 .A1635