Philosophy Subject Guide
Book Reviews
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Book reviews for philosophy resources are found in many online and print titles. Two general online sources are available: Book Review Digest (Z 1219 .C96 Ref) and the Book Review Index (Z 1035 .A1 B6 Ref).
Noted above are a number of titles, e.g., the online and print copy of the The Philosopher's Index; the Bulletin Signaletique 519 (Z 7127 .B82x Ref); Humanities Abstracts (AI 3 .R492x Ref); and selected journals that regularly contain book reviews. Many other philosophy journals also review books, but you should use periodical indexes to facilitate the search rather than browse the journals. Scholarly book reviews are also indexed in the Web of Science found online in the A-Z listing as well as many other Humanities indexes and databases listed above.
Another excellent print title for book reviews in philosophy is the Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974 , located in Waldo Library, Reference (Z 1035 .A1 C63x).
Book Review Digest 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 Index 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)
Web of Science Contains three major databases: (1) Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), (2) Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and (3) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work. Tutorial
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