Research guides: Book Reviews: Home

Interdisciplinary indexes

Useful indexes and databases for finding book reviews

*Helpful hint: most databases allow you to limit your search results to "book reviews"

Book Review Index
Provides access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media.
International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR)
Interdisciplinary and international bibliography of book reviews from humanities and social science journals.Coverage from 1983+
EBSCO
Collection of interdisciplinary academic subject databases that can be searched individually or as a whole. Includes book reviews, articles, and more.

Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, with full-text search capabilities.
PIO - Periodicals Index Online This link opens in a new window
Database of citations for articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning over more than 300 years.
Project MUSE - Premium Collection This link opens in a new window
Database covering peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journals in the humanities and social sciences.
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary search engine of book reviews, academic journals, newspapers, ebooks, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary search engine of academic journals, books, and other materials across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Web of Science: Core Collection
Database of peer-reviewed scholarly journals and articles, including book reviews.

Useful print resources for finding historical book reviews.

Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Ulrich's helps you determine if a journal is scholarly or peer-reviewed.

To find out if a journal includes book reviews:

To find journals in a discipline that contain book reviews:

Go to "Advanced search"
From the drop-down menu, select "Subject" and type in a subject
Under "Limit your results", click "More limiters"
Under "Other feature", put a tick mark in the box next to "Book reviews included"