LibGuides: History: Book Reviews

Sources For Finding Book Reviews

There are several places to find book reviews, here are a few suggestions

America: History and Life with Full Text
United States and Canadian history from prehistoric times to the present. The database indexes all key journals in the discipline, state and local history publications. Indexing from 1895, full text from 1935.
Book Review Digest Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
Reviews for over 1.5 million English-language adult and juvenile fiction & non-fiction books. Reviews are from popular magazines, newspapers, academic journals, and library review media. 1908-1982.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
World history database (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, with coverage extending to related disciplines such as archeology, anthropology and sociology. 1953 to present.
JSTOR
Scholarly journals and books. Access begins with the first volume for many journal titles, but usually does not have the newest volumes of each journal. To try out AI tools in JSTOR, login using your personal JSTOR account and visit the FAQs to learn more.