Research, Citation, & Class Guides: AfriAmr/PoliSci 261: African-American Politics: Finding Book Reviews

Finding Book Reviews

Academic Search Complete
Using Advanced Search, limit to book reviews in the Document Type limit at the bottom of the search screen.
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Select America's Newspapers link, then type book title in quotation marks and the author's last name in the search box.
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Book Review Digest by H. W. Wilson Company
Call Number: 2nd-floor Reference Collection, "Indexes" (last row)
ISBN: 9781345922998
Publication Date: 1905-2008

After finding your author/title in the correct volume, write down the CITATION for each review. For example:
- B Ent -- v. 22 Jl '92 p.12+ [51-250]
- Comw -- v. 119 Je 5 '92 p.21+ [500+]
- New R -- v. 206 Ap 13 '92 p.30+ [500+]
Look in the front of the volume for JOURNAL TITLE CODES. For example:
- B Ent = Black Enterprise
- Comw = Commonweal
- New R = New Republic
Use the Journal Search to learn whether there is access to the full text of the review.

Contact a reference librarian if you need assistance.