Using these sources
A retrospective source indexes in one or more volume reviews that were published over a long span of time. By using such an index, you can easily find all of the reviews published during many years, instead of having to look at individual volumes for each year. However, a lot of time has usually passed since the reviews were published, so these are not good sources for recent book reviews.
As always, consult the dates indexed to be sure that they fit your book's publication date. And don't forget to check, not only the year the book was published, but several of the years after!
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Retrospective book review indexes in the Baylor Library
- Book Review Index to Social Science Periodicals byCall Number: Jones Ref Z7161 .A15 B65This source indexes reviews published between 1964 - 1970 in social science journals.
- Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802 - 1974 byCall Number: Jones Ref AZ221 .C65x 1982This source indexes book reviews from over 150 humanities journals for an impressive 172 years.
- Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886 - 1974 byCall Number: Jones Ref Z1035.A1C64In addition to covering a very wide span of time, this 15 volume index brings together book reviews from History, Political Science, and Sociology journals.
- Index to Book Reviews in England, 1749 - 1774 byCall Number: Jones Ref Z1035.A1 F67 1990This source indexes English book reviews beginning in 1749, when the first British periodical dedicated to reviews only began to be issued.
- Index to Book Reviews in England, 1775-1800 byCall Number: Jones Ref Z1035.A1 F672x 1997Taking up where her previous volume left off, Forster in this source brings her index of English book reviews up to the 19th century.
- National Library Service Cumulative Book Review, 1905 - 1974 byCall Number: Jones Ref Z1035.A1N38xThis source lists all the books reviewed in Book Review Digest for the relevant period, as well as providing full indexing for reviews published in Library Journal, Saturday Review, and Choice.
- New York Times Book Review Index, 1896 - 1970Call Number: Jones Ref AP2 .N658 Index 1973The New York Times Book Review, which reviews both fiction and non-fiction books, is quite popular and influential. This index covers a wide span of time and a wide variety of book types.
- Saturday Review Index byCall Number: Jones Ref Z1219 .S252 IndexThis source indexes all of the articles published in the Saturday Review of Literature from 1924 to 1944. At that time, SR was a very influential book review source.
