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Book Review Sources

Theology & Religious Studies:

  • ATLA Religion Database (includes some reviews in full text)
  • America Magazine Free access to book reviews from 2000 to the present.
  • Catholic Periodical and Literature Index Online
  • Review of Biblical Literature Search by author, title, subject, reviewer, or keyword
  • Theological Book Review A British book review journal. Each issue contains an index of the authors whose books are reviewed, and an index of all the books reviewed in a given year appears in a special green insert. Recent issues are in Current Periodicals; back issues are in Periodical Stacks.
  • Society for Old Testament Study Book List. Annual collection of critical reviews of the major Old Testament books published in the year preceding. Shelved in the Reference Room at Z7772 .A1 S66.

All Subjects:

Reviews quoted by publishers:
Publishers often print excerpts of reviews on their web sites. To find the web site of a particular publisher, go to the Publishers' Catalogue Home Page or Google Catalogs (select "Books, Music & Film")

Reviews quoted by booksellers:
Online booksellers, such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, frequently include synopses and excerpts from reviews in the information about a book.

Print Indexes:

  • Book Review Index  A printed list of reviews, issued annually; shelved on the Periodical Index shelves in the Reference Room.
  • International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature (Widener Library, second floor Reading Room)
  • An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities, 1960-1990
    (Widener Library, second floor Reading Room)


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