Indexes many of the same sources included in Book Review Digest and includes more reviews drawn from academic journals. Bimonthly with quarterly and annual cumulations. There are numerous search options, including by publisher, ISBN, and most recent reviews. Includes books in social science. Sources for reviews mainly English-language learned journals.
Arrangement is by author of book reviewed.
It indexes book reviews in all subject areas in German, French and English. The IBR continues Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher Literatur , below. Continues the Bibliographie der Rezensionen . The electronic medium allows for very rapid publication of reviews, and provides a computer searchable archive of past reviews.