The indexes at the back of the volumes include cross references to other Gale publications. Articles about fiction are indexed by the author of the work. Later issues include separate book review section after the main body of the index. This index begins coverage in 1960. Lists critical reviews through 1978.
Entries are alphabetical by the author of the work being reviewed.
An index to the four volume work is included in volume four. This index reviews for Book Review Digest , Choice , Library Journal , and Saturday Review . Until 1976 book reviews are included in the main body of the index, alphabetical by book author. Starting in 1976 a book review index appears following the main index, arranged alphabetically by author. A helpful tool when dealing with literary criticism is A Handbook to Literature , by William Harmon and C. Hugh Holman.