Humanities Abstracts on FirstSearch Citations to book reviews in history-related subject areas. 1984 to present. To use Book Review Digest and Humanities Abstracts on FirstSearch , pick up a username and password at the Reference Desk. Lists reviews published in over 500 periodicals. It is arranged alphabetically by author and has a title index.
Most reviews appear around the time a book is published.
So if you are using a print publication such as Book Review Index , do not limit your search to the exact date. Be sure to check all sources the year before and the year after the book was published as well. Academic Journals Scholarly journals are a valuable source for book reviews. The library subscribes to the Journal of American History , American Historical Review , and the Journal of Modern History . To find other journals that the library subscribes to, check the periodicals list .