It presents an evaluation as free from bias and prejudice as possible so that the reader of the review can form his own opinion of the work. Finding Book Reviews 1. Almost all periodical indexes have a book review section. The periodical indexes are located in the Reference Room. Provides excerpts of and citations to reviews of current fiction and nonfiction in the English landuage appearing in selected U.S., Canadian and British periodicals.
Subject scope includes the humanities, social sciences and general science.
Fiction, nonfiction, new editions, and foreign titles are included. Citations to book reviews in about 440 periodicals. Subject matter includes children's books, poetry, popular, academic and professional areas. Cumulative index to book review citations in Book Review Digest, Library Journal, Saturday Review, and Choice for the years indicated. Leads to more than 1 million reviews.