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HIST 285: Historian's Workshop (Dahl)

Types of Book Reviews (3:09)

Book Reviews in EBSCO Databases

Search the history databases and Book Review Digest simultaneously to find book reviews:

Historical Abstracts covers reviews in history journals for non-North American history. America: History & Life is the best source for scholarly book reviews for topics in North American history. Add Academic Search Complete, which is a good general database covering scholarly journals in many different disciplines, and the book review database Book Review Digest, to get the best search possible. You could also consider adding other subject databases if appropriate, for example the Political Science Complete database.

1. After clicking on a link to get to an EBSCO database, click on the "Choose Databases" link to select the databases you want to search simultaneously:

2. Type in the: title of the book:

3. Scroll down and select "Book Review" from the Document Type list:

Use the  button to find the journal online, in Seymour Library, or to request it via interlibrary loan.

Book Reviews on JSTOR (2:02)