Italian History Research Guide

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Book Review Sources

Selected subject headings:: Humanities--Book Reviews--Indexes; Books--Reviews--Indexes; Books--Reviews; Bibliography--Periodicals

The Book Review Digest. v.1-. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1905-
Online: A digest and index of selected book reviews in about 75 English and American periodicals, principally general in character. Arranged alphabetically by author of book reviewed, with subject and title index. "To qualify for inclusion a book must have been published or distributed in the United States. A work of non-fiction must have received two or more reviews and one of fiction four or more reviews in the journals selected." --Pref. note. For each book entered, gives a brief descriptive note, quotations from selected reviews with exact reference to the periodical in which the review appeared, and references only-- without quotation-- to the other reviews.Indicates length of review in number of words. Compiled mainly from the public library point of view, the reviewed index being taken principally from the general journals and not to any great extent from the more specialized ones. Published monthly (except Feb. and July), with annual cumulations.

Book Review Index. v.1- Detroit: Gale, Jan. 1965-
SML, Reference Z1035 A1 B66 (LC): Originally published monthly, with quarterly and annual cumulations. Suspended 1969-71, then resumed with three issues covering1972 and an annual cumulation for 1972 designated as v. 8. Beginning 1973, issued bimonthly, with alternate issues cumulating the preceding bimonthly issue, and an annual cumulation. Retrospective indexes covering 1969-71, were published 1974/74 as v. 5-7 of the series. An author listing with abbreviated citations to reviews. Now intends to index all reviews appearing in about 450 publications. Reviews indexed are primarily in the fields of general fiction and nonfiction, humanities, social sciences, librarianship and bibliography, and juvenile and young adult books. _________. A master cumulation 1969-79, ed. by Gary C. Tarbert. (Detroit: Gale, [1980]. 7 v.). Cumulates the citations for the years indicated. Vols. 6-7 are a title index (the title index was a new feature beginning 1976, but this cumulation includes title indexing for the full period.) (Balay, AA366)

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals 1802-1974. Ed. Evan Ira Farber. Woodbridge, CT: Research

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals 1886-1974. Ed. Evan Ira Farber. Woodbridge, CT: Research
Publications, 1979-82
SML, Reference Z1035 A1 +C64 (LC): Contents: v. 1-12, Authors; v. 13-15, Titles.; Offers "author and title access to more than one million book reviews which appeared in the complete backfiles of 459 scholarly journals in History, Political Science, and Sociology." --Introd. The author section is arranged alphabetically by author of the book reviewed, giving title of the book and citations to reviews (listed alphabetically by abbreviated journal title, with volume number, date, and initial page of the review); the titles section provides see references to the author part. In general, short notices are included as well as full-length reviews. Reviewers' names are not given.A complementary set has appeared as Combined retrospective index to book reviews in humanities journals, 1802-1974 (Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, 1982-84. 10 v.). It indexes reviews in an additional 150 periodicals in the broad range of the humanities. (Balay, AA369)

An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities. Williamston, MI: P. Thomson, 1960-: Indexes several hundred periodicals, originally all in English, though a number of foreign-language titles were added in the 1970 volume. Several thousand book titles are now included in each issue. Vol. 1 originally had no cumulative index but was issued in cumulated form in1978; in v. 2-3, 1961-62, the quarterly issues are cumulated into an annual volume; from 1963-, published annually. Originally "humanities" was here defined to include history and some aspects of the social sciences, but beginning with v. 11 (1970) the term was restricted to art and architecture; biography, personal narrative and memoirs; drama and dance; folklore; language; literature; music; philosophy; travel and adventure. (Balay, AA372)

Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen: IBR = International Bibliography of Book Reviews = Bibliographie Internationale des
Online: Title varies.; Prefatory matter in German, English, and French.; In four parts: pt. A, Index of periodicals consulted; pt. B, Classified subject index of book reviews; pt. C, Index of book reviews by reviewed authors; pt. D, Index of book reviews by reviewing authors.Serves both as a companion to Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens (AD255) and as a continuation, after the long hiatus, of Bibliographie der Rezensionen (AA364). Reviews cited in the first volume are mainly of1968-69 books, but many from earlier in the decade are also included. The listing by reviewer is an unusual feature among ongoing book review indexes. For 1984, published as Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen (v.13, pt. 2), which was then continued as Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher Literatur (v. 14, pt. 1- . Osnabruck: F. Dietrich, 1984- . Annual.) Title also in English and French. Also called I.B.R. Appears annually in two half-year parts. Each part contains five sections:L pt. A, Index rerum/Subject index; pt. B, Index systematicus/Keyword index; pt. C, Opera recensa/Reviewed works; pt. D, Recensores/Reviewers; pt. E, Periodica/Periodicals. From 1971-1983, full information was given in pts. B, C, and D. Currently, citations to the book reviews are found only in Part A, the subject index; Part C and D refer the user to the subject heading. (Balay, AA373)