Princeton University Library
Pliny Fisk Library of Economics & Finance
Book
Review Digest. 1905+
Cites reviews and gives excerpts from
them. Includes English-language material only. A non-fiction work must
have received reviews in two or more of the journals indexed and the
reviews must have appeared within eighteen months of the book's publication
date.
Book Review Index Plus.
1965+
Guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with linking to more than 630,000 full-text reviews.
Book Review Index to Social Science Periodicals.
4 volumes cover 1964-1974. The purpose of this set is to provide access to book
reviews published during the decade before the Social Sciences Index
began. Includes reviews of books on a wide range of subjects, the only
requirement being that the review appeared in one of the social science
journals indexed.
(SXF) Z7161.A15B65
Business Periodicals Index.
From 1972/73 through 1974/75, book reviews are listed under the subject
heading "Book reviews -- single books." Beginning with the 1975/76
volume, there is a separate section of book reviews at the back of every
issue.
(SXF) HF5001.B87 (1958-1982)
For 1982 to present, see
OmniFile. This database contains the book reviews and articles indexed
in Business Periodicals Index as well as many other indexes.
ChoiceReviews.online. September 1988+
Provides Web access to CHOICE
reviews. Reviews of
academic titles in all fields including economics, business, and
management.
H-Net Reviews. 1993+
Online scholarly reviews in the social sciences and humanities.
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen
Wissenschaftlicher Literatur. 1971+
English title: International bibliography of book reviews of
scholarly literature. Continues a much earlier publication, Bibliographie der
Rezensionen (04048.178), which covered 1900-1943. Published in two
half-year parts. Each half-year part contains a subject index (Index
Rerum) which contains the full citations to the book reviewed and to
reviews of it, and an author index (Opera Recensa) which gives the subject
heading to look under in the Index Rerum. There is also an index of
reviewers and a list of the periodicals indexed, arranged by their
identifiying number. This source includes many English-language journals as
well as French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.
Z5051.I64 (Current issues in DR)
Journal of Economic Literature.
v.7+; 1969+
Contains two sections: "Book Reviews" and "Annotated Listing
of New Books." The table of contents of each issue lists the books
included in the first section and there is a cumulation of this list in
the back of the December issue. Beginning in 1983, the December issue
includes an author index to the "Annotated Listing of New books."
Full text reviews may be found electronically from September 1993-present in EconLit.
0487.503
New York Review of Books. 1963+
Social Sciences Citation
Index. (WEB of Science)
1956+
Book reviews are listed under the name of the author of the review and identified as a book review.
Social Sciences Index
1974+
Contained in Wilson's OmniFile. This database contains the book reviews and articles indexed
in Social Sciences Index as well as many other indexes.
Wall Street Journal Index.
1958+
In the "General News" section under the subject headings "Books - Authors"and "Books - Titles" there is a
listing of books reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. For reviews prior
to 1990, use the subject heading "Book Reviews".
(SXF)
HG1 .W15
Wall Street Review of Books.
1973-1990.
Not an index, but a journal containing substantial reviews of books.
Covered a wide range of economics, not just books on the stock market.
Included an annual index to authors, titles, and reviewers.
HG1.W28