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The following scholarly history journals publish book reviews:

The core history journal databases — America: History & Life (book reviews about the New World); Historical Abstracts (book reviews about the Old World); JSTOR (reviews of books with an older imprint); and ProjectMUSE (reviews of books with a newer imprint) — are all excellent tools for locating scholarly book reviews, as to a lesser extent is the interdisciplinary Academic Search Premier. Keep in mind, however, that all of the aforementioned databases also index, in addition to book reviews, scholarly journal articles, dissertations, editorials, and speeches, so be sure to limit your search to "Book Review" in America: History & Life and "Reviews" in JSTOR. The "Book Review" Document Type is not available for Historical Abstracts. When searching this database enter the keywords "book" AND "review" into separate search boxes, or enter the phrase "review article" into a single search box.

The following databases are dedicated book review sources.

A more complete list of history book review sources available through Temple University Libraries:

• Academic Search Premier *
• America: History and Life *
• Book Review Digest Plus †
• C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
• Book Review Index (print only)
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974 (print only)
• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974 (print only)
• Global Books in Print
• Historical Abstracts *
• Humanities Index †
• JSTOR
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• New York Review of Books (open access) - Searchable full-text reviews of many titles with historical themes. Look for the "Archives" link in the left-hand column under "Web features." Covers 1963 to present.
• Periodical Abstracts
• Periodicals Archive Online
• Periodicals Index Online
• ProjectMUSE
• Reader's Guide Retrospective †
• Social Sciences Index †
• Web of Science (choose the "General Search" tab)

Bold indicates that database contains reviews from scholarly journals, or a mix of reviews from scholarly, general-interest, and other types of periodicals.

Databases marked with (*) can be searched together on the EBSCOhost platform. Click the down arrow of the "In:" drop-down box. Check off as many databases as desired -- up to 3 book review sources on this platform -- and then click "Submit".

Databases marked with (†) can be searched together on the Wilson platform. Click "Open Database Selection Area," and then check off the boxes next to the desired databases. Check the box next to "Peer Reviewed" in the "Limit to:" section if desired, but make sure the checkbox next to "Reader's Guide Full Text" is also checked, otherwise you might not be able to see/choose this option.

H-Net provides full text scholarly book reviews, 1993 to date, in the humanities and social sciences. Find below a sample list of scholarly reviews in military history written by academic contributors to H-Net. RSS feeds for reviews in other areas of history are available.

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