Research Guides: Book Reviews: Humanities

Print Indexes

Philosopher's Index (1963-1990)
Four issues per year and annual index. Book review section at back of each issue, starting with 1970.

Finding Scholarly Reviews of Humanities Books

Use the following databases to find scholarly reviews of books in the humanities including: art, literature, religion, philosophy, and classics.

America: History and Life with Full Text
Indexes literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes 1,700 journals and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages. Publication dates of coverage: 1964 to present.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)
The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) indexes scholarship in the fields of English language and literature, folklore, and English-language film and television studies.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI)
This database indexes about 1,700 arts and humanities journals. Dates of coverage: 1975 to present.
Adjust settings to expand your searching to include the Social Sciences Citation Index, the Science Citation Index, the Book Citation Index, and others.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Indexes more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages. Publication dates of coverage: 1955 to present.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective (H.W. Wilson)
The Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective provides citations from periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, as well as citations of over 240,000 book reviews. Dates of coverage: 1907-1984.
Humanities Source
Humanities Source includes full text access to journals. It combines various Humanities related databases, including the American Humanities Index.
Philosopher's Index
Philosopher's Index contains citations and abstracts of scholarly research in all areas of philosophy and related fields. Included are information about journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to anthologies, and book reviews. The publication dates covered are from 1940 to present, and the full text of items is often available.
Religion Database (ATLA)
The Religion Database, sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. Dates of coverage: 1949 to the present.