Academic Book Reviews
Academic Book Reviews
Academic book reviews
- Summarize the content of the book
- Analyze the quality of the scholarship
- Set the book in its larger scholarly context
Book reviews are usually published in peer reviewed journals such as the American Journal of Philology or the American Journal of Archaeology in Classical Studies. There are also academic journals that solely publish reviews such as:
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)
- Publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)
- An archive of BMCR's publications is available from 1990 to the present
- Publishes informative reviews from leading scholars on new work covering the literatures and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome
- Full-text available online via the Library Search
Locating Academic Book Reviews
Search individual academic journals would be an inefficient method for locating academic book reviews. The Library Search and L'Année Philologique can be used to search across multiple journals to identify available book reviews.
When searching for academic book reviews, the title of the book is always the title or a component of the title of the book review article.
Searching for Book Reviews in the Library Search
In the Library Search, used the Advanced Search feature. Using Advanced Search will allow you to limit your search using the Title field. Also make sure that the Everything search scope is selected.
Book reviews will be tagged with the label Article or Review.
Searching for Book Reviews in L'Année Philologique
In L'Année Philologique, book reviews do not have individual records. Instead, book records (L'Annee usually uses the term monograph) have a section where book reviews are listed. Simply search for the title of your book.
