Book Reviews Researching the Visual Arts in Canada

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Book reviews are usually published in journals as well as in numerous subject specialty journals. Specialized book review indexes and periodical indexes covering book reviews are the finding aids used to identify where and when reviews have been published. This list includes indexes covering a wide range of topics but concentrates on those dealing with books related to Canadian art and architecture.

 

On-line Book Review Resources


CAA.reviews

Critical reviews of books, exhibitions, and projects in all areas and periods of art history and visual studies published by the College Art Association.

Journal of Canadian Art History -- Back Issues Table of Contents

Search for Reviews on this page (Ctl-F or Cmd-F) which lists articles, reviews, and other notices for all its published issues.

 

Book Review Indexes


Book Review Digest
. Concordia University Library Call # Z 1219 B6 Index 1905- present

Book reviews from more than 75 Canadian, American and British periodicals covering the humanities and social sciences. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author of book reviewed, and each entry includes a complete citation with a brief description and quotations from selected reviews.

Book Review Index. Concordia University Library Call #Z 1035 A1B62 Index 1965 - present

This index provides up-to-date coverage of book reviews in over 600 periodicals in the fields of the social sciences and humanities. Organized alphabetically by author or title with complete citations. In 1998 references to online book review citations are also included.

Canadian Book Review Annual. Concordia University Library Call # Z 1365 C27X Index 1975-94

This reference work provides complete book reviews of reference materials, humanities and applied arts and the social sciences. Separate author, title and subject indexes.

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals. Concordia University Library Call # Z 1035 A1C63X Index 1802-1974

This 10 volume work includes about 500,00 book reviews that appeared in over 150 humanities journals. Reviewers' names, whenever identified, have been added to the entries. Author and title entries are listed in separate volumes. Mostly American with some Canadian and British.

Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals. Concordia University Library Call # Z 1035 A1C64 Index 1886-1974

More than one million book reviews are included in this index which covers 489 scholarly journals in the fields of history, political science, and sociology. Separate volumes for authors and titles. Each entry include a list of citations organized alphabetically by journal title.

Index to book reviews in the humanities. Concordia University Library Call # Z 1035 A1I63 Index.1961-90

Seven hundred English-language periodicals are covered in this index to book reviews. Numerous art journals are included. Access is by author or title of a work.

 

Finding Book Reviews using Periodical Indexes

The following general and subject periodical indexes include references to book reviews as well as articles and other types of publications. This listing is not exhaustive, including those indexes most likely to cover topics related to the field of Canadian art history. Most of these indexes are available in paper and electronic format; however, coverage of the electronic versions usually includes relatively recent years. See also the Concordia Library Guide.

America: History and Life. Concordia University Library Call # E 11 A42X CD-ROM 1964 - ONWARD

Coverage of Canadian history including art, artists, decorative arts, etc. Book reviews can be identified by author or title of the work as well as by reviewer.

Art Index. Concordia University Library Call # N1 A7 Index 1929 - ONWARD

Coverage of book reviews begins in 1973. Search the CD-ROM version for reveiws going back to 1984. The paper version contains a separate book review index at the end of each volume. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author; citation includes names of reviewers.

Canadian Periodical Index. Concordia University Library Call # AI3 C2 Index 1920 - ONWARD

Covering most of the same publications as the Canadian Database, this index can be used to find book reviews published prior to 1982. Reviews can be found under the general subject heading - BOOK REVIEWS. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author.

Design and Applied Art Index. Concordia University Library Call # NK 1 D42 Index 1987 - ONWARD

Book reviews are listed under specific subject headings. Full publication details as well as reviewers' names are provided.

Humanities Index. Concordia University Library Call # AI 3 I521 Index 1974 - ONWARD

Although not devoted exclusively to art and architecture, this index provides references to book reviews in a separate listing at the end of each volume. Some Canadian coverage.

Point de Repere. Concordia University Library Call # AI 7 P64 Index 1984 - ONWARD

Includes references to periodicals from France, Quebec and other Francophone countries. Book reviews, arranged alphabetically by author, are listed in a separate index at the end of each volume.

 

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Last updated: 23 septembre 2007

 

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