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File Description [top]

Book Review Index (BRI) contains references to more than 4,000,000 reviews of approximately 2,000,000 distinct book and periodical titles. The file dates from 1969 to the present and covers every review published in nearly 500 periodicals and newspapers. Each record includes the author and title of the work being reviewed, journal name, date of review, and page number. Document type indications are also included if the work is a children's book, periodical, children's periodical, young adult periodical, reference work, or young adult book. Book Review Index corresponds to the print publication of the same name.

Approximately 500 periodicals and newspapers are currently indexed by BRI (retrospective coverage varies). Periodicals indexed range from the Harvard Business Review to the Center for Children's Books: Bulletin, and from the American Scholar to Psychology Today. General interest magazines such as Ms., Time, The New Yorker, and Atlantic are covered, as are specialized periodicals like Flying, Yachting, and National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

Subject Coverage [top]

BRI offers broad subject coverage due to the range of xources indexed. Subjects include:

• the social sciences
• humanities
• sciences
• business
• fine arts
• general interest areas

Sources [top]

Approximately 500 periodicals and newspapers are currently indexed by BRI (retrospective coverage varies). Periodicals indexed range from the Harvard Business Review to the Center for Children's Books: Bulletin, and from the American Scholar to Psychology Today. General interest magazines such as Ms., Time, The New Yorker, and Atlantic are covered, as are specialized periodicals like Flying, Yachting, and National Genealogical Society Quarterly.

Print Counterparts [top]

• Book Review Index

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• Journal Articles
• Newspaper Articles

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available

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Terms and Conditions [top]

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ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

² Dates of coverage vary for individual document types.

³ Not available in all records.

⁴ Includes Journal Name, Volume, Page, and Publication Year.

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Rates For File: Book Review Index[137]
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