Hewes Library: Classics: Book Reviews

General Book Review Sources

Choice Reviews Online This link opens in a new window
Choice Academic Reviews for scholarly books and e-resources.
Times Literary Supplement Archive This link opens in a new window
Full-text and fully searchable, the Times Literary Supplement (London) contains a wide variety of contemporary literary reviews. This resource can also be searched, along other resources, within Gale Primary Sources. Coverage: from 1902 - 2014
New York Times Historical (1851-3yr embargo) This link opens in a new window
Full-image and fully searchable access to the New York Times, from its first issue as the New York Daily Times, 1851 until 3 years from the present.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database indexing 17,000+ periodicals and publications; over 8,700 titles are full-text and over 7,600 are peer-reviewed. Coverage: 20th century to present. EBSCO platform.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full-image (pdf) repository of over 2,600 scholarly journals and 48,000 eBooks in all disciplines. Coverage: varies; some holdings extend back to the 19th century.

Databases that index journals, magazines and newspapers in a particular discipline may also contain book reviews. See a list of databases organized by discipline below.

Classics Book Reviews

Classics literature reviews can be found in many of the general book review resources listed on the left.

Below are book review sources specific to the Classics discipline.

Bryn Mawr Classical Review
[OPEN ACCESS] Searchable full-text of scholarly book reviews in the field of classical studies (including archaeology) as published in the scholarly journal Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1990 to the present.
The Classical Journal
Scholarly journal published by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), it contains academic articles, book reviews, and lists of books recently published.
HOW TO SEARCH:
1. Browse reviews published in the journal 2007-2013
2. Search contents of journal via JSTOR (1905 - present). Obtain the FULL-TEXT of articles for years 1905 until 3 years before current year via JSTOR
3. Access 1908-present print in Hewes Library (current year on main level; older years in the lower level).

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full-image repository of over 2,600 scholarly journals and 25,000 eBooks covering all disciplines, including core journals in Classical Studies. Browse a LIST ofthe 70+ CLASSICAL journals indexed in JSTOR. To SEARCH ONLY CLASSICS JOURNALS in JSTOR, scroll down the Advanced Search screen and select "Classical Studies" under JOURNAL FILTER.
Philosopher's Index This link opens in a new window
An index covering scholarly research from journals and book chapters published in the field of philosophy. Coverage: since 1940.

Book Reviews

Book Reviews as Sources of Information

Book reviews provide critical information about the content of a book and can save a researcher valuable time in making initial resource selection. Reviews can be found in popular, trade, scholarly and news resources.

General Book Review Sources

Classics Book Reviews

Classics literature reviews can be found in many of the general book review resources listed on the left.