LibGuides: African Studies: Find Book Reviews

Sources for Book Reviews

African Studies Companion - Book Review Media and Book Review Indexes
4th edtion 2006 in print, Call Number: McPHerson Reference DT 19.8 Z45
H-Africa Reviews
Reviews published 1995 to 2007, includng books, films, and exhibits.
African Studies Quarterly.
Free, online journal published since 1997, includes book reviews. Indexed in PAIS.

Choice Reviews Online
Source for reviews of academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education. More than 35,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers rely on Choice magazine and Choice Reviews Online for collection development and scholarly research.

New York Review of Books
Includes essay length book reviews.
Coverage 02/01/1963 to present.
London Review of Books
Current Issues Periodica at AP4 L545
Times Literary Supplement (print)
Current Issues Periodicals at AP4 T45.
Times Literary Supplement (Online)
Online from 1905 to 2005.
Times Higher Education Supplement
1994 to present

Library Search

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Journals with Book Reviews

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Book lists

African Books Collective
Lists books published from over a hundred African publihsers from 18 African countriesl.
Africa Bibliography [online] 1997 - 2011
The Africa Bibliography is a guide to works in African studies published by the International African Institute since 1984. Cambridge platform. Print volumes 1984 - 2009 at Call number Z3502 A35, BCS.
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http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2490204
http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=481435

Biographies

African Biography on the Internet

Created by Columbia University, this guide provides links to a large number of sources for African biography. See also their guide to African Disaspora biography.