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International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences Online

The IBR is an interdisciplinary, international bibliography of book reviews with over 1.375 million reviews of primarily humanities and social sciences literature. The database contains reviews of over 600,000 scholarly works listed, culled from 6,820 mainly European scholarly journals. The annual update includes 60,000 new entries. Each entry contains detailed information on the work reviewed, as well as the reviewer, periodical, language, and subject area. The database offers advanced search options and helpful functionalities.

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International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences Online

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  1. DATABASE • INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY • OF BOOK REVIEWS OF • SCHOLARLY LITERATURE IN THE • HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL • SCIENCES Online

  2. Content • The IBR is an interdisciplinary, international bibliography of book reviews annually published since 1985 • Contains over 1.375 million book reviews of primarily humanities and social sciences literature • Reviews of over 600,000 scholarly works listed • Culled from 6,820 mainly European scholarly journals • Annual update with 60,000 new entries

  3. Content • Every entry contains the following information: • On the works reviewed: • Author, Title, ISBN, Publisher • On the review itself: • Reviewer, Periodical (Year, Edition, Page, ISSN), Language, Subject Area (in German and English) • All articles contain German and English subject classifications

  4. The Search • Simple Search • The simple search scans the full text. Example: Search for “Harry Potter“

  5. The Search • Resultslist • 49 entries Select thenumberofresults per page. Results can be sorted by Publication Date, Review Of, Author, Relevance Clicking on the title opensthedocumentdisplay

  6. The Search • Advanced Search Options Youcanchoosefrom a numberof different searchcriteria For more than one search criteria, you can choose from three possible combination options

  7. The Search • Find-as-you-type display Matchingarticlesappearalreadywhiletyping.

  8. The Search • Document display Navigate between all search results Change to „Reading View“ A grey background marks words/phrases from the search Bibliographic Information Link to your respective library catalogue If applicable

  9. The Search • General Functionalities Send feedback to De Gruyter Add note to personal account Saving options for Database entries Change text size for entry or results list Allows citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, or export elements in RIS format

  10. Additional Database Features • Helpfuldocuments • You can find further PDF documents underneath the search menu. Search Help List of Evaluated Journals

  11. Contact De Gruyter Genthiner Straße 13 10785 Berlin Germany Tel. +49 (0)30.260 05-0 Fax. +49 (0)30.260 05-251 E-mailinfo@degruyter.com Website www.degruyter.com You can find further information on the International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences (IBR) Online at www.degruyter.com/ibr

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