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Social Sciences Book Reviews: Discipline-Specific Book Review Resources

A guide to locating scholarly and popular reviews of social sciences-related books.

Political Science/Public Policy

Law and Politics Book Review
Published by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.

Look here for a more complete list of political science databases and other resources at WSU Pullman.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
political science, public policy, public administraiton, etc.
GeoBase
Mass Communication Complete

Philosophy

Not a social science, I know, but important for political philosophy and other interdisciplinary areas.

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: An Electronic Journal
"...entirely devoted to publishing substantive, high-quality book reviews (normal length: 1500-2500 words). Reviews continually appear, usually five to twelve in the course of each week. "

Criminal Justice/Criminology

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
"Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books is a joint project of Rutgers School of Law–Newark and Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. It features expert and concise reviews of significant books in criminal law, criminal procedure, and criminal justice, written by top scholars in the field."

Look here for a more complete list of criminal justice/criminology databases and other resources at WSU Pullman. Visit the WSU Libraries' Law Subject Guide for a more complete list of legal resources.

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts

Education

Sociology

Look here for a more complete list of sociology-related databases and other resources at WSU Pullman.

Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews
Sociological Abstracts
Social Services Abstracts
PsychInfo
PsychArticles

History

Latest reviews | Reviews in History
An Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities.
The WSU Libraries has this covering 1960-1990. Print.
Index to book reviews in historical periodicals
Print; 1972-1977

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