LibGuides: World History (generally): How to Find Books

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WorldCat Discovery @UCSB

WorldCat Discovery @UCSB is a way to find books and other materials located in libraries outside the UC System.

Other Tools for Finding Books

Center for Research Libraries Catalog This link opens in a new window
A consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries, CRL collects and preserves traditional and digital resources that support research and teaching, and makes them available to member institutions through interlibrary loan and electronic delivery.

Materials Indexed: Books
Center for Research Libraries e-Collections This link opens in a new window
Access to electronic collections, made available through our membership in the Center for Research Libraries.

Materials Indexed: Government Documents; Magazine Articles; Manuscripts; Newspaper Articles; Pamphlets

libraries.org
- A directory of libraries around the world.

How to Find Book Reviews in History

American Historical Review. (AHR)
[online resource; UCSB IP addresses only]
The American Historical Review has been the journal of record for the historical profession in the United States since 1895, and is one of the few journals in the world that brings together scholarship from every major field of historical study. The journal publishes approximately 1,000 book reviews per year, surveying and assessing the most important contemporary historical scholarship in the discipline.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
The Bryn Mawr Classical Review publishes open-access, peer-reviewed reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology).
H-Net Reviews.
H-Net Reviews publishes reviews of books, articles and more in the humanities and social sciences.
The Medieval Review. (TMR)
Formerly the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review, TMR publishes reviews of current work in all areas of Medieval Studies, a field it interprets as broadly as possible.
History: Reviews of New Books
[online resource; UCSB IP addresses only]
Reviews approximately thirty to forty books on historical topics per quarterly issue, covering all geographic areas and time periods, from ancient times to the present.
Isis:A Journal of the History of Science Society.
[online resource; UCSB IP addresses only]
Presents scholarly articles, research notes and commentary on the history of science, medicine, and technology, and their cultural influences, along with review essays and book reviews on new publications in the field.
Reviews in History
Book and digital resource reviews across all fields of history. From the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

Print resources for book reviews include:

London Review of Books.
Main Library Current Serials and SEL Oversize Z1035.A1 L6
and at https://www.lrb.co.uk.
Reviews for general readers from 1979 to the present.
New York Review of Books.
Main Library Oversize Z1 .N442
and at Microfilm Z1 .N442
and at http://www.nybooks.com.
Reviews for general readers from 1963 to the present.

How to Find Books

The Library Research Strategies page of this guide gives advice on how to structure a library search, and how to find books.

Use UC Library Search to find books at UCSB.

Use the WorldCat Discovery @ UCSB to find books at other UC campuses and beyond.

InterLibrary Loan

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World History (generally): How to Find Books