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DATABASEINTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

OF BOOK REVIEWS OF SCHOLARLY LITERATURE IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ONLINE

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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

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Content

• Every entry contains the following information:

o On the works reviewed:

Author, Title, ISBN, Publisher

o 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

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The Search

Simple Search

The simple search scans the full text.

Example:Search for “Harry Potter“

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The Search

Results list

49 entries

Select the number of results per page.

Results can be sorted by Publication Date, Review Of, Author, Relevance

Clicking on the title opens the document display

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The Search

Advanced Search Options

You can choose from a number of different search criteria

For more than one search criteria, you can choose from three possible combination options

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The Search

Find-as-you-type display

Matching articles appear already while typing.

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The Search

Document display

Navigate between all search results

Link to your respective library catalogue If applicable

Change to „Reading View“

Bibliographic Information

A grey background marks words/phrases from the search

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The Search

General Functionalities

Saving options for Database entries

Change text size for entry or results list

Add note to personal account

Send feedback to De Gruyter

Allows citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, or export elements in RIS format

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Additional Database Features

Helpful documents

You can find further PDF documents underneath the search menu.

List of Evaluated Journals Search Help

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Contact

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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