Internationale Bibliographie Der Rezensionen Wissenschaftlicher Literatur Ibr 23 1993 P 13 B Index Systematicus C Opera Recensa D Recensores E Periodica

Download or read book Ibr written by K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company and published by K. G. Saur. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 5400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews are an important aspect of scholarly discussion because they help filter out which works are relavent in the yearly flood of publications and are thus influential in determining how a work is received. The IBR, published again since 1971 as an interdisciplinary, international bibliography of reviews, is a unique source of bibliographical information. The database contains entries on over 1 million book reviews of literature dealing primarily with the humanities and social sciences published in 6,000, mainly European scholarly journals. Reviews of over 600,000 scholarly works are listed. Approximately 60,000 entries are added every year. The IBR includes: a [ ca. 65% reviews in Englisha [ ca. 23% in Germana [ ca. 6% in French a [ ca. 6% in other languages Every entry contains the following information: a [ On the work reviewed: author, titlea [ On the review: reviewer, periodical (year, edition, page, ISSN), language, ZDB-ID, subject area (in German, English, Italian)a [ Publisher, address of journal (only on CD-ROM edition) Scholars and students thus gain access to reviews on a great variety of subjects and can quickly form an impression of the quality of a publication.