Does no one remember Book review digest and/or Book review index?

Maggie Horn

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[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of John Christensen
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There is actually a Readers Guide Retrospective that covers 1890 to 1982
through 1 search.  I imagine it is available at many large libraries.

John O. Christensen
Physical Sciences Librarian and Popular Reading Librarian
2323 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah   84602
phone: 801-422-2928; fax: 801-422-0466
email: john_christensen@byu.edu

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[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Soriano, JoAnn C HQ02
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Steve,

This may sound too simplistic but I would try find a library that has
managed to hang onto it's Readers Guide.  I sometimes seem to be the
last of a dying breed of RG fans even though the RG is not
comprehensive.

Jo Ann

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[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Steve Rossiter
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Hello,

I have been reading through Will and Ariel Durant's eleven volume
historical series "The Story of Civilization" and would like to track
down any articles published by or about the authors between the years
1915 - 1985. To date I have had some success with the ProQuest
Historical Newspapers database but unfortunately only have access to the
New York Times and Los Angeles Times archives. In the Durant's
autobiography they frequently mention literary critics who assessed
their books as they came out, one about every six years during the
period 1935 - 1975.

What indexes, print or online, would anyone recommend to find some of
these reviews or additionally articles by the authors published in
newspapers or magazines during the period 1925 - 1985? I have extended
the period to either side of the dates of the volumes within the series
to catch any ancillary material.

As an example, on September 11, 1963 John Barkham an author working for
World-Telegram in New York wrote a review of the recently published "The
Age of Louis XIV."

Thank you one and all, Steve.