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| Subject Content | Offers brief reviews of over 180,000 titles of high-level books in science, medicine, engineering, social sciences and the humanities, technology, reference and humanities. |
| Date Coverage | From 1988 on; updated monthly with approximately 1,600 titles per month . |
| Type of Material Covered | Books published by university presses, trade houses, scholarly associations and societies, academic departments, museums and special libraries. |
| Full-text | Reviews in full text. |
| Refereed Journal Filter | Not applicable. |
| Remote Access | Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
| Help Pages | Within the database, click the  tab at the upper left. |
| Boolean | Not applicable. |
| Truncation Symbol | Not applicable. |
| Other Search Options | Searchable by Keyword (s), title, publisher, and subject heading. Offers search qualifiers for singular and plural forms (default), word variants, exact phrase, or exact words. And citations can be selected for all of the words, or any of the words. Search may also be limited by date. |
| Alerts | Not applicable. |
| Special Notes | Clicking on the Title of a work provides either the table of contents for that work or a list of subjects links. Titles may also be viewed in MARC format. |
| List of Journals | Based on reviews from SciTech Book News and Reference & Research Book News . |
| Related Indexes | Book Index with Reviews (All Subjects) Book Review Digest (All Subjects) /BookNews Online/ Books in Print s. |
| Reference Assistance | Phone, email, chat, and in-person reference services are available; link to http://library.boisestate.edu/reference.shtm for further information. CJ 08/30/07 |
