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| Subject Content | All subjects. |
| Date Coverage | 1983 to present; updated weekly. |
| Type of Material Covered | Provides reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books Cites and excerpts reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children. Excludes reviews of textbooks, government publications, and technical books in law and the sciences. Contains 733,000+titles with reviews drawn from 154 journal titles published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. |
| Full-text | Can Limit to Full Text. |
| Refereed Journal Filter | There is no refereed journal filter. |
| Remote Access | Available to Boise State University students, staff, and faculty after entering BroncoWeb userid and password |
| Help Pages | Click on Help button in upper left hand corner. |
| Boolean | And, Or, Not, ( ); can be used within the search fields. |
| Truncation Symbol | Automatically stems in Basic, Advanced and Expert keyword searches. Does not in other type searches. Use + for plurals; * for truncation; # for wildcard character;?N for up to a set amount of characters. |
| Other Search Options | Can limit to Subscriptions held by my library. Can rank by date or relevance. |
| Alerts | As a user of the FirstSearch service, you can register within FirstSearch for a personal account. To register, you must create a username and password and provide an email address. Once registered, you can save your current searches and return to them at a future date. |
| Special Notes | Index can be searched along with other OCLC FirstSearch databases by clicking on the Databases tab at the top of the screen and placing a checkmark by those databases you wish to include in your search. |
| List of Journals | Reviews drawn from 154 Journal titles, available by clicking on Results of list periodicals by database. |
| Related Indexes | Book Index with Reviews (All Subjects) / BookNews Online/ Books in Print. |
| 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 |
