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Science Journals and Magazines
American Journal of Bioethics
Articles and recent news on important issues in bioethics
Archaeology
Featuring reviews of books, museums and TV programs featured in the pages of
Archaeology Magazine
Audubon
The Magazine of the Audubon Society
BioScience
Free access to many book reviews
CERN Courier
International Journal of High-Energy Physics
Conservation Magazine
The magazine of the Society for Conservation Biology
Discover
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Monthly science magazine
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Subscription required for many articles
Edge
Online journal that seeks to unite scientific and literary intellectuals; frequently publishes author interviews
Grist Magazine
Grist, an online environmental magazine, does publish book reviews but the reviews are not labeled as such, nor are they gathered in one location, so some searching is required to find them
Issues in Science and Technology
The MAA Online Book Review
Published by the Mathematical Association of America; has an archive of more than 300 reviews. Subscription required
Math in the Media
A monthly magazine from the American Mathematical Society
Nature
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International weekly journal of science
*Subscription required
New England Journal of Medicine
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Two or three books are reviewed every week
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Subscription required for access to recent content, but issues more than six months old are accessible with registration
New Scientist
Book section of British popular magazine of science and technology, published weekly
Physics Today
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Monthly magazine of the American Institute of Physics
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Subscription required
Physics World
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Monthly British physics magazine
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Subscription required for access to full text
Santa Fe Institute Bulletin
Science
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Online book section of the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Subscription required
Scientific American
Monthly science magazine
Smithsonian
Monthly magazine from the Washington, D.C., institution
The Space Review
Essays and news covering space exploration and policy
Zoogoer
Additional Magazines
The Atlantic Monthly
BookBrowse
Books site with reviews by category, genre and more
Book Links
Magazine for adults interested in connecting children with high-quality books; each issue is devoted to a specific subject area, but most content is not available online
Booklist
The American Library Association magazine
BookPage
Monthly publication distributed to bookstores; author interviews and reviews of nonfiction, fiction and children's books
Canadian Review of Materials
Biweekly electronic reviewing journal of the Manitoba Library Association; covers books for children and young adults that are by or about Canadians or Canada
The Economist
The magazine's books page
Library Journal
Offers brief descriptive reviews of forthcoming nonfiction a few months before publication
London Review of Books
Monthly magazine with an archive easily browsed by subject
New York Review of Books
"The premier intellectual-literary magazine in the English language"
Salon
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Book section of the online magazine
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Subscription required for many items
Spiked Review of Books
Book review section of the online journal
Spiked
Think Magazine
Times Literary Supplement
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Weekly journal reviewing fiction, nonfiction and the arts
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Most of the magazine's content is available only by subscription
Wilson Quarterly
A magazine whose stated aim is to present the best thinking of academics and specialists to a broad audience
Newspapers
Boston Globe
Online book section of the newspaper
Chicago Sun-Times
Online book section of the newspaper
The Chronicle Review
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Review section of
The Chronicle of Higher Education
weekly
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Subscription required
The Christian Science Monitor
The paper's books page
The Denver Post
The paper's books page
The Guardian
Online book section of the British newspaper; reviews are searchable by genre
The Independent
The London Times
The paper's books page
The Los Angeles Times
The New Statesman
Books page of the weekly magazine
The New York Times
The paper's books page
The San Francisco Chronicle
The paper's Sunday books page
The Scotsman
Books section of the Edinburgh newspaper
The Spectator
Books section of the British magazine
The Horn Book
Reviews of books for children and young adults
The Washington Post
The paper's books page. Sadly, the Post's Book World has been discontinued; this page may continue to feature book reviews
*Registration required
Blogs and Other Book Sites
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