1. How to identify book review articles
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2. Book reviews are short articles, usually between 1-5 pages long, that discuss and evaluate the contents of a book.

3. Book reviews are not peer-reviewed, scholarly, or academic articles, but you will find them in academic journals.

4. Book reviews may not be obvious from the search results

5. These are both from the Discovery Search…

6. …but only one indicates that the article is a review

7. Clicking on the title in the results list shows it’s a book review and not a scholarly article

8. It is short (1 page)

9. And there is a citation for the book being reviewed

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