Evaluating Review Content for Book Selection: An Analysis of American History Reviews in Choice, American Historical Review, and Journal of American History | Zendy

Allen Natowitz | Zendy; Paula Wheeler Carlo | Zendy

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Evaluating Review Content for Book Selection: An Analysis of American History Reviews in Choice, American Historical Review, and Journal of American History

Author(s) -

Allen Natowitz,

Paula Wheeler Carlo

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

college and research libraries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.886

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 2150-6701

pISSN - 0010-0870

DOI - 10.5860/crl.58.4.322

Subject(s) - content analysis , selection (genetic algorithm) , content (measure theory) , american history , history , psychology , library science , sociology , social science , computer science , anthropology , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mathematical analysis

This study applies content analysis to compare assessments of 153 titles in American history, each reviewed in Choice , American Historical Review (AHR) , and Journal of American History (JAH) between 1988 and 1995. A numerical rating system is used to quantify reviewers’ overall opinions and their use of specific evaluative criteria. Study findings include: most books were praised in all three journals; the mean overall rating was highest in Choice and lowest in JAH ; little agreement existed in identifying either outstanding titles or inferior titles; reviews in Choice contained the fewest evaluative criteria, but appeared 8.5 to 10.6 months prior to reviews of the same titles in JAH and AHR .

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