Help with Annual Reviews

Start at the library home page, and click the Databases tab at left. Click the initial letter of the database you are looking for in the A-Z listing, or browse the titles on the page. Click the name of the database you are looking for.

Annual Reviews is a database of journals in more than 45 scientific disciplines; it synthesizes primary research literature and identifies the principal contributions in each field.

Annual Reviews articles:

• Capture current understanding of a topic, including what is well supported and what is controversial;
• Set the work in historical context;
• Highlight the major questions that remain to be addressed and the likely course of research in upcoming years; and
• Outline the practical applications and general significance of research to society.

The number of Annual Review journals continues to grow over a broad range of disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences, including Economics. The creation of a new title indicates that the amount of original research in a field has reached a critical mass.