Search & Classification

The entire contents of the London Review of Books online, including the full article text and metatdata, can be searched and refined with interactive faceted browsing that is designed to provide accurate search results.

Powerful range of search options

• Quick search is available from every page, employing a range of sophisticated algorithms to return the best result
• Advanced search supports Boolean operators, date ranges, and options to search for reviewed books by author, title, ISBN, publication date and publisher
• Post-search filtering options to refine results – for example by article type, by contributor as well as classification: name, subject, place, period, keyword
• Search results can be sorted by relevance, newest or oldest

Comprehensive browsing features

• Contributors – a full list of contributors and their articles
• Categories – dynamic faceted browsing by contributors, reviewed authors, article type, subjects, places, historical period, keywords and names
• Issue – find articles by issue and year of publication

Every article fully classified

The London Review of Books provides all the benefits of faceted classification, a set of tags which reflects the essential components of an article and allows articles to be associated appropriately with each other. Effective classification is moderate and lucid; reflects the preponderance of the article, and presents an all-embracing and useful picture of what an article covers.

Subject and key topic classify the main discipline or subject matter of the article; what the article is reviewing; the field in which this topic would be studied; or the appropriate category.

Person identifies significant individuals featured in articles, where they are not the author of the book being reviewed.

Place

Place is used where it carries particular significance for the article, or in fiction, the residing country of the author. Where a particular city or country is discussed in detail then it is reflected in the classification. Place is a hierarchical classification.

Period is added if the article discusses a specific period in length or a topic strongly associated with a particular time. Period is a hierarchical classification.

Every entry also has a classification by Article Type: Book reviews, essays, diary, blog posts, fiction, exhibition reviews, film reviews, memoirs, interviews, short cuts, poems and letters.