It is generally more difficult to find citations to books than to journal articles, although Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar all include some citing references to books and book chapters.
The prestige of a book's publisher can significantly indicate its quality. Evaluating a publisher's quality involves considering their reputation, selection process, peer-review system, and the professional editing of manuscripts.
To measure a book's impact, consider:
For Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) inclusion, books must be published by a commercial or peer-reviewed publisher. Print-on-demand and vanity presses are not considered commercial publishers.
The following can be searched to locate library holdings of book titles:
Reviews of books and chapters can provide evidence of how they have been received by the scholarly community and outside of academia.
Reviews can be found in the scholarly literature as well as in popular sources, such as newspapers and magazines.
Some suggested databases to search for reviews are:
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