Book review
(Reviewer, year, p. page number)
Example 1: (Helle, 2010, p. 181)
Example 2: (Graven, 2026, paragraph 2)
Book review in a printed medium:
Reviewer. (Year). Title: Subtitle [Review of Title of the book, by A. Author]. Title of the publication, volume(issue), page number or page range.
Example 1:
Helle, K. (2010). Regionhistorie [Review of Regionen – historiske perspektiver, aktuelle utfordringer: Agderseminaret 2008, by B. Seland (Ed.)]. Heimen, 47(2), 179–182.
Book review on the internet:
Reviewer. (Publishing date). Title of the article: Subtitle [Review of the bok Title of the book, by the A. Author]. Website. https://xxxxx
Example 2:
Graven, Á. M. G. (2026, August 12). Tidvis krevende, men en god debut: En ambisiøs, kompleks og sterk fortelling om kraften til å være seg selv. [Review of the book Elva som renner rund livet, by R. Skytterstad]. NRK. https://www.nrk.no/artikkel/elva-som-renner-rundt-livet-ambisios-kompleks-og-sterk-1524074
Note: Book reviews are published in different mediums. You have to choose the correct type of medium when you refer to the source, e.g. choose website if you find the book review on the internet, audiovisual media if you find it on YouTube or newspaper if you find the review in a newspaper etc.
Printed medium:
Add as Journal Article
Fill in the fields: Author, Year, Title, Journal, Volume, Issue & Reviewed Item (You would type out: Review of the book ‘Book title‘*, by the A. Author)
*You have to change to cursive manually after you disconnected EndNote.
On the internett:
Add as Web page
Fill in the following fields: Author, Year, Title, Publisher, Description (You would type out:
Review of the book ‘Book title‘*, by the Author), Last update date, URL
*You have to change to cursive manually after you disconnected EndNote.
Printed medium:
Add as Journal Article
Fill in the fields: Title, Author, Journal, Volume, Issue, Page number or Page range, Date.
You must additionally add the following manually in the end of the reference: [Review of the book Book Title, by A. Author].
On the internett:
Add as Web page
Fill the fields: Title, Author, Website’s title, Website’s type (Add here: Review of the book Book Title*, By A. Author), Date, URL
*You have to change to cursive manually after you disconnected Zotero.
Checklist:
Did you remember bracket parathesis? Use Alt Gr +8 /Alt Gr +9 to make them.
The reviewer’s name should be the first mentioned in the reference.
Have you chosen the correct medium? Is it a digital source or a printed medium?
Did you remember to count paragraphs in case the source doesn’t have any page numbers?
Test yourself!
