If you have any other questions about H-Net Reviews, please contact our Review Office. What is H-Net? Answer: H-Net is an interdisciplinary organization of volunteers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The computing and administrative heart of H-Net reside at Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe. It began as a small consortium of scholarly e-mail lists for historians. This original group has grown to include more than eighty academic discussion networks spanning a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. For more information, visit the H-Net Information Page. What are your circulation numbers? Answer: The combined sum of all the H-Net LISTSERV subscriptions exceeds 100,000. In any given week the H-Net web pages are visited a total of over 200,000 times. The reviews archive steadily receives more than 5000 visits per week; 10,000-plus hits in a week is not unusual. Who are your subscribers? Answer: Our discussion lists began as a consortium of topical discussion lists for history professors, and to this day professors and professional scholars form an important subscriber core. More recently however, H-Net has found an audience among graduate students, librarians, independent scholars, high school teachers, and the educated lay public. How do I get my material reviewed on H-Net? Answer: H-Net graciously accepts new scholarly works for review consideration. Unless other arrangements have been made, please send books, CD-ROMs, videos, etc. to:
James Sleight, Assistant Editor Who decides what is to be reviewed? Answer: H-Net's review editors are notified of a books availability, if the editors deem it appropriate for their list they find qualified reviewers. To get a sense of the types of works are reviewed, and which lists have been most active, sort the book review index by "List Name." What kinds of materials get reviewed? Answer: For the most part, monographs, textbooks, reference and teaching materials. Our scope is as wide as our list of discussion networks. We often suggest that publishers use the site's indexing function and try various sorts. Searching by list, for example, will tell you which lists have been most actively reviewing, and perhaps give you a feel for the types of material they prefer. Do any lists specifically review textbooks? Answer: Yes. Several of our discussion lists are specifically for teachers, instructors, and professors who are interested in reading textbook reviews. H-AfrTeach, H-Survey, H-Teachpol, H-W-Civ, H-High-S, are the most likely candidates. From time to time however, other list have commissioned reviews on teaching materials. |