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• " All combined, H-Net's services, networks, and materials provide an excellent overview and contact point in the profession. I refer many natural scientists who are interested in the Humanities/Social Sciences to H-Net as a great resource. "
• " H-Net has provided valuable information to me over the years. I wish to see it continue because to lose it would truly be a great loss to scholars around the world. "
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• " The services which you provide have made an immeasurable contribution to academic life. My research and teaching have benefited greatly from meeting numerous scholars via your networks. "

H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Our edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public. The computing heart of H-Net resides at MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, but H-Net officers, editors and subscribers come from all over the globe. Tell me more.

Open letter to our readers

Dear faithful H-Net readers:

Having served as presidents of H-Net and for many years as working editors for our various networks, we are addressing you with this appeal for support to sustain our common organization through an approaching time of great difficulty. The fact is that the recession finally has made its way to H-Net and is having a significant impact on our fiscal condition, including our regular operating budget. Our Job Guide is a major source of our revenues, and its excellent performance for the past few years enabled us to complete vital work on rebuilding our reviews publications system and replace aging servers. But as we all well know, the academic job market is in a severe slump, with dire consequences for our organization. Read More

Please help H-Net keep its services free and accessible by participating in our current donations campaign. You can donate online through a VeriSign-secure site, by mail, or by telephone.

Partner Programs for Online Book Vendors
H-Net readers can now earn money for H-Net by purchasing titles directly from vendor links at our site. Learn how on our reviews page.

H-Net List Preservation Project
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has awarded a grant supporting the preservation of the H-Net electronic mailing list archives. For information about the project, visit the H-Net list preservation site

The Organization of American Historians is a proud sponsor of H-Net, and publisher of the OAH Magazine of History, a quarterly for teachers of American history.

Supporting H-Net
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