tips for article/book reviews

TIPS FOR A GOOD BOOK/ARTICLE REVIEW(for History subjects)
A review is premised on the following assumptions:
1. The reviewer is disinterested. i.e. the purpose is to give an unbiased evaluation of the work in question.
2. The reviewer has sufficient background knowledge of the topic being reviewed.
3. The reviewer is motivated by helping other readers to make a fair assesment of the work at the same time to inform the author of his reader's opinions and hopefully be guided by this in his future revisions.

The review proper is divided into three:
1. the background of the author-his training,persuasion,his sector including a little listing of his other works.
2. the work itself.
a. its purpose-to whom is it intended? for specialists? scholars/ general public?
b. content-its arguments
c. sources used- credible/ reliable?