Evaluation: Coverage

5. Coverage -- Does it provide the evidence or information you need?

• Is the audience for which it is intended appropriate for your purposes? (professional, layperson, child, adult?)
• Is it suitable for your level of understanding? (too simple, too difficult?)· Is the information in the appropriate format? (print, electronic, video, sound?)
• Does it cover the topic(s) you need? Does it provide the main points or concepts you need? Do its major findings add to your understanding? Do they support or refute your original ideas on the topic?

Examples:

~ Article aimed at general audience in a popular magazine may be appropriate for one project/paper but inappropriate for a more scholarly project.