Unit 4 Magazines Evaluation Guide

Scope	Does the article cover the topic?	read summaries, if available in magazine database below the title of some scholarly articles
Currency	Is the information up to date enough for the topic chosen or do you need a current perspective on an historical event?	check publication date & currents of sources in bibliography if research report, read data collection section to see when research was done
Immediacy	Do you need a contemporary (of that time) account of an issue or event (i.e, a soldier's account of Vietnam)?	look up unfamiliar terms if too technical, look for a more popular treatment of topic in General Reference Center Gold
Writer's purpose and reputation of magazine	What is the bias/perspective?	does the writer state the purpose? check reputation of magazine in Katz - Magazines for Libraries. R/Z6941 K2