Evaluating Relevance Issue Strategies Does the work address your research question or meet the requirements of your assignment? Review your research question and/or assignment If you created a concept map (from Chapter 2) consult it for gaps in your information   Is the content appropriate for your research topic or assignment? (Consider scholarly vs. popular, fact vs. opinion, format/medium (e.g., book, journal, government report, web site, etc.), subject coverage, language, time period, geographical area, audience, primary (e.g., raw data, diaries, literature, photographs, first-hand accounts of an event, research reports, etc.) vs. secondary (information that has been analyzed and interpreted, e.g., literary criticism, most books, review of an art show or play, etc.) Check the table of contents or scan the subheadings Read the preface, abstract, introduction, and/or conclusion Look for footnotes or endnotes and/or a bibliography Magazines for Libraries Book reviews Internet Scout Report