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An Evaluative Review

A Evaluative Review

You are required to review a new product or some other tangible thing that can be purchased or acquired. It must be something that has value.

Paper preparation :

Compose a 3 - page paper including a works cited page that serves as an evaluative review of a new product, service or some other tangible thing that can be purchased or acquired.
Follow the MLA guidelines for all formatting and citation parameters.

Suggested Evaluative Criteria

The overall objective of an evaluation essay is to provide validation for the quality (or lack thereof) concerning a particular specific item, product, business, service, video game, gadget or device, fashion accessory, tool. It must be something relatively new, something that was purchased and has a purpose as well as value, and is by hand.

Once you have chosen your topic you will need to provide a critical judgement based on a series of criteria. It is best to choose a topic that you know well or one that you will be able to research.

Below are some examples of evaluation criteria to get you thinking:

A Product:

Ease of Use
Ability to get the job done
Cost
Appearance
Safety
Environmental Impact
Pros/Cons
What would make it a better product?
Was the product what you expected? Why or why not?
What was your experience with this product?

A Service:

Reliability
Responsiveness
Pricing
Quality of work
Customer service
Was the service/work done what you expected? Why or why not?
What was your experience with this service?

Evaluation Of A Product Or Service

Evaluate a Car. Recommended evaluation criteria: fuel efficiency; value for money; build quality; likelihood to break down; comfort.
Evaluate a Contractor. Recommended evaluation criteria: Professionalism, on time, communication, quality of work, value, cost, attention to detail, customer service.

Business Databases

Check out these databases for any information regarding business.

Business Insights Gale Business: Insights empowers users with the necessary tools to research and effectively interpret international business topics. Access more than 430,000 detailed company profiles with company financial data, in-depth country overviews, and comprehensive industry profiles to stay current with the ever-evolving business landscape. 
ABI/INFORM Collection This collection features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as The Economist and Sloan Management Review, country- and industry-focused reports and major news sources like the Wall Street Journal. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world, including expert market information and influential business news.
Business Source Complete Business Source Complete includes full text business journals and magazines, such as the articles of Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Sloan Management Review, as well as hundreds of other business journals and publications, covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.  This robust business database contains indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
Small Business Source Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans. It offers a collection of state-specific resources supported with demographic data and other local information. Business videos include interviews, “lessons learned” features, lectures and how-to videos to help foster success in all aspects of managing a business. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
Regional Business News Regional Business News provides full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources. Content for Regional Business News is provided by leading publishers in business news including The Washington Post, PR Newswire US and more. Key resources include newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires. View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
SAGE Business Cases The SAGE Business Cases is a collection of more than 5,500 cases representing over 120 countries for transformative business research, including research methods for business and management, entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, leadership, business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Instructors, please contact your local campus librarian to receive a Sage Verification Code to access Business Cases: Teaching Notes.
SAGE Skills Business SAGE Skills: Business empowers students to develop and practice real-world skills needed to successfully transition from campus to the modern workplace through interactive self-assessment, virtual scenarios, downloadable data, and expert insights. Over 950 business skills topics are covered and enhanced with a range of engaging multimedia, including original videos, scenarios, data, and expert perspectives.
Statista Use Statista for immediate access to over one million statistics and facts.  Statista is an online platform specialized in market and consumer data, which offers statistics and reports, market insights, consumer insights and company insights in German, English, Spanish and French. Additional modules include Company Insights, Ecommerce Insights, Consumer Insights. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be viewed online or downloaded.

Useful Websites

In addition to searching our databases, here are some webpages you could search to find reviews and product information.

CNET
Reviews of a variety of electronic devices.
Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization that provides you with unbiased reports on a variety of products. For over 80 years, Consumer Reports has provided product testing and ratings, research, and investigative journalism to help you to make better, more informed purchasing choices.
Edgar - SEC.gov
New versatile tool lets you search for keywords and phrases in over 20 years of EDGAR filings, and filter by date, company, person, filing category, or location. This resource is useful to find out information about companies.
PR Newswire
Search through press releases for product information.
Tom's Guide
Technology journalists that provide reviews on many technology-based projects
ZDNet
Reviews of a variety of electronic devices.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.  Indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.  View the EBSCO Search Tutorial Video
Artstor This link opens in a new window Artstor features millions of high-quality images and media from some of the world's top photo archives, museums, libraries, scholars, and artists, including rare materials not available anywhere else.   Artstore has Open Access collections from partner museums freely available to all, in areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and educational purposes.  All content in Artstor is rights-cleared for education and research.  
JSTOR Archival Journal & Primary Source Collection This link opens in a new window The JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection contains all licensed JSTOR archival journals and primary sources content in a single collection, including Archive Journal Collections and thematic collections; specifically, it includes Arts & Sciences I – XV, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Jewish Studies, Life Sciences, Public Health, Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability journal collections. It also contains four primary source collections, 19th Century British Pamphlets, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and Global Plants. This collection contains 2,877 high quality academic journals from across a wide range of disciplines and hundreds of thousands of primary source items.

These internet collections usually have readily available information for attribution or citation. Hover-over or click the image to find the photographer’s name, the date, the image was created, and other citation details.

Wikicommons
Wikicommons ("brother" of Wikipedia) is a massive database of images available to freely use.
Clker
Clker provides free clip art that is all in the public domain.
The Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection specializes in free images related to health and medical sciences.
Flickr
Flickr is a collection of high-quality photos using a Creative Commons license.
Pixabay
All photos and other media on pixabay are in the public domain. You'll have to create a free account before downloading.
NYPL's digital collection
NYPL's digital collection has almost 1 million items to use. It's a large list, so make sure to be precise with your keywords.
Connecticut History Illustrated
Connecticut History Illustrated has documents, images, maps, audio, and video covering the entire spectrum of work, play, and life in Connecticut.