References & tools

Print references

Morris, Fitz-Gibbon, and Freeman's (1987) book, How To Communicate Evaluation Findings, is part of a ten-volume Program Evaluation Kit published by Sage Publications (http://www.sagepub.com/).

Most evaluation textbooks will include a chapter or section about evaluation reporting and occasionally a sample report in an appendix. Two of the best evaluation texts have been authored by Michael Quinn Patton (1997, 2002): Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text and Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (both in their third editions). Adding these volumes to your evaluation resources collection would be a good investment.

Online references

A 2002 edition of the National Science Foundation's User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/start.htm.

A User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations from the National Science Foundation is at: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm.

A compilation of other online texts related to evaluation is at: http://www.eval.org/EvaluationLinks/onlinehbtxt.htm.

Online instruments, tools, guidelines, etc.

Some very useful guidelines can be found in Gary Marchionini 's (2000) paper titled “ Evaluating Digital Libraries: A Longitudinal and Multifaceted View” available online at: http://ils.unc.edu/~march/perseus/lib-trends-final.pdf.