PHT 227: Photography Positions Research Project (Carr - Alexandria)

Here's how to get fewer and more relevant results:

• Identify the main ideas related to your topic.
     ​What are some associations for real estate photographers?
   
• Use quotation marks around 2 or more words that need to be together.
        "real estate" 
   
• Limit your search to a specific domain, such as .edu, .gov, or .org.
        "real estate" photographer association site:.org

Be persistent.

Be observant.  Use clues, such as names of associations or people, in websites and articles to lead you to more information.

Be skeptical.  Evaluate any source:

• who wrote it?
• where did the information come from?
• who published/sponsors it?
• is it up-to-date?
• are there ads? is the source trying to sell something?

Use these strategies in library databases:

• Type in just the most important two or three words/ideas.
• Type AND between each new idea.
• Put phrases in quotation marks.
• Use * to represent multiple endings for a word.
• Use synonyms and related terms.

("real estate" OR "real property") AND photograph*

These videos were created by former NOVA librarian Paul Chapman.