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EDG 7938: Foundations of Curriculum Inquiry

OneSearch - Search Strategies

Use OneSearch

OneSearch

 

Also search in the Catalog, Databases or e-Journal list. 

Click on OneSearch (above) to start your search!

Put phrases inside quotation marks to search for words in a specific order, e.g., "civil war" or "multicultural education."

After entering a search, use the facets on the left to narrow the results and refine your search:
  • target only peer-reviewed articles. 
  • show only items with Full Text available online. 
  • include/exclude newspaper articles, books, journal articles, and more.
  • limit your results by date, language, format, collection, geography, subject, etc.

Narrowing Your Topic

Use one or more of the following with your topic to narrow down an aspect of your topic when you Build Your Searches.  Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), to further limit ideas, concepts and topics. 

  • argument
  • attitudes
  • benefits
  • confronting
  • crimes against
  • crisis
  • criticism
  • debate
  • definition
  • ethics
  • health aspects
  • interviews
  • issues
  • laws or regulations
  • outcomes
  • outlook
  • political aspects
  • policy
  • prevention
  • projects
  • properties
  • psychological aspects
  • public opinion
  • reform
  • religious aspects
  • rights
  • research
  • social policy
  • statistical data
  • structure
  • theories
  • trend
  • usage
  • viewpoint

Remember to use "quotation marks" around phrases to search for words as phrases. Check this video for other tools to build your searches.

Last updated on Sep 13, 2025 9:10 PM - Guide Creator(s)