Screenshots of my A+ Education Search. All images by author.

1. A+ EDUCATION SEARCHES An Inquisition into Inquiry

2. SEARCH
STRING
SUBJECT: “Inquiry learning”
The “Advanced
Search” option
suggests
search
operations
Drop down
menus enable
different
options
Not many
results!

3. SEARCH
STRING
SUA=“Inquiry”
Searching only the subject field
refines the search a lot

4. SEARCH
STRING
(SUA="Inquiry") AND (Student-centred OR "student directed" OR
"Student focused")
Abstract
view
allows me
to check if
articles
are
relevant
on the
results
page
Results can be
selected and then
saved, emailed or
printed

5. SEARCH
STRING
(SUA="Inquiry") AND (Student-centred OR "student directed" OR
"Student focused") AND Primary NOT "higher-education"
The addition
of just a few
operators
refines the
search to
only 14
results!

6. SEARCH
STRING
(SUA="Inquiry") AND (student-centred OR "student directed" OR “student
focused") %10 program* NOT "higher education"
The addition
of a
proximity
operator
refined my
results.

7. SEARCH
STRING
(SUA="Inquiry") AND curriculum NOT "higher education"
Even with a
exclusion
operator this
search
returned a lot
of results
Search terms are
highlighted in
results

8. SEARCH
STRING
(SUA="Inquiry") AND curriculum %10 outcom* NOT "higher education"
Listing the previous
search enabled me to
review my searches
while creating my
next one.