In the BASIC search, use "quotation marks" around phrases, * to find alternate endings. Use OR, NOT, to expand or narrow searches. Omni defaults to applying AND to all terms and phrases. If appropriate, use the options on the left sidebar to modify your results to only articles, online, for a specific date range.
Search Google Scholar from this link or another link on the Queen's web site to ensure that you are prompted to sign in if you are off campus. This provides you with access to the journal content Queen's U Library subscribes to for you.
Use Google / Google Scholar operators "quotation marks", intitle:"keywords you want in the title", filetype:pdf, OR
For more journal and newspaper databases, see the Find Articles page on the Education Guide or select a Subject Guide that connects to your topic.
CBCA is a multi-disciplinary database that includes education literature. If you want to find out if a topic has been discussed in Canadian education journals this is your source to search.