In this work, we introduce the notions of Star-?K and absolutely Star-?K
spaces which allow us to unify results among several properties in the
theory of star selection principles on small spaces. In particular, results
on star selective versions of the Menger, Hurewicz and Rothberger properties
and selective versions of property (a) regarding the size of the space.
Connections to other well-known star properties are mentioned. Furthermore,
the absolute and selective version of the neighbourhood star selection
principle are introduced. As an application, it is obtained that the extent
of a separable absolutely strongly star-Menger (absolutely strongly
star-Hurewicz) space is at most the dominating number d (the bounding number
b).