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Truncation
Added to the stem of a word, a truncation symbol will find that stem
plus anything that comes after it. The symbol used to truncate a word
depends upon the database or Web search engine you are using. |
market?
will return records on market, marketing, markets. |
pig*
will
return records on pig, pigment, pigmentation, pigments, pig |
advertis*
will
return records on advertise, advertised, advertising, advertisement,
advertisements.
* is used as the truncation symbol in InfoTrac OneFile and
Wilson Select Plus. |
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Wildcards
Wildcard symbols inserted within a word will retrieve word variants. |
rec*ve
will return records on receive--handy if you're not sure how to
spell it! * is used as a wildcard symbol within words in Expanded
Academic ASAP. |
col*r
will
return records on color or colour. |
wom?n
will return records on woman or women. ? is used as a wildcard
symbol, for example, in Wilson Select Plus or Academic
Search Elite. |
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