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.? is used as the truncation symbol, for example, in ABI/Inform - Dateline and the library catalog.		 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 General OneFile and WilsonSelectPlus.

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