Module 2: LINKS. LCC Library Tutorial.

Truncation and Wild Cards
Truncation and wildcard symbols stand for one or more letters within or at the end of a search term.


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, pigs	advertis* will return records on advertise, advertised, advertising, advertisement, advertisements. * is used as the truncation symbol in General OneFile and Wilson Select Plus.

Wildcards Wildcard symbols inserted within a word will retrieve word variants.
wom?n will return records on woman or women. ? is used as a wildcard symbol, for example, in General OneFile and Wilson Select Plus.	*colr** will return records on color or colour.	*recve** will return records on receive--handy if you're not sure how to spell it! * is used as a wildcard symbol within words in ABI/Inform - Dateline.
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