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Truncation
Truncation is
like a wildcard. Added to the stem of a word, it will find that
stem plus anything that comes after it. The symbol used to truncate
a word depends upon the index, database, or Web search engine you
are using. Check the help feature within the database to find which
truncation symbol to use (*, ?, or !).
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| psychol? |
will
return records about psychology, psychological, psychologist.
? is used as the truncation symbol for single characters, for
example, in NewsBank, America: History & Life, and Historical
Abstracts. |
| environ* |
will
return records on environment, environments, environmental.
* is used as the truncation symbol in EBSCOhost, Gale,
and WilsonWeb. |
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