Truncation
 Truncation is like a
wildcard. Added to the root of a word, it will find that root plus
anything that comes after it. Truncation saves you from having to
type all forms of a word in your search. The symbol used to truncate
a word depends upon the index, database, or Web search engine you
are using.
| psychol? |
will return records on
psychology
psychological
psychologist
|
? is used as the
truncation symbol, for example, in the FLO Catalog.
|
| environ* |
will return records on
environment
environments
environmental
|
| * is used as the
truncation symbol in Academic Search Premier. |
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