Searching EBSCOhost: Wildcards & Truncation
The Wildcard
(
?
)
and Truncation
(
*
)
Use the wildcard and truncation symbols to create searches where there are unknown characters, multiple spellings or various endings.
Wildcard
(
?
)
The wildcard is represented by a question mark (
?
).
The question mark represents a single character.
To use the wildcard, enter the desired search terms and replace each unknown character with a "
?
".
Truncation
(
*
)
The truncation symbol is represented by an asterisk (
*
).
The asterisk represents any number of characters.
To use truncation
Enter a word and add an "
*
" to the end of it.
This will find occurrence of the word plus the plural form and other endings.
Enter the root of a word that you want to search on term and replace the ending with an "
*
".
This will find all forms of that word, including the original word.
Example:
Type
comput
*
to find:
Citations containing "computer", "computerize", "computing", etc.
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