3.2.2 Truncation

By truncating you can search for several variations of a term. This is handy when, for instance, a word has several different spellings. You truncate by replacing 1 or more characters of a word with a truncation character. Often the truncation character is a *. Other possible characters are a ?, $ or !. The manual of the database in which you are searching will indicate which character is used for this purpose.


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