• Truncation allows you to search for a term and its variations
• Wildcards let you substitute symbols for one or more letters . They are useful when you are unsure of spelling, when there are alternate spellings, or when you only know part of a term.

Truncation

?

basket? will find basket, baskets, basketry

Wildcards

% (one character)

wom%n will find woman, women

? (multiple characters)

col?r will find color, colour

Plurals

+

adventure+ will find adventure, adventures

Truncation

*

Indian* will find Indian, Indians, Indiana , Indianapolis

Wildcards

# (one character)

wom#n will find woman, women

? (zero to nine characters)

colo?r will find color, colour, colonizer

Truncation

*

pigment* will find pigment, pigments, pigmentation, etc.

Wildcards

? (one character)

relev?nce will find relevance, even if you can’t remember if it’s spelled with ance or ence

! (one or no characters)

colo!r will find both color and colour

Truncation

!

litig! will find litigator, litigated, litigation, litigating, etc.

Wildcard

* (one or more characters)

wom*n will find woman and women

Truncation

*

effect* will find effect, effects, effective, etc.

Wildcard

? (one character)

ne?t will find neat, nest, next