Truncation & Wildcards
Truncation is using a wildcard at the end of a root word so
that you can search multiple variation of that root word. With truncation, you
can expand your search to locate all the words that have the same root. For
instance, when you type ‘teen*’, the result that you may get are teen, teens,
teenage, teenager, etc.
There are three symbols for wildcards, such as, an
asterisk (*), question mark (?) or pound sign (#) which usually represent a
single character. For example, when you type the word ‘wom?n’, the result that
you may get are woman, women, and womyn.
There are three symbols for wildcards, such as, an
asterisk (*), question mark (?) or pound sign (#) which usually represent a
single character. For example, when you type the word ‘wom?n’, the result that
you may get are woman, women, and womyn.
Phrase Searching
Sometime we are searching for two or more words in our
search. In order to get the right information that we need, we have to use
either bracket () or inverted commas “”. For example (information literacy) or
“information literacy”.
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