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Truncation
Truncation is
like a wildcard. Added to the stem of a word, it will find that
stem plus anything that comes after it. The symbol used to truncate
a word depends upon the index, database, or Web search engine you
are using.
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| psychol? |
will
return records on psychology, psychological, psychologist.
? is used as the truncation symbol, for example, in WestCat. |
| environ* |
will
return records on environment, environments, environmental.
* is used as the truncation symbol in Wilson Business Abstracts
and Periodical Abstracts. |
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