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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. It is usually an asterisk * or a question mark ?
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| psychol* |
will
return records on psychology, psychological, psychologist.
* is used as the truncation symbol, for example, in ProQuest
and LIBROS. |
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