Truncation and Wildcards

To avoid typing long strings separated by OR (e.g. child OR child's OR children OR children's OR childhood), use a symbol. Replacing all letters after the first "d" (child*) allows you to search variations of this word. This is called truncation.

When the variation is within a word (e.g. woman OR women), use a wild card to replace the variant letter (e.g. wom*n).

WARNING:Take care not to truncate a word too abruptly. Typing opera* to search for forms of operations will also retrieve opera, operant and other variations.

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