what does a truncation symbol do
T RUNCATION & W ILDCARD O PERATORS revised 1/08gs Truncation Use the truncation symbols to create searches where you want to retrieve all variants of a word stem. The most commonly used truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).For example, a search for educat* will retrieve: educate, educating, education, educational, educator, educators, etc. Wildcards A wildcard symbol is used within a word to provide for all possible spellings or variations inside a word or word stem. RUNCATION & W ILDCARD O PERATORS revised 1/08gs Truncation Use the truncation symbols to create searches where you want to retrieve all variants of a word stem. The most commonly used truncation symbol is the asterisk (*).