Finding Word Variants

Use the truncation symbol (*) or the wildcard symbol (?) to find variations of your search term.

Using Truncation

Use the truncation symbol (*) as a substitute for any string of zero or more characters in your search term. For example, the search robot* retrieves any record containing "robot," "robots," "robotics," etc. You can use the truncation symbol anywhere in your search term, except as the first character.

Using Wildcards

You can use the wildcard symbol (?) as a substitute for one character or none. For example, the search m?cdonald retrieves records containing "McDonald" or "MacDonald." You can use the wildcard symbol anywhere in your search term, except as the first character.