Use wildcard and truncation symbols to expand or focus searches. The system retrieves up to 300 matches to search terms when you use wildcards or truncation.
Note: For non-Latin script search terms, truncation can be used for Bengali, CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), Devanagari, Tamil, and Thai scripts only. For other supported non-Latin scripts, use browsing for automatic truncation.
Name | Symbol | Function | Usage | Example |
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Number sign | # | Comodín |
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wom#n retrieves woman and women |
Question mark | ? | Comodín |
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encyclop?dia retrieves res?4tion retrieves respiration, restoration, reservation, etc. |
Asterisk | * | Truncado |
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connect* retrieves connect, connection, connectivity, etc. |