Boolean Logic - Wildcards

Wildcard and truncation characters can also be used when searching. They are particularly helpful when you are unsure of how a search term is spelled, if there are variations in spelling or if you want to search for all forms of a term.

If you are searching for articles about cemeteries and are unsure of the spelling, you could insert the wildcard character ? in place of the unknown letter. For example, using the search term cemet?ries should result in items that include the words cemeteries or cemetaries.

If you are searching for information about diabetes in women you may want to use the term wom?n. Doing so would result in articles that reference the term women or woman.

If you are searching for information about teenagers, you can use the truncation character * to search for all forms of the word without actually entering them as search terms. For example, the search term teen* will result in items that contain the words teen, teens, teenager, teenagers and any other words that begin with teen.