What is "truncation" and how do I use it to search a database?
Last Updated: Aug 04, 2023     Views: 197

Truncation allows you to search all variations of a word (singular & plural cases, adjectives, adverbs, etc.) without having to enter each separate variation of the word. 

Simply shorten a search term to some portion of its root stem and placing an asterisk symbol (*) after the final letter. 

For instance, searching educat* will retrieve any variation of the letters following the stem: 

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