What is truncation, and how do I use it to search a database?
Answer
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 a portion of its root and place an asterisk symbol (*) after the final letter.
For instance, searching educat* will retrieve any variation of the letters following the root:
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