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           Truncation 
			and Wildcards 
			When added to the 
			stem of a word, a truncation symbol will find that 
              stem plus anything that comes after it. The symbol used to truncate 
              a word depends upon the index, database, or Web search engine you 
              are using. 
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          | psychol? | 
          
			will return records on psychology, psychological, psychologist. 
            ! is used as the truncation symbol, for example, in Science 
			Direct. | 
         
         
          | environ* | 
          will 
            return records on environment, environments, environmental.  
            * is used as the truncation symbol in The EBSCO Indexes and 
			Wilson Omnifile. | 
         
       
      
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