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Quick Truncation Tips for Periodical Databases
| PERIODICAL DATABASE |
TRUNCATION |
WILDCARD |
| America History & Life |
? for each unknown letter |
? for each unknown letter |
| American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
* |
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| Annual Reviews |
* |
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| Cambridge |
* |
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| Canadian Music Periodical Index |
Use partial word(s) feature |
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| CBCA |
* |
*Labo**=Labo Labor Labour |
| CCInfo |
Use "begins with" option in advanced search screen |
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| Dow Jones Interactive |
$ plus # for characters desired |
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| EBSCO |
? |
* eg. Wom*n |
| Elsevier |
* |
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| Globe & Mail |
? used in index |
* used in index |
| Ideal |
* |
? eg. Wom?n |
| Infotrac |
? for multiple characters e.g. Psych????? = psychology,
psychiatry
! for one or no characters eg. Analog!! = analog, analogs,
analogue but not analogous |
* eg. col*r = color, colour |
| Kluwer |
* |
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| MathSciNet |
* |
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| Project Muse |
* |
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| Proquest |
? |
* eg. Wom*n |
| RILOSH |
? in key word |
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| Swetscan |
* |
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| Web of Science |
* |
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| Wilson |
* |
? |
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