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Wildcards

If you are searching for a word that can be spelled different ways (or if you aren't sure of the spelling) you can include willdcard symbols in your search. Use # (the pound sign) to symbolize either one or zero missing letters and the ! (an exclamation point) to symbolize exactly one missing letter.

 

Wildcards can only be used in a Keyword Search or Advanced Search; they cannot be used in a Browse Lists search.

 

Example:         Searches For:

Colo#r               Color, Colour

Arch#eology      Archaeology, Archeology

Wom!n              Woman, Women

Theat!!              Theater, Theatre (but not Theatres)

 

Note: Wildcards can be used more than once in a single search term, but they cannot be used for the first letter of a word.