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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
FCC133
INFORMATION LITERACY
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
FCC133 INFORMATION LITERACY
Week 6 - Session 1Truncation and Wildcard
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This is a copyright of Albukhary International University 2011-2012. All rights reserved. Slide # :
Search Strategies
Basics
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Truncation
Truncation and wildcards broaden yoursearch capabilities by allowing you to retrieve
multiple spellings of a root word or word stem,
such as singular and plural forms.
Truncation is using a wildcard at the end of a
root word to search multiple variations of that
root word. Check a database's help section to
identify what symbol is used for a wildcard.
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Truncation
In this search example: protect* ORconserv* OR regulat* would retrievemultiple spellings of these synonyms.
Some databases may allow you to usetruncation at the beginning of words or within
words (this is called internal truncation).
Consult the help files in the database to
determine the availability of this feature.
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Example of Truncation
Truncation expands the search tolocate all words beginning with thesame root
Example: teen* will return teen, teens,teenage, teenager, etc.)
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
This is a copyright of Albukhary International University 2011-2012. All rights reserved. Slide # :
ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
FCC133 INFORMATION LITERACY
Week 6 - Session 2&3Phrase Searching
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Wildcard
A wildcard is a special character, suchas an asterisk (*), question mark (?), or
pound sign (#), that replaces one or
more letters in a word.A wildcard usually represents a single
character.
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Example of Wildcard
A Wildcard is used in the middle of a wordto match usually known variants of a term.
Example: wom?n will return woman, women,and womyn.
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Phrase Searching
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Phrase Searching
Phrase searching is when you use a string of words(instead of a single word) to search with.
By using phrase searching you will retrieve fewerresults!
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ALBUKHARY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFOUNDATION STUDIES PROGRAMME 2011-2012
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Phrase Searching
You might be looking for information on informationliteracy. Each one of these words has a differentmeaning when standing alone and will retrieve manyirrelevant documents, but when you put themtogether the meaning changes to the very precise
concept ofinformation literacy".
For the database to understand your search, youshould put your phrase between brackets ( ) orinverted commas ".
Type your search as follows:
information literacy" or(information literacy)
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