Business Source Premier (BSP) Word variants – using wildcards University Library click = next
Jan 10, 2016
Business Source Premier (BSP)
Word variants – using wildcards
University Library
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Wildcards
Use wildcards to find variant spellings of a term * replaces one or more characters
patent* finds: patent, patents, patentable, patented
? replaces one character ne?t finds: neat, nest and next fib?? finds : fiber and fibre
Wildcards may be combined: wom?n* finds: woman, women, women’s and
womanhood
* replaces 1 or more characters
Valid*
? replaces one character
f?rm
Sometimes wildcards are not needed:
Variant spellings are searched automatically:
labor finds labor and labour
labour finds labor and labour Entering a term in the singular will automatically
also find the plural (but not the other way round)
pattern finds pattern and patterns
woman finds woman and women
labor market