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Words may be right-hand truncated using an asterisk. Use a single asterisk *
- to truncate from 1-5 characters. Use a double asterisk ** for open-ended truncation.
+ to truncate any number of characters.
(example: environment* agency)
- You may use a question mark to replace a single character anywhere within a word.
- example: wom?)
+ Anchored Searching
+ You may use ^ and $ to indicate "phrase begins with" and
+ "phrase ends with," respectively, within a search phrase
+ enclosed in quotation marks.
+ (examples: "^harry" for phrases that begin with
+ the term harry.
+ "stone$" for phrases that end in stone.)
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