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Truncation

Assumption: Need references, want to identify articles or chapters
Database Searach Techniques: Refine tab & Limits (PsycINFO), (ASP); Search History ; Truncation: * ; Proximity Operator “Near” (N) – ex. N5, terms within 5 words of each other; Thesaurus (PsycINFO) / Subject Term (ASP); Classification Codes (PsycINFO only); Cited Reference Searching (ASP & PsycINFO), (Web of Knowledge), (hopeful)

PsycINFO & Academic Search Premier

Search Building: Truncation: *
 

enter part of word and end with * to find words with similar root

Example:

Looking for materials on autism?

Synonyms: autism, autistic, autistics, asperger’s syndrome, aspergers syndrome, asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, pervasive developmental disorders, ASD

ENTER: autis* or asperger* or pervasive developmental or ASD

 

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Helen Hough, Psychology Librarian, University of Texas at Arlington Library, Box 19497, Arlington, TX, 76019; hough@uta.edu
09/26/2006