Truncation is another search technique you can use to find different word endings based on the root of a word. Truncate simply means to shorten something.
When you are searching using truncation as a search technique, you will shorten or remove the ending of a particular word and leave behind just the root of that particular word which is shared by multiple terms so that the database will look for all the variations.
This will search for all possible ending of a word. You will not have to type all the different variations of the term as the database will search this for you in one go, rather than you making several separate searches.
The truncation symbol (*) , usually the asterisk symbol, retrieves any number of letters - useful to find different word endings based on the root of a word.
For example:
educat* will find and retrieve results containing educate, education, educational, educationalist.
agricultur* will find and retrieve results agriculture, agricultural, agriculturalist.
therap* will find and retrieve results containing therapy, therapies, therapeutic.
biolog* will find and retrieve results containing biology, biologist, biological.
