Wildcard Description Examples ! Use an exclamation mark (! ) to find a root word plus all the words made by adding letters to the end of it.
Note: There must be at least 3 characters prior to the ! or you may receive unexpected results. Use ! only to find unique roots; fir! will find fired , firing ,and fires , but will also find first , which you may not want. Employ! would find variations on the term employ such as employee , employer , employment , and their plurals.* Use an asterisk (* ) to find a root word plus all the words made by adding letters to the end of it.
Tip: Use * only to find unique roots; fir* will find fired , firing , and fires , but will also find first, which you may not want. You can use an exclamation mark (! ) in place of the * if you wish. Both function in the same way, but there must be at least 3 characters in front of the ! or you might receive unexpected results. Employ* would find variations on the term employ such as employee , employer , employment , and their plurals.? Use a single question mark (? ) to find different spellings of a word by replacing a character anywhere within the word.
For the most effective search, please keep these rules in mind:
The character cannot replace any of the first three characters of the word. Do not use the character at the end of a search term. (Instead, use either * or ! .) Use only a single ? in your search term. wom?n would find woman and women