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Search Using Wildcard Characters IN the Basic Search

 With the help of truncation characters (wildcard characters) variations of a word can be included in the search. Question marks ? or asterisks * can be used as wildcard characters.

Question Mark: A single question mark replaces one character; two question marks replace two characters etc. Question marks can be used either in the middle of or at the end of a word.

Example:

Basic Search:            Ka?serin

Results:                      Works found contain Kayserin or Kaiserin in the categories Author, Title or Chapter Headings.

Basic Search:             Fre?maurer

Results:                      Works found contain Freimaurer or Freymaurer in the categories Author, Title or Chapter Headings.

Asterisk: An asterisk replaces any number of characters, including zero characters. It can be used in the middle of or at the end of a word.

Example:

Basic Search:            Kaiser*

Results:                      Works found contain words like Kaiser, Kaisers, Kaiserin, Kaiserlich, Kaiserwahl, Kaiser-Carl-Bad etc. in the categories Author, Title or Chapter Headings.

Basic Search:            Freimaur*

Results:                      Works found contain Freimaurer, Freimaurerei, Freimaurer-Reden, Freimaurer-Lieder etc. in the categories Author, Title or Chapter Headings.

Basic Search:            Trun*heit

Results:                     Works found contain Trunkenheit or Trunckenheit in the categories Title or Chapter Headings.

Note:  Wildcard characters cannot be used in phrases.

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