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Cochrane |
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Arter* = arteries, artery, arterial etc. |
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Ag?ing = ageing -the British spelling. |
To retrieve both American spelling and British search aging or ageing Or aging or ag?ing |
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Theat* = theater , theaters, theatre, theatres, or theatrical…. |
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Theat?? = theater-American spelling and theatre- British spelling. |
Note : searching colo#r will retrieve color and colour. |
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Twain* or Twain+ =Twain’s and Twain…. |
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Wom?n = womyn, woman, women. |
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Twitt! = twit, twitter, twitter’s, twitterers, twittering…. |
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Ba**le = battle Transplant** = transplanted, transplanted…. |
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Attitude: = attitude, attitudes….Inject$ = injectable, inject, injection, injections etc. |
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Col?r = both color and colour. |
For Nursing Full-Text Plus Database. Mapping needs to be turned off . Dog$1 will search for only one extra letter. |
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ProQuest |
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Teen*=teen, teens, teenagers etc. |
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Educat??=educator, educated but NOT education. |
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6/09 |