Wildcards are symbols used in place of letters or words to help you broaden your search. Here's how they work:
Examples:
Hawaii* finds: | Hawaii | w*ter: | water |
Hawaii Island | wastewater | ||
Hawaiian | Walter | ||
Hawaiians, etc. | winter, etc. |
Examples
wom?m finds: | women | hydroly?e finds: | hydrolyze |
woman, etc. | hydrolyse |
Examples
colo$r finds: | color | scholar$: | scholar |
colour | scholars, etc. |
To find out more about this search technique in Web of Science, take a look at the help page about Wildcards.
Some tips for using wildcards in Web of Science:
You can also use more than one wildcard at a time.
Example:
organi?tion* finds: | organization |
organisation | |
organizational | |
organisational, etc. |