Re: Keyword searching with internal truncation in WebPAC

["Graeme Leng-Ward" <G dot Leng-Ward at warwick dot ac dot uk>]

Aline,
 
Just confirming that we experience exactly the same results - No hits for w*m.
("man" OR "men" does seem the only way ).
 
Regards,
Graeme
 
Graeme Leng-Ward
Technical Services
University of Warwick Library
Coventry, U.K.
Tel: (024) 76 528138
Email: g dot leng-ward at warwick dot ac dot uk

>>> asoules at csuhayward dot edu 11/12/04 04:31pm >>>
Searching wom*n in the WebPAC will retrieve hits for woman and women, 
while searching m*n does not retrieve any hits (man or men). We suspect 
that there needs to be at least 2 character before the * , e.g., as in 
sc*re, but we'd like to confirm that others are experiencing the same 
results (the manual does not seem to address this, or else we missed 
it).  If our assumption is correct, how do you search for the keywords 
man or men?  Is using the keyword "man" OR "men" the only way?

Aline Soules, Associate University Librarian
California State University, Hayward
tel. 510-885-4596
e-mail:  asoules at csuhayward dot edu 

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