STN allows word stems and truncation variables when choosing search terms. This provides you the ability to retrieve search terms with multiple word endings or spelling variations.
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\* Example script with truncation
| => FILE HCAPLUS | |
| => S (ETCH? OR PHOTOETCH? OR CHASE# OR CHASING# OR ENCHAS? OR ENGRAV? OR PHOTOENGRAV?)/TI,AB | You can specify search field(s) in the query, or you can allow STN to search the file's default field(s). In this example, both the title (TI) and abstract (AB) will be searched for the terms. |