Ryan Womack Business and Economics Librarian rwomack@rci.rutgers.edu Updated August 8, 2007

Find Articles: Indexes and Databases:
Guide to the wildcard and truncation symbols used in Rutgers University Libraries' online databases

A brief reference to wildcards and truncation symbols used in Rutgers University Libraries' online databases. When in doubt, try ? for a single character wildcard, or * for truncation. These are the most commonly used symbols.

Name	Single Character Wildcard	Truncation Symbol
Academic Search Premier	?	*
ACCESSMedicine	None	None
Access UN	?	* or $
Access World News	?	*
Accounting Research Manager	None	Select option to search for word variants
ACM Digital Library	*	*
Africa-Wide: NiPAD	?	*
African-American Newspapers	None	*
Agricola	None	?
Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts	?	*
AIDSearch	?	*
Alcohol History Database	None	Automatic truncation
Alcohol Studies Database	None	None
America: History & Life	?	*
American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900	?	*
American State Papers, 1798-1838	?	*
AMICA Library	None	*
L’année Philologique	None	*
Anthropology Plus	None	?
AnthroSource	?	*
Applied Science & Technology Full Text	?	*
Aquaculture Abstracts (ASFA)	?	*
Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality (ASFA 3)	?	*
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)	?	*
ArchiveGrid	?	*
Art Full Text	?	*
ARTbibliographies Modern	?	*
ARTFL	.? and .	.*
Arts and Humanities Citation Index	?	*
Asia Studies Full Text Online	?	*
ASIST Digital Library	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts	?	*
ATLA Religion Database	?	*
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals	None	?
Bacteriology Abstracts	?	*
BDSL: Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft	?	*
Beilstein Crossfire	?	*
Biblical Archaeology Society: Online Archive	None	None
Bibliography of the History of Art	None	?
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus	?	*
Biological Sciences and Living Resources (ASFA 1)	?	*
Biomedical Reference Collection	?	*
BioOne	_	%
BIOSIS Previews	? or #	$ or :
Black Drama: 1850 to the Present	.	*
Books in Print with Reviews	None	$
Business Full Text	?	*
Business & Industry Database	None	*
Business Insights	None	*
Business Source Premier	?	*
CAB Abstracts	?	*
CamdenBase	None	*
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (Monthly Catalog)	!	*
CCH Internet Tax Research Network	*	!
Chicano Database	None	?
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption	?	*
CIAO	?	*
CINAHL	?	*
ComAbstracts	None	*
Communication & Mass Media Complete	?	*
Computing Reviews	?	*
Conference Board Research Collection	?	*
Conference Papers Index	?	*
Contemporary Authors	?	*
Contemporary Women's Issues	None	*
Corpus de la   Littérature Médiévale	?	*
CountryWatch	None	? or *
CQ Researcher	?	*
Criminal Justice Abstracts	?	*
Current Index to Statistics	_	Automatic truncation
D&B Key Business Ratios	None	Automatic truncation
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)	None	*
(DATAD) Database of African Theses and Dissertations	None	Automatic truncation
Declassified Documents Reference System	?	*
Dictionnaire de  l'Ancienne Langue Française	?	*
Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker	?	*
DigiZeitschriften	None	*
Dissertations and Theses	?	*
Eagleton Poll Archive	None	*
Early American Imprints	?	*
EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)	?	*
ECO: Electronic Collections Online	#	*
Ecology Abstracts	?	*
EconLit	? or #	$ or :
Education Index/Abstracts/Full Text	?	*
EEBO (Early English Books Online)	?	*
EEBO TCP (Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership)	None	*
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)	?	*
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements	?	*
EIU.com	None	*
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
Engineering Index (EI Compendex)	?	*
Environmental Engineering Abstracts	?	*
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Index	?	*
ERIC – Education Resources Information Center	? or #	$ or :
Ethnic NewsWatch	?	*
Factiva	?	* or $
Facts & Comparisons 4.0 (including Review of Natural Products)	None	None
Family and Society Studies Worldwide	?	*
FDC Reports	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
FIAF International FilmArchive Database	?	*
Film Literature Index, 1976-2001	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
FRANCIS	None	?
Food Science and Techonology Abstracts	* (within a word) or ?	* (at the end of a word) or %
Gartner Research	None	None
General Science Full Text	?	*
GeoRef	None	*
Global Financial Data	None	None
goENC.com	?	*
Google Scholar	None	None
Grove Art Online	?	*
Grove Music Online	?	*
Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia	?	*
Hand Press Book	None	?
Handbook of Latin American Studies	None	?
Health and Psychosocial Instruments	? or #	$ or :
Health and Safety Science Abstracts	?	*
HealthSTAR	? or #	$ or :
HeinOnline	None	Automatic truncation
Hispanic-American Periodicals Index	None	Automatic truncation
Historical Abstracts	?	*
Historical Statistics of the United States	None	None
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine	None	?
Homeland Security Digital Library	None	None
Human Population & Natural Resource Management	?	*
Humanities Full Text	?	*
IEEE Xplore	?	*
Image Collections in Luna Insight	None	*
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals	None	?
Index of Christian Art	? (within a word)	? (at the end of a word)
Index to Legal Periodicals Full Text	?	*
Index to Printed Music	?	*
Industrial and Applied Microbiology	?	*
Ingenta	None	*
Inside Information Plus	None	?
INSPEC	?	*
International Financial Statistics	None	None
International Medieval Bibliography - Online	?	*
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts	? or #	$ or :
Investext Plus	?	*
iPOLL	None	%
IRIS	?	$
ITER: Gateway to the Renaissance	None	$
JerseyClicks	?	*
Journal Citation Reports	None	*
JSTOR	?	*
LLBA, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts	?	*
Law Library Microform Consortium	None	*
Left Index	?	*
LexisNexis Academic	*	!
LexisNexis Statistical	*	!
Library and Information Science Abstracts	?	*
Library Literature and Information Science	?	*
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)	?	*
Literature Online	None	*
Literature Resource Center (Gale)	? or !	*
MarketLine	?	*
Marine Biotechnology Abstracts	?	*
MathSciNet	*	*
The Medical Letter	None	None
MedLine (Ebsco)	?	*
MedLine (Ovid)	? or #	$ or :
MEDLINE In-Process	? or #	$ or :
Mergent Online	None	None
Middle English Compendium	?	*
Mintel Reports	None	Automatic truncation
MLA International Bibliography	?	*
Music Index	?	$
National Technical Information Services (NTIS)	?	*
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database	None	None
Nature Publishing Group	None	*
Naxos Music Library	None	None
NetLibrary	*	*
New Catholic Encyclopedia	?	*
New Jersey Environmental Digital Library (NJEDL)	*	*
New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)	?	*
North American Women's Letters and Diaries	. or .?	*
Nursing & Allied Heath Collection: Comprehensive	?	*
Ocean Technology, Policy and Non-Living Resources	?	*
Oceanic Abstracts	?	*
Official Document System of the United Nations	?	*
OLDMEDLINE	? or #	$ or :
Online Career Library	None	None
Ovid HealthSTAR	?	$
Oxford English Dictionary	?	*
PAIS International and Archive	?	*
Patrologia Latina	?	*
Patrologiæ Græcæ	None	None
PBS Video Database of America's History and Culture	None	Automatic truncation
Periodical Index Online	None	*
Philosopher's Index	?	*
Polling the Nations	?	*
Pollution Abstracts	?	*
POPLINE	None	*
Pre-CINAHL	?	*
PrimateLit	None	*
Project MUSE	None	*
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times	?	*
Psychiatry Online	None	*
PsycCRITIQUES	?	*
PsycINFO (including PsycARTICLES)	? or #	$ or :
PubMed	None	*
PubMed Central	None	*
RAMBI : The Index to Articles on Jewish Studies	* or ? (within a word)	* or ? (at the end of a word)
Readers’ Guide Full Text	?	*
ReferenceUSA	None	*
Regional Business News	?	*
(ATLA) Religion Database	?	*
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature	?	*
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals	?	*
Risk Abstracts	?	*
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600	?	*
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies	None	?
Sa ePublications Social Sciences & Humanities Collection	#	?
Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
Science Citation Index	?	*
ScienceDirect	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
SciFinder Scholar	None	Automatic truncation
SCIPIO Art and Rare Book Sales Catalogs	None	?
Social Science Electronic Data Library	None	*
Social Science Full Text	?	*
Social Sciences Citation Index	?	*
Social Services Abstracts	?	*
Social Work Abstracts	?	*
Sociological Abstracts	?	*
SourceOECD	None	*
SPIE Digital Library	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
SpringerLink	None	*
Statistics Canada’s E-STAT	?	*
STATSnetBASE	?	*
Sustainability Science Abstracts	?	*
TableBase	None	*
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae	.	Automatic truncation
Toxicology Abstracts	?	*
Toxline	?	*
Toxnet	?	*
Turfgrass	?	*
TV-NewsSearch	None	*
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory	None	*
UN Statistics Division Common Database (UNCDB)	None	None
U.S. Congressional Serial Set	?	*
VIOLIT Database	None	None
Vreme NDA	*	*
Water Resources Abstracts	?	*
Web of Science	?	*
Wiley InterScience Journal Finder	* (within a word)	* (at the end of a word)
Wilson Business Full Text	?	*
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition	?	*
Women and Social Movements in the United States	None	*
Women's Studies International	?	*
Women Writers Online	None	*
World Development Indicators	None	Automatic truncation
World Law Index - Index to Hispanic Legislation	None	?
World News Connection	? (within a word)	? (at the end of a word)
World Shakespeare Bibliography	None	*
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	?	*
Xipolis German Reference Database	None	? or *
Your Journals @Ovid	? or #	$
Zephyr	None	Automatic truncation