The asterisk * and the question mark ? can be used as wildcards for the search.

The asterisk * is used to replace zero, one or several characters:

For example, it allows to search for culture, cultures, cultural etc.

Note: for technical reasons, searching with an asterisk at the end can return less results when using swisscovery plus scope.

The asterisk * can also help to find different spellings:

searches for yogurt, yoghurt, yogourt, yoghourt, etc.

The question mark ? is the wildcard for replacing one single character:

searches for both woman and women.

You can also combine these two characters: