Why are there fewer total results when truncating a search in Discovery?
Applies to
- WorldCat Discovery
Answer
For example:
Sustainable (including related terms) = 1,923,269
Sustainable (NOT including related terms) = 1,669,309
Sustainab* = 1,301,425
In this instance, the explicit truncation is counteracting the automatic stemming already taking place in Discovery.
Additional information
To read further information about Stemming see here.