I am trying to search on MathSciNet for articles which contains $C^\*$ in their title (as in $C^\*$-algebras) however I can't figure out how to get MathSciNet not to interpret the '\*' as a stand in for an arbitrary sequence of characters.


(I am moving this question from [MathStackExchange](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1290667/search-for-c-on-mathscinet/1292972#1292972) as no one there seemed to have an answer.)



Searching for $C^*$
I have emailed technical support at MathSciNet. Unfortunately they do not know how to search for a string containing a \*, as \* is interpreted as a wild card. However, if you know the word before and after the \* then you can use the proximity search tool adjN which is a stand in for at most N-1 words. 


For example, searching for "C adj2 algebra" will find "$C^\*$-algebra", as well as "l.m.c. algebras". 


