Exact character searching

A standard Find Word or Full Text search treats accented letters as their equivalent plain letter. For example, typing cafe will find both cafe and café.

The Advanced search page allows you to find the exact form of a word, whether it incorporates a special character or not, using the panel to the right of the search form.

1. Open the Advanced search page by clicking the button at the base of the screen.

2. Enter your search terms in the boxes in the usual way, except that if the word you are looking for contains an accented letter or other special character, enter its name instead of its plain letter equivalent, e.g. type caf#eacu# to find café.

   Names of special characters are always contained between hashes (#). To find the name of a special character, consult one of the following lists:

   • Accented roman characters
   • Old and Middle English characters
   • Greek characters
   • Other special characters

3. Select your search areas from the list boxes in the usual way.

4. In the panel to the right of the search form, check the box labelled ‘Exact character searching’.

   

5. Click the button.

6. The results are displayed in the results list.

• Example searches