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Inputting Alphabetic
Characters
Use the keyboard to input alphabetic characters.
Example: To input the word
"internet"
Press the keyboard keys to input the
term.
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In this example, press:
Alphabetic Character Input Rules
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Note that all alphabetic characters are input in lower case, regardless
of their normal capitalization.
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Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a hyphen. To look up
"heaven-sent", for example, input "heavensent".
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If an ampersand is part of the word or phrase you are inputting for an
English Headword Search, replace the ampersand with the word "and".
To input "A & E", for example, input "aande".
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When inputting multiple words (Phrase Search, Example Search, etc.),
separate them with a space (entered using
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You can input up to 30 characters. With Phrase Search and Example
Search, a blank space is counted as a character.
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