Do punctuation and accents (diacritics) matter when searching HOLLIS?
Generally, you can include or omit punctuation marks and diacritics, and your search results will be the same. There are some exceptions:
- You may observe slightly different behaviors in Basic Search and Advanced Search as compared to Starts with/Browse. For example, in Search, a hyphen and a space are considered the same, while in Browse they are not.
- Certain symbols that carry lexical meaning, such as ampersand (&), are searched and matched.
- You may find significant exceptions when searching with non-Latin scripts and their romanized forms
- For Korean: alif cannot be searched as a comma.
- For Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew, find helpful tips under Romanization and Transliteration on our guide to Middle East and Islamic Studies Library Resources
Have another HOLLIS question? Our HOLLIS User Guide provides an overview of HOLLIS's features and functions.
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