accented words in search term

[Teresa Doherty]

I knew the subject of how to incorporate macrons into html pages came up
just recently, but I have a related question, if anyone could help.

I'm trying to find out how to use an accented character in the "search
term" box of an electronic journal search screen. For example, the word
'urucú' which has an accented final u (forgive my ignorance, what *is*
that called? when it goes from bottom left to top right?).

I can use the word with no accent, and the search will return 20
results. If I shorten the term to simply 'uruc', then I get 138 results,
but they may not all be what I want.

How do you suggest that I incorporate the accented character? I thought
about using a shortcut key, such as is used in Word [ CNTR + ',u] but no
luck.

Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks!

Teresa Doherty
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Libraries
Richmond VA  23284-2033
mtdohert at vcu.edu