Understanding the alphabetical order in which index entries are displayed
ONTERM sorts individual words alphabetically. This means that the entries are sorted by the alphabetical order of the first word. If two or more entries share the same first word, they are sorted by the second word, and so on until all the entries are listed in alphabetical order.
Individual words consist of character strings delimited by spaces. The following characters are treated as spaces for the purpose of sorting index entries: apostrophes, hyphens, slashes, dashes, English quotation marks, French quotation marks, brackets, question marks and commas. Periods are treated as "non-spaces".
Articles, conjunctions and prepositions at the beginning of entries (e.g., "For", "The", "L'", "La", "Le") are sorted alphabetically in the same order as other words.
EXAMPLE:
The entry "L'Art animalier dans le parc" is indexed alphabetically under "L'", and "The Royal Ontario Museum" under "The".
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The special character @ is ignored in the alphabetical order.
EXAMPLE:
The index entry "Volunteer @ction.online" is listed between "Volunteer Coordinator" and "Volunteer Friendship Centre".
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