// check QuickLink form for not being empty
   function VerifyQLForm() {
      var QLQueryHelp = "Enter a word or phrase";
      var QLsuggestion = "It appears that you clicked on the 'Search' button but forgot to enter a UCI keyword. Please enter a word or phrase and try again.";
      if (document.forms.QL.QuickLink.value == '' || document.QL.QuickLink.value == QLQueryHelp) {
         document.forms.QL.QuickLink.value = QLQueryHelp;
         document.forms.QL.QuickLink.select();
         alert(QLsuggestion)
         return false;
      } else {
         return true;
      }
   }