At last-an indexing guide for editors, authors, and designers who need to create, edit, format, or evaluate indexes and work with professional indexers. Three experienced indexer-authors explain the various types of indexes, the characteristics of good indexes, and common formatting considerations. They share dozens of practical tips and more than 100 examples of good and bad indexing practices. Publishing professionals will not only learn how to edit an index, but how to hire freelance indexers and maintain successful editor/author/indexer relationships.

This release in the popular Indexing Specialities series is devoted to the topic of legal indexing, with contributions from more than a dozen leading practitioners. Sections include Getting Started, Indexing and Tabling Legal Cases, The Unique Challenges of Indexing Statutory Materials, New Technologies and Methodologies, and Reflections on Legal Indexing. This is a unique and valuable reference that belongs on the desk of every legal indexer.

This in-depth look at the indexing specialty field of medicine includes contributions from more than a dozen noted medical indexers. The book features 13 chapters and four parts: Medical Indexers, Medical Indexes, Medical Indexing, and Resources. A directory of medical reference tools and Internet sites is included.

Continuing the series that addresses specialized areas for indexers, Becky Hornyak has assembled a panel of experts that includes Sandy Topping, Carolyn Weaver, and Carol Schoun. The emphasis is on indexing textbooks and books aimed at clinical practitioners in the field of psychology. Included are extensive, annotated listings of print and online resources for psychology indexers.

Heather Hedden offers straightforward, get-it-done advice, bringing everything you need to know to create great Web site indexes together in one place. She covers cutting edge tools and techniques, and demonstrates how to create index pages, index entries, indentations, hyperlinks, and cross-reference links. If you have already begun to meet the growing demand for Web site indexes, here s a rich source of expert advice and support. If you ve yet to create your first index on the Web, have no fear: this reassuring guide makes it seem easy!

Indexes are the essential search tool for genealogists, and this timely book fills a conspicuous void in the literature. Kathleen Spaltro and contributors take an in-depth look at the relationship between indexing and genealogy and explain how genealogical indexes are constructed. They offer practical advice to indexers who work with genealogical documents as well as genealogists who want to create their own indexes. Noeline Bridge's chapter on names will quickly become the definitive reference for trying to resolve questions on variants, surname changes, and foreign designations. Other chapters discuss software, form and entry, the need for standards, and the development of after-market indexes.

How to write an index for any book, collection, or report It’s true. Creating an index for a book is challenging and time-consuming. It’s why authors and publishers hire professional indexers. But that’s not the only way to get a quality index. If you have the desire—and a penchant for detail—you too can write an orderly and comprehensive index. Book Indexing shows you how. With the aid of checklists, “Try This” exercises, and dozens of examples, Book Indexing helps you face the text with confidence. Step by step, you will learn: — The different kinds of indexes, and which to use for your book. — How to use the hierarchy of information to decide what to include in the index, and what to leave out. — How to capture the book’s themes and give the reader a starting point into the index. — How to lay out the index to help readers with their search—including searches for words that aren’t in the book. — Tips for choosing the right words for index entries—the basis of a refined index. — The five-step process for tackling your indexing project. Throughout the book, Stephen takes you through his decision-making on dozens of extracts from his own indexes. Imagine the value of an index for a favorite cookbook, your community's history, your company’s manual, or a book you wrote yourself. With Book Indexing as your guide, you can create an index worthy of the text—an index that your audience will turn to repeatedly. Who else can use this book? If you’re an editor, a publisher, or anyone else who works with indexers, you’ll see first-hand what indexers think about and how they do their work. Or perhaps you’ve wondered about professional indexing as a career or a side business. Book Indexing will give you the chance to try out your abilities and interests with no investment but your time.

This popular work offers advice to those entering the field of indexing. It covers indexing as a second job, as an "at-home" business for a parent with young children, and as a full-time career. Chapters from a range of contributors explain what publishers expect, what you need to set up shop, and how to find clients. Also included are the results of an ASI fee survey and a sample agreement form for indexers to use when contracting for services.

This is a collection of articles from ASI's newsletter, "Key Words, with additional chapters by Anne Leach. It includes strategies for beginning indexers and new business owners, as well as established professionals. An excellent addition to any freelancer's library.

No matter what you want to learn about abstracting or indexing, this guide will help you find out where to learn it. Library professionals, online information designers, abstractor and indexer freelancers, and publishers' staffs can all find courses that suit their needs in the Directory. Included are courses from public, private, and proprietary institutions in the U.S. and Canada.