Handbook of indexing techniques : a guide for beginning indexers / Linda K. Fetters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fetters, Linda K., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indexing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Indexing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 178 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Includes clear explanations of indexing techniques along with many helpful examples. In addition to its easy-to-follow "how-to" coverage, you'll find updated information about indexing seminars and training programs, professional organizations, and indexing standards.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Learning to Index""; ""Formal Courses and Seminars""; ""Distance Education (Correspondence Courses)""; ""American Society for Indexing Training Course in Indexing""; ""Society of Indexers Distance Learning Course""; ""Graduate School USA""; ""University of California�Berkeley""; ""Self-Training""; ""Internet Discussion Groups""; ""INDEX-L""; ""Indexers� Discussion List""; ""IndexPeers""; ""IndexStudents""; ""Writing and Studying Indexes""; ""Professional Organizations""

""Standards and Index Evaluation""""ASI/H.W. Wilson Award""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 2: Starting the Index""; ""What Is an Index?""; ""What the Index Includes""; ""Viewpoint""; ""Getting an Overview""; ""Length of the Index""; ""Reference Sources""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 3: Writing the Index""; ""Choosing and Writing Headings""; ""Forest and Tree Entries""; ""Avoiding Bias""; ""Nouns and Noun Phrases""; ""Singular vs. Plural""; ""Linked (Precoordinated) Headings""; ""Paraphrasing Entries""; ""Consistency""; ""Writing Subheadings""; ""Relationship of Headings to Subheadings""

""Alphabetizing Subheadings""""Phrasing and Editing Subheadings""; ""Running-In a Single Subheading""; ""Page Range vs. Subheadings""; ""Bringing Information Together""; ""Inverting or Flipping Entries (Double-Posting)""; ""Levels of Subheadings""; ""Classification in Indexes""; ""Recording Entries""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 4: Names and Biographies""; ""Indexing Names""; ""Names in Scholarly Works""; ""Forms of Names""; ""Separate Name Indexes""; ""Indexing Biographies""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 5: References""; ""Locators""; ""Page References in Printed Documents""; ""Page Ranges""

""Abbreviating Page References""""References to Notes""; ""References to Illustrations and Tables""; ""Indexing Books Before Pagination Is Known""; ""Cross-References""; ""See References""; ""See Also References""; ""Placement of See Also References""; ""Format and Punctuation of Cross-References""; ""General See Also References""; ""Cross-References From Subheadings""; ""See Under and See Also Under References""; ""Verifying Cross-References""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 6: Finishing Touches""; ""Alphabetizing the Entries""; ""Initial Articles and Prefixes""; ""Numbers and Symbols""

""Subheadings""""When to Alphabetize the Index""; ""Editing the Index""; ""Formats or Styles for Indexes""; ""Indented Style""; ""Run-In Style""; ""Typographical Considerations""; ""Electronic Index Files and Typesetting Codes""; ""Introduction to the Index""; ""Index Preparation Methods""; ""Dedicated Indexing Software""; ""3 x 5 Card Method""; ""Word Processor Method""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 7: Periodicals""; ""Magazines and Journals""; ""Indexing Decisions""; ""Locators""; ""Subject Authority Lists and Thesauri""; ""Newsletters""; ""Newspapers""; ""Indexing Decisions""; ""Locators""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781299487628

1299487629

9781573878067

1573878065

OCLC:

899069065