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Selected Articles Available for Downloading


“Five Fatal Myths of Indexing”

“Keeping Editors Happy”

“A Rose By Any Other Name”  (includes links to name resources)

 “Term Selection: Putting Humpty Dumpty Together, At Last”

“ UC Berkeley Extension course: learning to index at a distance”


Some Recommended Reading


Chicago Indexing Chapter  From The Chicago Manual of Style 16th.                    
 
Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing  by Do Mi Stauber Provides guidance on the mysteries of term selection.


Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany. One of the most well-known and respected references on the practice of indexing.

Indexing from A to Z by Hans Wellisch.  Provides an excellent overview of indexing.

The Indexer Magazine  This international journal is published by the British Society of Indexers and is the finest source of indexing trends and opinions currently available.

Newcomers: The Indexer Collections   This ebook is a collection of articles originally published in The Indexer Magazine and especially appropriate for someone interested in indexing.

Webster's Biographical Dictionary  Though this has not been updated since 1995 it is still one of the finest biographical dictionaries and name sources available on historic and deceased individuals.

Webster's Geographical Dictionary  An excellent source on geographical locations and aid for the correct sorting of geographical names.