The journal of the Society of Indexers. Articles include:
TIIARA for an IDOL: an adventure in indexing (Elaine Ménard);
Scholarly publications in Latin America: where, oh index, art thou?... More > (Ruby Meraz Gutierrez);
Creation, placement, and design of website indexes on university websites in the United States (Ilana Kingsley);
Ebook navigation: browse, search and index (Glenda Browne and Mary Coe);
Windows 8: what’s better, what’s worse (Kamm Schreiner);
The ANSZI Medal 2012: some thoughts on what makes a
prize-winning index (The ANZSI Medal Committee);
A publisher’s job is to provide a good API for books: you can start with your index (Hugh McGuire);
Letter: a response to Bill Johncocks;
Obituary: Doreen Blake;
Indexes reviewed (Christine Shuttleworth);
Book reviews (Christopher Phipps and Michael E. Jackson)< Less
Articles specially selected from The Indexer vital to those embarking on a career in indexing. Articles cover: the importance of indexes; choosing indexing as a career; indexing efficiently; choosing... More > software; choosing training; producing a quote; negotiating with clients; and look towards possible futures with new technology, embedded indexing, topic maps and XML.
"This collection provides the best value for the money, that I know of, providing an easy and surprisingly thorough introduction to the world of indexing" - Sylvia Coates (UC Berkeley Extension course< Less
Documents dealing with the law require special treatment. Practitioners such as barristers and solicitors often need both rapid and accurate access to specific subjects within primary legislation,... More > whilst for the lay person unhindered access to popular subjects in legal commentaries is more important. This book describes how a good index is key to understanding the law. A good index is one in which the qualities of consistency, clarity and organization are paramount. Creating a good index to legal materials requires a rigorous approach and attention to many special features of legal writing. Indexing legal materials introduces the reader to the peculiarities of legal documents and describes how to compile a good index, from selecting subjects to deciding how to treat phrasal terms which have entered common use in legal circles. Law librarians and indexers alike will find this book both useful and fascinating.< Less
The journal of the Society of Indexers.
Articles include: An indexer's life of Johnson (Chistopher Phipps); Navigating 'The English friend' (Susan Curran); Indexing political memoirs: neutrality and... More > partiality (Alan Walker); Dramatis personae (Madeleine Davis); Biography indexes reviewed (Catherine Sassen); Biographies as soft, narrative texts (Hazel. K. Bell); A bibliography for indexing lives (Hazel K. Bell); A short history of matters international (Jill Halliday); International Agreement of Indexing Societies; Around the world & Around the digital world (Sanet Le Roux); IDPF, EPUB and ebook indexes (Glenda Browne); Indexes Reviewed (Ed. Christine Shuttleworth); Book reviews (Ed. Christopher Phipps and Michael E. Jackson)< Less
