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Indexing in general

Books and guides

Classics

  • How to make an index, Henry B. Wheatley, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 2002  (original printed 1902)
  • What is an index? by Henry B. Wheatley, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 2002 (original printed 1879). There is a limited preview of the book here.
  • Indexing, the art of: a guide to the indexing of books and periodicals, G. Norman Knight, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979

Style manuals

Journals & newsletters

Indexing

  • ‘Indexing Inserts’, Tordis Flath, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 10, pg. 5
  • ‘Indexing for Digital Technology’, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 10, pg. 1
  • ‘How to index, for non-indexers — an overview’, Lynn Farkas, ANZSI Newsletter, 2006, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 5–6
  • ‘Indexing for non-indexers!’, Lynn Farkas, ANZSI Newsletter, 2005, vol. 1, no. 10, pg. 6
  • ‘Indexing: technical, professional and business-related issues’, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2006, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 6–7
  • ‘ANZSI Conference: Birds of a feather session: Back of book indexing’, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2007, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 4–5
  • ‘Consult a higher authority’, Edyth Binkowski, ANZSI Newsletter, 2005, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 5–6
  • ‘Term selection: putting Humpty Dumpty together, at last’, Sylvia Coates, Key Words, 2001, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 145–7
  • ‘Proposed indexing guidelines for indexers and authors’, Jon Jermey, AusSI Newsletter, 2003, vol. 27, no. 5, pg. 1
  • ‘Tips and hints: endnotes and footnotes‘, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 9, pg. 7
  • ‘Term selection: the key to successful indexing’, Zhang Qiyu, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 98–100
  • ‘Classified versus specific entry in book indexes: guidelines for decision making’, Glenda Browne, The Indexer, 2010, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 6–11
  • ‘Headings in indexers: revisiting the relationship between mains and subs’, Glenda Browne, The Indexer, 2010, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 104–107
  • ‘Creating elegant subheadings: or, everything you ever wanted to know about subheadings and were afraid to ask’, Victoria Agee and Margie Towery, in: Janet Perlman and Enid L Zafran , no. eds) Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 2, Wheat Ridge, CO: Amercian Society for Indexing, 2010, pp. 1–35
  • ‘Locators, differentiating, 00–00. See also subentries’, Janet Russell,  in: Janet Perlman and Enid L Zafran (eds) Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 2, Wheat Ridge, CO: Amercian Society for Indexing, 2010, pp. 37–48
  • “Problems of the ‘passing mention’”, Simon Cauchi, in: Margaret Findlay (ed), The August indexer: proceedings from the second international conference, 27–29 August 1999, Hobart, Tasmania, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1999, pp. 41–47
  • ‘Secondary indexing: the specifics of managing revisions, cumulations and spin-offs’, Frances S Lennie, in: Margaret Findlay (ed), The August indexer: proceedings from the second international conference, 27–29 August 1999, Hobart, Tasmania, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1999, pp. 86–91
  • ‘Indexing and the editing process’, Ann M Philpott, in: Margaret Findlay (ed), The August indexer: proceedings from the second international conference, 27–29 August 1999, Hobart, Tasmania,Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1999, pp. 108–111
  • ‘Maintaining indexing principles while breaking the rules of thumb’, Alan Walker, in: Max McMaster (ed), Indexers — partners in publishing. Proceedings from the first international conference, 31 March – 2 April, 1995, Marysville, Victoria, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1995, pp. 63–73
  • ‘Standards and choices’, Drusilla Calvert, in: Max McMaster (ed) Indexers — partners in publishing. Proceedings from the first international conference, 31 March – 2 April, 1995, Marysville, Victoria, Melbourne: Australian Society of Indexers, 1995, pp. 74–83
  • ‘Evidence-based indexing’, Glenda Browne, in: Karen Gillen (ed) Indexing: engage, enlighten, enrich: proceedings from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers Conference, 17–19 March 2005, Melbourne. Melbourne: Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, 2005, pp. 26–32
  • ‘Consensus-based indexing: group development of indexing principles’, Glenda Browne, in: Mary Russell (ed), The Indexing life: proceedings from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers conference, 15–17 March 2007, Melbourne. Melbourne: Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, 2007, pp. 109–117
  • ‘Visual appeal of indexes: an exploration’, Frances Lennie, The Indexer, 2010, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 60–67

Podcasts

  • Book Makers: indexers, interview with Mary Russell, ABC Radio National Book Show, 18 May 2010
  • Censorship in indexing, Mary Russell and Max McMaster, paper presented at Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ) 2010 conference: To deprave and corrupt: forbidden, hidden and censored books, Wednesday 14 – Friday 16 July 2010, The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas at The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
  • Interview with Jan Wright, eBook Ninjas Episode 12 — Indexes, 11 November 2010

Filing

Information retrieval

‘Keynote address: Indexing: the user’s perspective, Neil Archbold in: Karen Gillen (ed) Indexing: engage, enlighten, enrich: proceedings from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers Conference, 17–19 March 2005, Melbourne. Melbourne: Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, 2005, pp.  1–12

Editing an index

  • ‘Editing an index without tears’, in: Indexing for editors and authors: a practical guide to understanding indexes, Fred Leise, Kate Mertes and Nan Badgett, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society of Indexers, 2008, pp. 107–117
    This covers the topic from the point of view of the editor working with the indexer.
  • Editing and presenting the index, In: Indexing: the manual of good practice, Pat F. Booth, Munchen, K. G. Saur, 2001, pp. 130–185. Detailed chapter on what to look for and how to correct it.
  • ‘Editing the index’, in: Indexing books, 2nd edition, Nancy C. Mulvany, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2005, pp. 221–241. Covers what to look for and the various roles of the indexer, author and editor.
  • ‘Editing: the 21 steps’, in: Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, Hans H. Wellisch, New York: Wilson, 1995, pp. 155–167
  •  ‘Strategies for sizing an index, part one: before and during the indexing process’, Anne Marie Houppert, Key Words, 2008, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 28–29
  • ‘Strategies for sizing an index, part two: after the index is competed’, Anne Marie Houppert, Key Words, 2008, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 47–48

Evaluating an index

  • ‘Assessing publication-style indexes’, in Style manual for authors, editors and printers, 6th edition, revised by Snooks & Co, Milton, Qld: John Wiley & Sons, 2002, pp. 283–284
  • Index evaluation checklist, American Society for Indexing, 2015
  • ‘Index evaluation’, in: Ten characteristics of quality indexes; confessions of an award-winning indexer, Margie Towery. Medford, NJ: Information Today Inc. in association with American Society for Indexing, 2016, pp. 114, 115-118
  • Evaluating indexes; an overview for editors and indexers, by Sherrey Quinn; presentation at the Write|Edit|Index IPEd/ANZSI conference, Canberra, May 2015
  • ‘Evaluating indexes: observations on ANZSI experience’, Sherrey Quinn, The Indexer, 2015, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 107–112
  • ‘Judging indexes: the criteria for a good index’, David Lee, The Indexer, 2001, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 191–194
  • See also the John Simkin Medal page and the ANZSI Accreditation page

How indexers work

Standards

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