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Indexing in general

NOTE:  Publications marked with an asterisk are available for loan from the ANZSI Library. Hyperlinks take you directly to copies of online materials, or to publishers’ order pages.

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

  • ‘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: American 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: American 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

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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