Textbooks
Standard textbooks for indexers include:
- Booth, Pat F. 2001 Indexing: The manual of good practice, München: KG Saur
- Mulvany, Nancy C. 2005. Indexing books, 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- University of Chicago Press. Indexes: A chapter from the Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago Press [usually available online or for purchase as a separate chapter form the latest edition]
Other useful guides are:
- Browne, Glenda, and Jon Jermey, 2007. The indexing companion, Port Melbourne, VIC: Cambridge University Press
- Perlman, Janet, 2016, Indexing tactics & tidbits: An A to Z guide, Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with ASI
- Stauber, Do Mi. 2004. Facing the text: Content and structure in book indexing, Eugene, Oregon: Cedar Row Press
- Towery, Margie. 2016. Ten characteristics of quality indexes: Confessions of an award-winning indexer, Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with ASI
and the ‘Index it Right’ series:
- Zafran, Enid L., ed. 2005. Index it right! Advice from the experts v.1, Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with ASI
- Perlman, Janet, and Enid L. Zafran (eds). 2010. Index it right! Advice from the experts v.2, Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with ASI
- Zafran, Enid L., ed. 2014, Index it right! Advice from the experts v.3, Medford, NJ: Information Today in association with ASI
Classics
- Knight, G. Norman. 1979. Indexing, the art of; a guide to the indexing of books and periodicals. London: George Allen & Unwin.
- Wellisch, Hans H. 1995. Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: H. W. Wilson
Standards
Standards for indexing:
- ANSI/NISO Z39.4-2021 Criteria for Indexes
- AS/NZS 999-1999(R2013) AS/NZS 999–1999(R2013), Information and documentation — Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes¸ which is identical with ISO 999:1996