- General references
- Annual reports
- Archives indexing
- Bibliographies
- Biographies
- Children’s books
- Database indexing
- Encyclopaedias and textbooks
- Embedded indexing
- Fiction
- Genealogy
- Images and pictures
- Maps
- Periodicals – journals, newspapers, serials
- Poetry and hymns
- Sound
- Technical manuals
- Websites
Note: Sections on this page are gradually being re-organised and updated by the Website Review Subcommittee. Suggestions of items to include are welcome – please email ANZSI Secretary.
General References
- Browne, Glenda and Jon Jermey, ‘Specialised source material: formats, subjects and genre’, in: The indexing companion, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2007, Chapter 9, pp. 128-174
- There are many articles on specific types of indexes in The Indexer. Please consult the Indexes tab on The Indexer webpage
Annual reports
- Binkowski, Edyth, ‘Indexing annual reports workshop at the National Archives of Australia‘, AusSI Newsletter, 2003, vol. 27, no. 6, pg. 68
- Campbell, Shirley, ‘Editing and indexing government annual reports’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2007, vol. 3, no. 8, pg. 6
- Farkas, Lynn, ‘Evaluating online annual reports: an indexer’s experience’, 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. 33–40
Archives indexing
- Adams, John, Indexing for historical societies. Revised edition. Melbourne: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 2010
- Hicks, Shauna, ‘Indexing archives for access’, 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. 72–77
- Hicks, Shauna and Simon Flagg, ‘Indexing manuscripts and the Koorie Indexing Name Project’, , 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. 101-105
- Walker, Alan, ‘Indexing for school archives: magazine and historical records’, 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. 132–137
Bibliographies
- Bryans, Dennis, ‘Indexing theatre programmes’, 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. 39–44
- Simkin, John E, ‘Related skills: indexing and bibliography’, 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. 112–114
- Triffitt, Geraldine Triffitt ‘Bibliography in the digital age’, 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. 29–38
- Wooldridge, Tessa, ‘Ensuring the best: AustLit – the resource for Australian literature’, 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. 138-145
Biographies
- Bell, Hazel K., ‘A bibliography for indexing lives’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 147
- Bell, Hazel K., ‘Biographies as soft, narrative texts’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 141–146
- Bell, Hazel K., Indexing biographies and other stories of human lives, 4th ed. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020. Previous editions were published by the Society of Indexers in 1992, 1998 and 2004.
- Bell, Hazel K., ‘Indexing biographies: lives do bring their problems’, The Indexer, 1989, vol. 16, no. 3
- Curran, Susan, ‘Navigating The English friend‘, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 119–124
- Davis, Madeleine, Biography indexing Q&A report – Part 2 [questions submitted by participants], ANZSI Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 6, 2020, pp. 4-12
- Davis, Madeleine, ‘Dramatis personae’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 132–135
- Davis, Madeleine, ‘Indexing biographies, parts 1 – 3’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 6 pg. 6; no. 7, pp. 6-7; no. 8, pp. 6-7
- Davis, Madeleine, ‘Fictional characters in non-fiction work’, The Indexer 2011, vol.29, no.2 pp 65-69
- Flath, Tordis, ‘Indexing letters’, ANZSI Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 5, 2020, pp. 2-4.
- Gillen, Karen, Biography indexing Q&A report – Part 1, ANZSI Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 5, 2020, pp. 5-9. Addendum – Notable indexes reading list, ANZSI Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 6, 2020, pp. 13-15
- Jones, Clodagh, ‘Indexing journals: the journal of Annie Baxter Dawbin’, 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. 77–81
- Matthews, Douglas, ‘Indexing published letters’, The Indexer, 2001, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 135-141
- McGlashan, Maureen, ‘Wot, no index? – or the death of the “Washington Read”‘, The Indexer, 2010, vol28, no 1 pp. 18-19
- Phipps, Christopher, ‘An indexer’s life of Johnson’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 114–119
- Shuttleworth, Christine, ‘The “Washington Read” and the “Clindex”‘, The Indexer, 2004, vol.24 No 2 p61
- Walker, Alan, ‘Indexing political memoirs: neutrality and partiality’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 125–130
- Walker, Alan, ‘Political memoirs: an international comparison of indexing styles’, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 66–75
- White, Martin L., ‘Indexing lives’, in: Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 1, edited by Enid L. Zafran, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society of Indexers, 2005, pp. 31–48
Children’s books
- Bakewell, K. G. B. and Williams, Paula L., Indexing children’s books, Society of Indexers Occasional Papers on Indexing No. 5, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 2000
- Booth, Pat, ‘Literature for children’, in Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 298-316
- Elliston, Valerie A, ‘Indexing children’s books’, Children’s Writers and Artists Yearbook, A & C Black
- Chapman, Geoff, ‘Indexing for young people’, 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. 55–62
- McMaster, Max, Indexing children’s information books, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 3, 7
- McMaster, Max, Kid-friendly index, ANZSI Newsletter, 2011, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 5
Database indexing
- Barlow, Caroline, ‘Serials indexing: from journals to databases’, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 2–6
- Binkowski, Edyth, ‘A day in the life of a database indexer’, , ANZSI Newsletter, 2005, vol. 1, no. 9, pg. 6
- ‘Database indexing – sustaining quality’. A brainstorming session hosted by the ACT Branches of the ALIA Health Libraries Section and the Australian Society of Indexers, National Library of Australia, 22 November 2000
- Deacon, Prue and Simpson, Kathy, ‘ANZSI Conference: “Birds of a feather” session: Database and web indexing’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2007, vol. 3, no. 5, pg. 4
- Diakoff, Harry, ‘Database indexing: yesterday and today’, The Indexer 2004, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 85–96
- Findlay, Margaret, ‘Database indexing at The VIC’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 6–7
- Guidelines for abstracts, ANSI/NISO Z39.14.1997(R2015) standard
- Greenhouse, Shelley, ‘The future of database indexing’, Key Words 2000, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 125–126, 132
- Jermey, Jon, ‘The database in your future’, 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. 81–86
- Mamassian, Linda, ‘Through the looking glass: a freelance perspective on database indexing’, 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. 99–110
- Sharifabadi, Saeed Rezaei, ‘A study on the feasibility of subject authority control of web-based Persian medical databases: an Iranian experience’, 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. 88–99
- Thomas, Devon, ‘Database indexing basics’, The Indexer, 2011, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 166–170
- see also Thesauri
Encyclopaedias and textbooks
- ‘Indexing encyclopedias’, Marion Lerner-Levine in: Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 1, edited by Enid L. Zafran, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society of Indexers, 2005, pp. 49–64. Via Google books
- ‘Indexing an encyclopaedia’, Gary Hall, 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. 170–74
- ‘Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: how is it indexed?‘, Geraldine Triffitt, paper presented at Indexing in the Electronic Age, 20–21 April 1996, Ranelagh House, Robertson, NSW
- ‘Textbook indexing’, Leoni Z McVey, 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. 49–65
Embedded indexing
- ‘Embedded Indexing. Pros and cons for the indexer, Peg Mauer, The Indexer, 2000, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 27–28
- Embedded indexing, James Lamb, The Indexer, 2005, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 206–209 [Microsoft Word]
- ‘Embedded indexing software’, in: Glenda Browne and Jon Jermey, The indexing companion, Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 183–186
- ‘The world of embedded indexing’, Jan C Wright, in Brenner, Diane and Rowland, Marilyn (eds) Beyond book indexing: how to get started in web indexing, embedded indexing, and other computer-based media, Phoenix, AZ: American Society of Indexers, 2001, pp. 3–12
- ‘Embedded indexing’, Peg Mauer, in Schroeder, Sandi (ed) Software for indexing, Wheat Ridge, Co: American Society of Indexers, 2003, pp. 83–98 [Word and FrameMaker]
- ‘The trials and tribulations of embedded indexing with Word’, Joanne Clendenen, in Schroeder, Sandi (ed) Software for indexing, Wheat Ridge, Co: American Society of Indexers, 2003, pp. 83–98
- ‘Indexing with PageMaker’, Jan C. Wright, in Schroeder, Sandi (ed) Software for indexing, Wheat Ridge, Co: American Society of Indexers, 2003, pp. 83–98
- Index Syntax in Microsoft Word, Seth A Maislin
- Troubleshooting those horrible Microsoft Word index problems, by Seth A Maislin
- ‘Myth of the reusable index’, Bill Johncocks, The Indexer, 2005, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 213–217
- ‘CUP & XML’, Michael Wyatt, AusSI Newsletter, 2003, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 100–1
- ‘XML indexing and Cambridge University Press’, Susan Keogh, 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. 82–85
- ‘XIndex: a cautionary tale’, Denise Sutherland, The Indexer, 2013, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 66–67
- ‘Embedded indexing: learning the smart ways to index in Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word’, Lucie Haskins, 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. 111–34
- How to build an index in Word 2007, Dummies.com, YouTube video
Fiction
- ‘Indexing fiction: a story of complexity‘, Hazel K. Bell, The Indexer, 1999, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 251–256
- ‘Fictional characters in non-fiction work’, by Madeleine Davis, The Indexer 2011, vol.29, no.2 pp 65-69
- ‘The mysteries of fiction indexing’, Mary Ann Chulik, presented by David Ream, 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. 48–54
- ‘Indexing fiction — potential advantages of indexed fiction for academic study‘, Jane Purton, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 10–11
- ‘Indexing fiction — a user’s perspective‘, Nikki Davis, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 4–5
- ‘Indexing fiction —encyclopaedias, who’s whos, and other compendia to works of fiction such as Agatha Cristie and Sherlock Holmes‘, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 3–4
- ‘A bibliography for indexing lives’, Hazel K. Bell, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pg. 147
- ‘As if we were reading a good novel: fiction and the index from Richardson to Ballard‘, Dennis Duncan, The Indexer, 2014, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 2–11
- ‘Indexing literary criticism’, Martin White in: Enid L Zafran (ed) Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 3, Tempe, AZ: American Society for Indexing, 2014, pp. 47–59
Genealogy
- Genealogy and indexing, edited by Kathleen Spaltro, Wheat Ridge, CO: American Society of Indexers, 2003. Via Google books
- ‘Indexing your family history for publication’, Michael Wyatt, in A selection of papers: First International Congress on Family History, Sydney, Oct 1988. Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations and Society of Australian Genealogists, 1988, pp. 369–78
- ‘Indexing family histories’, Patricia Law Hatcher and John V. Wylie, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1993, vol. 81, no. 2, pp. 85–98
- ‘Opening the door to your book’, in Producing a quality family history, Patricia Law Hatcher, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestory Incorporated, 1996, 165–180
- Using and compiling indexes, Judy Webster
- ‘Genealogy’, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 282–286
Images and pictures
- ‘Capturing moving images online‘, Ann Cameron, The Indexer, 2005, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 142–144
- ‘Image indexing: how can I find a nice pair of Italian shoes?’, Elaine Ménard, Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 21–25
- ‘Indexing cartoons’, Nicholas Hiley, The Indexer, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 100–104
- ‘Towards user-centered indexing in digital image collections‘, Krystyna K. Matusiak, OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, 2006, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 283-298
- ‘Images and sound (audio) recordings’, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 223–244
- ‘Nonprint materials’, in: Hans H Wellisch, Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 332–342
- ‘Indexing the industrial art of apple box labels’, Clodagh Jones, 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. 78–81
- ‘Image indexing’, Tomasz Neugebauer, The Indexer, 2010, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 98–103
- ‘Illustrative material and how to handle it’, Max McMaster, The Indexer, 2011, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 123–126
Maps
- ‘Creating indexes for world atlases at HarperCollins Publishers’, Jim Irvine, The Indexer, 2005, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 119-122
Periodicals – journals, newspapers, serial publications
General
- Barlow,, Caroline, ‘Serials indexing: from journals to databases’, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 2–6
- Beare, Geraldine, Indexing newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, Society of Indexers Occasional Papers on Indexing No. 4, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 1999
- Booth, Pat, ‘Serial publications’, in Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 186–222
- Browne, Glenda, ‘Indexing journal articles with multiple authors’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2005, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 6–7
- Dunn, Linda S, ‘The heart of the matter: an introduction to the challenges of periodical indexing’, in Enid L Zafran (ed) Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 3, Tempe, AZ: American Society for Indexing, 2014, pp. 117–144
- Fetters, Linda K, ‘Periodicals’ in Handbook of indexing techniques: a guide for beginning indexers, 5th edition, Metford, NJ: Information Today, 2013, pp. 63–81
- Flath, Tordis, ‘Journal indexing: further discussion and ideas’, 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. 50–54
- Hamblyn, Cheryl and Sunley, Delyth, ‘Spanning the centuries through newspaper indexing’, 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. 65–71
- McMaster, Max, ‘Journal indexing: some issues and maybe some answers’, 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. 96-98
- Russell, Mary, ‘Tips and hints — annual journal indexes’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2008, vol. 4, no. 5, pg. 4
- Semonche, Barbara, ‘Newspaper indexing policies and procedures’, in News media libraries: a management handbook, Greenwood Publishing, 1993
- Weaver, Carolyn, ‘The gist of journal indexing’, Key Words, 2002, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 16–22
- Walker, Alan, ‘Indexing for school archives: magazine and historical records’, 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. 132–137
- Weaver, Carolyn, ‘The indexer as consultant: collaborative indexing of community newspapers‘, Key Words, 2006, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 18–33
- Wellisch, Hans H, ‘Newspapers’, in Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 322–330
- Wellisch, Hans H, ‘Periodicals’, in Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 347–354
Specific periodicals
- Daymond-King, Julie, ‘Indexing the NZ Women’s Weekly‘, ANZSI Newsletter, 2008, vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 7
- Daymond-King, Julie, ‘The New Zealand Women’s Weekly, 1933–50: an indexing challenge’, The Indexer, 2008, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 170–1
- ‘The VIC in July: Indexing ‘The Argus’, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 8, p. 5
Poetry and hymns
- ‘Carols for indexers’, Mary Russell and Maureen MacGlashan, The Indexer, 2011, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 50–55
- ‘Subject indexing of poetry — could we? Should we?’ by Hazel Bell, The Indexer, 2011, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 56–64
- ‘Indexing a nursery rhyme’, Max McMaster, ANZSI Newsletter, 2011, vol. 7, no. 2, pg. 5 and no. 3, pg. 8
- ‘Poetry’, in: Indexing from A to Z, by Hans H. Wellisch, 2nd edition, New York: H. W. Wilson, 1995, pp. 386–7
- ‘Poetry and the indexing thereof: the role of the Scottish Poetry Library (SPL)’, Julie Johnstone, The Indexer, 2010, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 2–5
Sound
- ‘Images and sound (audio) recordings’, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 223-244
- ‘Nonprint materials’, in: Hans H Wellisch, Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 332-342
- ‘Indexing sound (English and other languages) within a multilingual broadcaster’, Cherrill Magee and Joann Keogh, 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. 109–117
- ‘It ain’t just what you say but the way that you say it: indexing a DVD’, David Crystal, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 173–175
Technical manuals
- ‘Indexing in technical writing’, Jan Wright, 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. 67–76
- Indexing user manuals and other technical documents, series of articles by Bill Johncocks from Communicator, Spring 2006 to Autumn 2008