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Types of indexes

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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

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

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

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

Fiction

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

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

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
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