Types of indexes

General references
Annual reports
Archives indexing
Bibliographies
Biographies
Children’s books
Database indexing
Encyclopaedias and textbooks
Embedded indexing
Fiction
Genealogy
Images and pictures
Journals, periodicals and newspapers
Maps
Poetry and hymns
Sound
Technical manuals
Websites

Note: This page is 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: lives do bring their problems’, The Indexer, 1989, vol. 16, no. 3
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.
Curran, Susan, ‘Navigating The English friend‘, The Indexer, 2012, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 119–124
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
Gillen, Karen (ed. & comp.), ‘Exemplary biography indexes‘, suggested by panel members, ANZSI ‘Biography Indexing Q&A’, 26 July 2020.
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

Indexing children’s books, K. G. B. Bakewell and Paula L. Williams, Society of Indexers Occasional Papers on Indexing No. 5, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 2000
‘Indexing children’s books’, Valerie A Elliston, Children’s Writers and Artists Yearbook, A & C Black
‘Literature for children’, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 298-316
Indexing children’s information books, Max McMaster, ANZSI Newsletter, 2009, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 3, 7
Kid-friendly index, Max McMaster, ANZSI Newsletter, 2011, vol. 7, no. 1, pg. 5
‘Indexing for young people’, Geoff Chapman, 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

Database indexing

‘Database indexing at The VIC’, Margaret Findlay, ANZSI Newsletter, 2010, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 6–7
ANZSI Conference: ”Birds of a feather” session: Database and web indexing, Prue Deacon and Kathy Simpson, ANZSI Newsletter, 2007, vol. 3, no. 5, pg. 4
‘From the President — registration for database indexers‘, Max McMaster, ANZSI Newsletter, 2007, vol. 3, no. 6, pg. 1
‘The database in your future’, Jon Jermey, 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
‘A study on the feasibility of subject authority control of web-based Persian medical databases: an Iranian experience’, Saeed Rezaei Sharifabadi, 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
‘A day in the life of a database indexer’, Edyth Binkowski, 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
‘The future of database indexing’, Shelley Greenhouse, Key Words 2000, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 125–126, 132
‘Through the looking glass: a freelance perspective on database indexing’, Linda Mamassian, 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
‘Database indexing: yesterday and today’, Harry Diakoff, The Indexer 2004, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 85–96
‘Serials indexing: from journals to databases’, Caroline Barlow, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 2–6
‘Database indexing basics’, Devon Thomas, The Indexer, 2011, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 166–170
Guidelines for abstracts, ANSI/NISO Z39.14.1997
Periodical and Database Indexing — Yahoo group discussion list
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

Journals, periodicals and newspapers

‘The VIC in July: Indexing ‘The Argus’, ANZSI Newsletter,2010, vol. 6, no. 8, pg. 5
Indexing newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, Geraldine Beare, Society of Indexers Occasional Papers on Indexing No. 4, Sheffield: Society of Indexers, 1999.
‘Journal indexing: some issues and maybe some answers’, Max McMaster, 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
‘The gist of journal indexing’, Carolyn G Weaver, Key Words, 2002, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 16–22
‘The indexers as consultant: collaborative indexing of community newspapers‘, Carolyn G Weaver, Key Words, 2006, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 18–33
‘Newspaper indexing policies and procedures’, Barbara Semonche, in Barbara Semonche (ed.) News media libraries: a management handbook. Greenwood Publishing, 1993
‘Serial publications’, in: Pat Booth, Indexing: the manual of good practice, Müchen: KG Saur, 2001, pp. 186–222
‘Newspapers’, in: Hans H Wellisch, Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 322–330
‘Periodicals’, in: Hans H Wellisch, Indexing from A to Z, 2nd edition, New York: HW Wilson, 1995, pp. 347–354
‘The heart of the matter: an introduction to the challenges of periodical indexing’, Linda S. Dunn, in: Enid L Zafran (ed) Index it right! Advice from the experts, volume 3, Tempe, AZ: American Society for Indexing, 2014, pp. 117–144
‘Spanning the centuries through newspaper indexing’, Cheryl Hamblyn and Delyth Sunley, 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
‘Indexing for school archives: magazine and historical records’, Alan Walker, 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
‘Journal indexing: further discussion and ideas’, Tordis Flath, 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
‘Indexing journal articles with multiple authors’, Glenda Browne, ANZSI Newsletter, 2005, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 6–7
‘Indexing the NZ Women’s Weekly‘, Julie Daymond-King, ANZSI Newsletter, 2008, vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 7
‘The New Zealand Women’s Weekly, 1933–50: an indexing challenge’, Julie Daymond-King, The Indexer, 2008, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 170–1
‘Serials indexing: from journals to databases’, Caroline Barlow, The Indexer, 2009, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 2–6
‘Tips and hints — annual journal indexes’, Mary Russell, ANZSI Newsletter, 2008, vol. 4, no. 5, pg. 4
‘Periodicals’ in Handbook of indexing techniques: a guide for beginning indexers, Linda K Fetters, 5th edition, Metford, NJ: Information Today, 2013, pp. 63–81
Periodical and Database Indexing — Yahoo discussion list

Maps

‘Creating indexes for world atlases at HarperCollins Publishers’, Jim Irvine, The Indexer, 2005, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 119-122

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