Indexing is a nuts & bolts guide to indexing. It explains simply and by example exactly how to index any type of publication effectively. The sequential indexing method presented in the book has been battle tested in high pressure publishing organizations in a variety of high tech industries over the space of a decade. Because it is based on real-world success, this indexing method is bulletproof. Users of this guide will succeed as an indexer. Unlike other books on the subject, this book is focused on readers, not the subject itself. The book speaks directly to highly practical and often anti academic technical writers who demand usability, reusability, and reliability. It is geared to people with Keep It Simple, Stupid signs on their cubicle walls. Proven end user documentation techniques are employed to present proven indexing methods to readers who themselves develop end-user documentation for a living. They have zero tolerance for academicwhite papers on indexing.
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Facing the Text
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The Indexing Companion
Glenda Browne
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Single Sourcing
Kurt Ament
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Software for Indexing
Sandi Schroeder
American Society of Indexers
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Indexes: A Chapter from The Chicago Manual of Style
Written by a professional indexer, Indexing Books is a how-to guide that covers such topics as the book production process, assigning headings and subentries, laying out and editing an index, rules for proper names and alphabetizing, cross references, indexing standards, and methods and tools for indexing, including a list of available indexing software.
It specializes in "back-of-the book indexing. Indexing Books will be of immediate use to indexers, teachers, authors, editors, technical writers, and library school students. Highly recommended for academic and public library professional collections.
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