Why are book indexes so inconsistent? All the different variations create all kinds of questions. The short answer is that …
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Indexing Names: Passing Mentions
All professions, whether they admit to it or not, develop specialized vocabularies—jargon, terms of art, whatever you want to call …
Evaluating an Index: Finding What Works
I find that an index evaluation exercise is a great way to remind myself and any new indexers I'm mentoring about how …
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Term Selection for Indexes: Mechanics vs. Semantics
When I'm teaching or mentoring prospective indexers, I focus primarily on term selection. Term selection involves the uniquely …
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