VUE a TE THE MANUAL OF fl GOOD PRACTICE §Pat F Booth Indexing: The Manual of Good Practice Indira Gandhi National Open University Library SV 2010 J eo AW K-G-Saur Miinchen 20011 A wo ARY NGQY BLT BB isos Die Deutsche Bibliothek ~ CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Booth, Pat F. : Indexing: the manual of good practice / by Pat F Booth. - Munchen : Saur, 2001 ISBN 3-598-1 1536-9 Printed on acid-free paper ©K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH, Miinchen Al Rights Strictly Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval peeree OF transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocoP i recording, or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publish | Cover design by Amanda Barragry Typeseting by Florence Production Ltd, Stoodlelgh, Devo" , z Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd., Chippenham Wi ISBN 3-598- 11 536-9 mGContents The author Society of Indexers’ Foreword Preface CHAPTER ONE INDEXES - PURPOSE AND USES Myths about Indexes Myths about Indexing Introduction to Indexes and Indexing Applications of Indexing “The Good Index’: What Characterizes It The Thrills and Spills of Indexing References CHAPTER TWO INDEXERS Indexers - Who Are They? Professional Knowledge General Knowledge Special Subject Knowledge Neutrality of the Indexer The Indexer’s Reference Sources ‘How They Index’ Who Should Not Be an Indexer? References CHAPTER THREE WHAT (AND WHETHER) TO INDEX The Indexer’s Focus Indexable Parts of Documents (Which to Index, Which to Ignore) Indexable Content ‘Sensitive’ Content Revisions of Indexes xi xiiia ve coup) wo oe si “ne meric ve a wi ss ay Protocol (war) ees me 77 se 150-155 nt 308, 309 ng sofoware: ration 134 Seem res 360-381, 401, teal ordering facility 152 seq cin desktop publishing software Word RTF (Rich Text Format) files vyords and meanings see meanings vrorioting: more to indexing than 3, 14, 49, 204 workrate 331, 358, 359-360, 385 Index 489 work records 338, 345, 355, 358-360 working arrangements see managing, the work Working with freclance indexers (ASI publishers’ guide) 421 working hours: actual and elapsed time 360 full or part-time work 25, 318 hourly rate of pay 345-346 time management 352, 353-364 unsocial hours 344, 348 workplace 322-326, 357 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 379 wrapover lines see turnover lines writers see authors Writers’ and artists’ yearbook 330, 373bib Writers’ Guild of Great Britain 441 Writer's market, The 330, 373bib written agreements 366-367 see also contracts W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) 379 Wyman, L. Pilar 264, 274bib XML (Extensible Mark-up Language) 379-380, 400 ‘yank’ (software feature) 137 yearbooks 186, 188, 195-196 young people see children’s book indexes zoological names 288