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Indexing Specialties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

Indexing Specialties

  • Categories: Law

This release in the popular Indexing Specialities series is devoted to the topic of legal indexing, with contributions from more than a dozen leading practitioners. Sections include Getting Started, Indexing and Tabling Legal Cases, The Unique Challenges of Indexing Statutory Materials, New Technologies and Methodologies, and Reflections on Legal Indexing. This is a unique and valuable reference that belongs on the desk of every legal indexer.

Indexing Specialties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 116

Indexing Specialties

At last-an indexing guide for editors, authors, and designers who need to create, edit, format, or evaluate indexes and work with professional indexers. Three experienced indexer-authors explain the various types of indexes, the characteristics of good indexes, and common formatting considerations. They share dozens of practical tips and more than 100 examples of good and bad indexing practices. Publishing professionals will not only learn how to edit an index, but how to hire freelance indexers and maintain successful editor/author/indexer relationships.

Indexing Specialties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Indexing Specialties

This in-depth look at the indexing specialty field of medicine includes contributions from more than a dozen noted medical indexers. The book features 13 chapters and four parts: Medical Indexers, Medical Indexes, Medical Indexing, and Resources. A directory of medical reference tools and Internet sites is included.

Index it Right!: Art ; Biographies ; Computer manuals ; Encyclopedias ; Gardening
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Index it Right!: Art ; Biographies ; Computer manuals ; Encyclopedias ; Gardening

Here is the premiere title in a new series presenting selected expert coverage in key indexing areas. Volume 1 includes top tips and advice on indexing philosophy (Carol Roberts), theology (Kate Mertes), biography (Martin L. White), horticulture (Thirhse Shere with Lina B. Burton), art (Susan DeRenne Coerr), encyclopedias (Marion Lerner-Levine), computer manuals (Beth Palmer), and Web sites (Fred Brown).

Starting an Indexing Business
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 82

Starting an Indexing Business

This popular work offers advice to those entering the field of indexing. It covers indexing as a second job, as an "at-home" business for a parent with young children, and as a full-time career. Chapters from a range of contributors explain what publishers expect, what you need to set up shop, and how to find clients. Also included are the results of an ASI fee survey and a sample agreement form for indexers to use when contracting for services.

Indexing Specialties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

Indexing Specialties

Heather Hedden offers straightforward, get-it-done advice, bringing everything you need to know to create great Web site indexes together in one place. She covers cutting edge tools and techniques, and demonstrates how to create index pages, index entries, indentations, hyperlinks, and cross-reference links. If you have already begun to meet the growing demand for Web site indexes, here s a rich source of expert advice and support. If you ve yet to create your first index on the Web, have no fear: this reassuring guide makes it seem easy!

Running an Indexing Business
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 100

Running an Indexing Business

Filled with the advice of expert indexers, this book will help novice and experienced indexers make sound business decisions. Topics include rate setting, proposal writing, project management, office space, ergonomics, and more. This is an essential companion volume to Starting an Indexing Business.

Glossary of Terminology in Abstracting, Classification, Indexing, and Thesaurus Construction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 92

Glossary of Terminology in Abstracting, Classification, Indexing, and Thesaurus Construction

This updated version of the popular classic defines terms used in writings on abstracting, indexing, classification, and thesaurus construction, as well as terms for the most common types of documents and their parts.

Genealogy and Indexing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

Genealogy and Indexing

Indexes are the essential search tool for genealogists, and this timely book fills a conspicuous void in the literature. Kathleen Spaltro and contributors take an in-depth look at the relationship between indexing and genealogy and explain how genealogical indexes are constructed. They offer practical advice to indexers who work with genealogical documents as well as genealogists who want to create their own indexes. Noeline Bridge's chapter on names will quickly become the definitive reference for trying to resolve questions on variants, surname changes, and foreign designations. Other chapters discuss software, form and entry, the need for standards, and the development of after-market indexes.

What's the Alternative?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 292

What's the Alternative?

As the global information economy grows, librarians who are able to retool and transfer their skills are finding themselves increasingly in demand. Here, Rachel Singer Gordon explains the dynamics of the shifting market for information-based work, reveals a range of nontraditional employment opportunities for librarians, and encourages info pros to utilize their skills in new and exciting ways. Mixing practical advice with real-life stories of librarians working in various fields, Gordon provides a wealth of useful ideas and resources for info pros rethinking their career paths. Whether youre a recent library school grad facing a tight job market, a working librarian seeking improved work/life balance, or an info pro with an entrepreneurial streak, Whats the Alternative? will help you explore your options and maximize your career potential.