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Subject:More Indexing References From:Gregory Keith <GKeith -at- DELRINA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 22 Aug 1995 15:01:00 PDT
Peggy Thompson asked about indexing references, and Binion Amerson replied:
>One of the best books on the subject of indexing is "The Art of Indexing"
>by Larry Bonura (John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-471-01449-4). Larry has
>presented seminars and workshops on indexing at various STC Annual
>Conferences and Regional Conferences.
>Binion Amerson
Some more good indexing references are listed below. The American Society of
Indexers also publishes a list of indexing publications. Their address is
below, and they have a Web page at: http://www.missouri.edu/~libnh/ASI/
Greg
Gregory Keith
Documentation Specialist
Delrina Canada
gkeith -at- delrina -dot- com
"In the beginning was the word. But by the time the second word was added to
it, there was trouble. For with it came syntax..." John Simon
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INDEXING
Indexing Books, by Nancy Mulvany. (University of Chicago Press, 19??).
Indexes: A Chapter from The Chicago Manual of Style (14th Ed.), by The
Chicago Editorial Staff. (Chicago University Press, June 1993). ISBN
0-226-10388-9, $6 US.
Indexing from A to Z, by Hans Wellisch. (H.W. Wilson, 1991). ISBN
0-8242-0807-2 , $35 US.
(For more information on indexing, mail the American Society of Indexers at
P.O. Box 386, Port Aransas, TX 78373 (512) 749-4052 for their Publications
List.)
