Handbook of indexing techniques : a guide for beginning indexers

Book

Handbook of indexing techniques : a guide for beginning indexers / Linda K. Fetters.

Summary:

Linda Fetter's popular Handbook of Indexing Techniques is now available for the first time from Information Today, Inc. in a significantly updated fifth edition that will be welcomed by new, aspiring, and occasional indexers and anyone who teaches indexing. As in earlier releases, the fifth edition includes clear explanations of indexing techniques along with many helpful examples. In addition to its easy-to-follow "how-to" coverage, you'll find updated information about indexing seminars and training programs, professional organizations, and indexing standards. Chapter 8, "Electronic Documents," has been expanded to include basic coverage of embedded indexing, Cambridge University Press indexing, XML indexing, ebook indexing, web indexing, and taxonomies. And, for the first time, the book's bibliographic references a rich source of suggestions for further reading appear in two separate appendixes, one organized alphabetically and the other by topic.

Record details

ISBN: 9781573874618 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1573874612 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xi, 178 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-163) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Learning to index -- Starting the index -- Writing the index -- Names and biographies -- References -- Finishing touches -- Periodicals -- Electronic documents.