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

• Autore: Fetters Linda K.
• Pubblicazione: Medford, New Jersey : , : Information Today, Inc., , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: Fifth edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 025.3
• Soggetto topico: Indexing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Learning to Index""; ""Formal Courses and Seminars""; ""Distance Education (Correspondence Courses)""; ""American Society for Indexing Training Course in Indexing""; ""Society of Indexers Distance Learning Course""; ""Graduate School USA""; ""University of Californiaâ€?Berkeley""; ""Self-Training""; ""Internet Discussion Groups""; ""INDEX-L""; ""Indexersâ€? Discussion List""; ""IndexPeers""; ""IndexStudents""; ""Writing and Studying Indexes""; ""Professional Organizations"" ; ""Standards and Index Evaluation""""ASI/H.W. Wilson Award""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 2: Starting the Index""; ""What Is an Index?""; ""What the Index Includes""; ""Viewpoint""; ""Getting an Overview""; ""Length of the Index""; ""Reference Sources""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 3: Writing the Index""; ""Choosing and Writing Headings""; ""Forest and Tree Entries""; ""Avoiding Bias""; ""Nouns and Noun Phrases""; ""Singular vs. Plural""; ""Linked (Precoordinated) Headings""; ""Paraphrasing Entries""; ""Consistency""; ""Writing Subheadings""; ""Relationship of Headings to Subheadings"" ; ""Alphabetizing Subheadings""""Phrasing and Editing Subheadings""; ""Running-In a Single Subheading""; ""Page Range vs. Subheadings""; ""Bringing Information Together""; ""Inverting or Flipping Entries (Double-Posting)""; ""Levels of Subheadings""; ""Classification in Indexes""; ""Recording Entries""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 4: Names and Biographies""; ""Indexing Names""; ""Names in Scholarly Works""; ""Forms of Names""; ""Separate Name Indexes""; ""Indexing Biographies""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 5: References""; ""Locators""; ""Page References in Printed Documents""; ""Page Ranges"" ; ""Abbreviating Page References""""References to Notes""; ""References to Illustrations and Tables""; ""Indexing Books Before Pagination Is Known""; ""Cross-References""; ""See References""; ""See Also References""; ""Placement of See Also References""; ""Format and Punctuation of Cross-References""; ""General See Also References""; ""Cross-References From Subheadings""; ""See Under and See Also Under References""; ""Verifying Cross-References""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 6: Finishing Touches""; ""Alphabetizing the Entries""; ""Initial Articles and Prefixes""; ""Numbers and Symbols"" ; ""Subheadings""""When to Alphabetize the Index""; ""Editing the Index""; ""Formats or Styles for Indexes""; ""Indented Style""; ""Run-In Style""; ""Typographical Considerations""; ""Electronic Index Files and Typesetting Codes""; ""Introduction to the Index""; ""Index Preparation Methods""; ""Dedicated Indexing Software""; ""3 x 5 Card Method""; ""Word Processor Method""; ""Works Cited""; ""Chapter 7: Periodicals""; ""Magazines and Journals""; ""Indexing Decisions""; ""Locators""; ""Subject Authority Lists and Thesauri""; ""Newsletters""; ""Newspapers""; ""Indexing Decisions""; ""Locators"" ; ""The San Antonio Register Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook of indexing techniques
• ISBN: 1-299-48762-9; 1-57387-806-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452963603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II