15: Indexes
- The back-of-the-book index as model
- Why index?
- Who should index a work?
- The indexer and deadlines
- The role of software in indexing
- Single versus multiple indexes
- Embedded indexes
- Resources for indexers
- Main headings for index entries
- Index subentries
- Initial lowercase letters in main headings and subheadings
- Locators in indexes
- Indexes for ebooks and other electronic formats
- Inclusive numbers in indexes
- Cross-references in indexes—general principles
- “See” references and “double posting”
- “See” references following a main heading
- “See” references following a subheading
- “See” references to a subheading
- “See also” references
- Correspondence between cross-references and headings
- Italics for “see,” “see also,” and so forth
- Generic cross-references
- Flush-and-hang formatting for indexes
- Run-in style for indexes
- Indented style for indexes
- Sub-subentries in run-in indexes
- Sub-subentries in indented indexes
- Style and usage in the index relative to the work
- Choosing indexing terms
- Terms that should not be indexed
- Indexing the text, front matter, and back matter
- Indexing footnotes and endnotes
- Endnote locators in index entries
- Footnote locators in index entries
- Indexing notes spanning more than one printed page
- Indexing parenthetical text citations
- Indexing authors’ names for an author index
- Indexing illustrations, tables, charts, and such
- Choosing between variant names
- Indexing familiar forms of personal names
- Indexing pseudonyms, stage names, and other alternative names
- Indexing persons with the same name
- Indexing married women’s names
- Indexing monarchs, popes, and the like
- Indexing princes, dukes, and other titled persons
- Clerical titles in index entries
- Academic titles and degrees in index entries
- “Jr.,” “Sr.,” “III,” and the like in index entries
- Indexing saints
- Indexing persons whose full names are unknown
- Indexing incomplete names or names alluded to in text
- Indexing confusing names
- Indexing abbreviations
- Typographic treatment for indexed titles of works
- Indexing newspaper titles
- Indexing magazine and journal titles
- Indexing authored titles of works
- Indexing English-language titles beginning with an article
- Indexing non-English titles beginning with an article
- Indexing titles beginning with a preposition
- Indexing titles ending with a question mark or exclamation point
- Subtitles in index entries
- Alphabetizing main headings—the basic rule
- Computerized sorting
- Two systems of alphabetizing—an overview
- The letter-by-letter system
- The word-by-word system
- The two systems compared
- Alphabetizing items with the same name
- Alphabetizing initials versus spelled-out names
- Alphabetizing abbreviations
- Alphabetizing headings beginning with numerals
- Alphabetizing similar headings containing numerals
- Alphabetizing accented letters
- Alphabetical order of subentries
- Numerical order of subentries
- Chronological order of subentries
- Indexing names with particles
- Indexing compound names
- Indexing names with “Mac,” “Mc,” or “O’ ”
- Indexing names with “Saint”
- Indexing Arabic names
- Indexing Burmese names
- Indexing Chinese names
- Indexing Hungarian names
- Indexing Indian names
- Indexing Indonesian names
- Indexing Japanese names
- Indexing Korean names
- Indexing Portuguese names
- Indexing Spanish names
- Indexing Thai names
- Indexing Vietnamese names
- Indexing other Asian names
- Omission of article in indexed names of organizations
- Indexing personal names as corporate names
- Indexing names beginning with “Mount,” “Lake,” and such
- Indexing names beginning with the definite article
- Indexing names beginning with non-English definite articles
- Indexing names of places beginning with “Saint”
- Comma in index entries
- Colon in index entries
- Semicolon in index entries
- Period in index entries
- Parentheses in index headings
- Em dash in index entries
- En dash in index entries
- Preliminary indexing work and when to begin
- Schedule for indexing
- Indexing from page proofs
- Publisher’s indexing preferences
- Indexing tools
- Using the electronic files to index
- Formatting index entries
- Beginning to highlight and enter terms
- Deciding how many terms to mark
- How to mark index entries
- Planning index subentries
- Recording inclusive numbers for index terms
- Typing and modifying index entries
- Alphabetizing entries as part of the indexing process
- Final check of indexed proofs
- Noting errors during indexing
- Refining the terms for main headings
- Main entries versus subentries
- When to furnish subentries
- How to phrase subheadings
- Checking cross-references against edited index headings
- Index submission format
- Evaluating an index
- Index-editing checklist
- Instructions for typesetting the index
- Type size and column width for indexes
- Ragged right-hand margin for indexes
- Indenting index entries
- Fixing bad breaks in indexes
- Adding “continued” lines in an index
- Making typographic distinctions in index entries
- A run-in index with italicized references to figures and tables
- An indented index with run-in sub-subentries
- An indented index with indented sub-subentries and highlighted definitions
- An index of first lines
- An index with authors, titles, and first lines combined