This list of resources on INDEXING is intended to help you get started doing research on a particular indexing topic, both online and at your local library.
Authoritative Works
Facing the Text by Do Mi Stauber
Handbook of Indexing Techniques by Linda K. Fetters
Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany
Indexing from A to Z by Hans Wellisch
Copyright
Copyright Basics, University of California
Copyright and Fair Use, Standford University
Copyright and Moral Rights, Society for Indexers (UK)
U.S. Copyright Law, U.S. Copyright Office
Embedded and Ebook Indexing
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Context matters: Search can’t replace a high-quality index: Kevin Broccoli on the importance of indexes in ebooks by Joe Wikert
Digital Trends Task Force, American Society for Indexing
Ebook Indexing Resources, Digital Publications Indexing group of American Society for Indexing
Embedded Indexing Resources, Digital Publications Indexing group of American Society for Indexing
Embedded Indexes: A Trend in Indexing by Sue Klefstad
Embedded Indexing by James Lamb
EPUB 3.0.1 Standard, International Digital Publishing Forum
EPUB Standard and Ebook Indexes by Glenda Browne
Glossary by Publishing Technology Group, Society of Indexers
How to Make an Ebook Index: Five Tips by Nancy K. Humphreys
Index for The Indexer. See embedded indexing; XML indexing
List of articles by Lucie Haskins
List of articles by Jan Wright
XML indexing by Publishing Technology Group, Society of Indexers
software
Adobe
extensions
Index-Manager, klarso (for Adobe InDesign, MS Word, XML)
Index Utilities Kerntiff Publishing Systems (for Adobe InDesign)
IXgen by Frank Stearns Associates (for Adobe FrameMaker)
WordEmbed by James Lamb (for MS Word)
Ethics and Professionalism
A Code of Ethics, Harold Borko and Charles Bernier (Indexing Concepts and Methods, 16.2.2)
Code of Professional Conduct, Society for Indexers
Ethical places, Ethical Spaces: Stopping to Listen by Christine Jacobs (The Indexer, 25:3)
Professionalism and the Indexer by Jill Halliday (The Indexer, 25:3)
Guidelines
ANSI/NISO Z39-19-2005 : Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Controlled Vocabularies
Best Practices for Indexing by American Society for Indexing
Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition
Indexing Best Practices by Institute of Certified Indexers
ISO 999-1996 : Guidelines from Content, Organization, and Presentation of Indexes
NISO-TR02-1997 : Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices (Anderson)
NISO TR03-1999 : Guidelines for Alphabetical Arrangement of Letters and Sorting of Numerals and Other Symbols (Wellisch)
Heading Authorities
HURIDOCS – How to Record Names of Persons
Indexing Names, ed. by Noeline Bridge
Library of Congress Authorities
Virtual International Authority File
WorldCat, OCLC
History
“Index: The Word, Its History and Meanings” by Hans Wellisch (Indexing from A to Z, Second Edition, 200-210)
Indexes, Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Oldest Printed Indexes by Hans Wellisch (The Indexer 15:2)
How To
“From A to Zafran” articles by Enid Zafran, Indexing Partners
Index for Key Words issues from 2000-2016, American Society for Indexing
“What Indexers Do,” Jan Worrall
Inclusive Terminology Guidelines
APA (American Psychological Association): Bias-Free Language guides
GLAAD Reference Guides:
An Ally’s Guide to Terminology
Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Queer Glossary of Terms
Homosaurus: An International LGBTQ Linked Data Vocabulary
Living Justice Press: Convention Style Sheet for Native Subject-Matters
NASAA (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies): Inclusive Language Guide
NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English): Statement on Gender and Language
Index Editing/Review
Index Editing Checklist, Chicago Manual of Style 16.133
Index Evaluation Checklist, American Society for Indexing
Ten Tips for Spotting a Bad Index by Nancy K. Humphreys, Wordmaps Indexing
Organizations
American Society for Indexing (ASI)
Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB)
Australia and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI)
Deutsches Netzwerk der Indexer (DNI) / German Network of Indexers
Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation (ISC / SCI)
Institute of Certified Indexers (ICI)
Nederlands Indexers Netwerk (NIN) / Netherlands Indexing Network
Poetic Essays
“The Indexer” by Tyler Gobble (Vouched Books)
“Indexes, in Praise of” by Sasha Archibald (Key Words, 22:128–134)
“The Secret Lives of Indexers” by Judith Pascoe (Key Words: 21:90–95)
Professional Journals
Key Words, American Society of Indexing
The Indexer, Society of Indexers
Publishing and Book Conferences
PePcon: The Print + ePublishing Conference
Society for Technical Communication Summit
Specialty Reference Sources
Art
Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty Vocabularies)
Association of Art Editors Style Guide
Cultural Objects Name Authority (Getty Vocabularies)
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Vocabularies)
Geography
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty Research Institute)
U.S Board of Geographic Names, USGS
Health and Medical
Medical Subject Headings, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Music
African American Music Reference
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Science
Scientific Style and Format Online, Council of Science Editors
See also Index It Right! series and Indexing Specialities series, Information Today, Inc.
Starting an Indexing Business
The Accidental Indexer by Nan Badgett
Business of Indexing by Kate Mertes and Enid Zafran, American Society of Indexing course module
A Guide for the Freelance Indexer by April Michelle Davis
Publisher Survey on Indexing compiled by Madge Walls
Super Indexing (aka index mashups)
Index Mashup of Seth Godin titles, BIM Indexing & Proofreading Services
“Indexing Across Titles” by Mark Fretz
Publications Mashup, American Society for Indexing
Training
Institutions
American Society for Indexing, Indexing Training Course
Emporia State University, Indexing and Abstracting (LI 842)
Simon Fraser University, Indexing continuing studies course
UC Berkeley Extension, Indexing Theory and Embedded Indexing courses
Private courses and workshops
Hedden Information Management, courses
“Indexing Books as a Career” MOOC course by Sylvia Coates (Canvas Network)
Indexing Partners, Indexing Boot Camp
Index West, courses and workshops
Learning to Index list of courses, Pacific Northwest Chapter of American Society of Indexing
Sherry L. Smith Indexing Services, classes and workshops
Website Indexing
Digital Publications Indexing, American Society for Indexing
Indexing and Keyword Tagging of Websites and Intranets by Kevin Broccoli
Indexing the Web, American Society for Indexing
Using Online Indexes Study, Bureau of National Affairs
Website indexing: Enhancing Access to Information within Websites by Glenda Browne and Jonathan Jermey
See also Indexing FAQs