Updated: December 4, 2005

"Checklist for Working with Indexers," by Becky Hornyak, is a list of helpful information that an editor can give to an indexer.

"How to Contract with a Book Indexer, or 'Hi, Can You Do an Index for Me in Three Days?'" by Dan Connolly, provides realistic advice for editors and authors from a working indexer.

"How to Develop an Index Style Guide" (PowerPoint Presentation), by Deborah Patton and Pilar Wyman, reviews the decisions and factors that have to be considered before indexing can begin. A PDF version of a presentation handout is at "Considerations for an Index Style Guide"

"Index. by Anonymous" by Dan Connolly, asks the question, "Is an index so anonymous that it should remain uncredited?"

"Indexing a Book and Getting Along with the Indexer." Summary of a panel discussion with several indexers sponsored by the Bay Area Editors' Forum.

"Toward a Standard Measure of Index Density," by Dan Connolly and Cynthia Landeen, is a discussion of ways to determine how thoroughly a book is indexed.

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