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Indexing the Manual of Good Practice: The Manual of Good Practice

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This book covers a lot of ground, and Pat Booth's eloquent writing style makes it easy to spend countless hours with it. Whether you read the book sequentially (cover-to-cover) or open it to random pages, Booth never fails to make it worth your while. Even so, I highly recommend reading Chapter One, which dispels myths about indexes and indexing, first.

Indexing: The Manual of Good Practice is extremely well organized. Its twelve chapters include:

1. Indexes - Purpose and Uses; 2. Indexers; 3. What (and Whether) to Index; 4. Forming the Index Entries; 5. Editing and Presenting the Index; 6. Serial Publications; 7. Images and Sound (Audio) Recordings; 8. Subject Specialisms; 9. Literature for Children; 10. Managing the Work; 11. Technology; 12. Professional Organizations and Interest Groups

Overall, I agree with Mary Piggott (President of the Society of Indexers, 1995-1997), who wrote the Foreword for this book. She said, "Indexing: The Manual of Good Practice is at once a revelation for the potential or beginner indexer and a source of reference and revision - also of enlightenment - for the experienced practitioner."

Happy indexing! .... Lori

Lori Lathrop (Past President of the American Society of Indexers, 1999-2000)....