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Based on Do Mi Stauber's popular and empowering workshop, the book discusses such standard topics as subheadings, cross-references and indexability, in the context of particular texts and indexes. Hundreds of examples illustrate the many practical strategies that Do Mi has drawn from her own practice in social sciences and humanities indexing. The book goes beyond abstract rules to confront the unique needs of each text and index, and provides guidelines to help novice and experienced indexers alike make common-sense, flexible, and reader-centered decisions. You will learn such strategies as: ? addressing the main topic of the book in your index structure ? pinning down the elusive main argument of a scholarly book ? using local main topics to understand the structure of the text ? deciding which topics should be indexed ? understanding subheadings with a new typology created by Do Mi Stauber and Nancy Mulvany ? choosing subheadings for long spans and locator strings ? deciding when to
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Do Mi Stauber is the 2007 winner of the Wilson Award for Excellence in Indexing. She has presented her popular workshops for indexers since 1997. She has indexed in the social sciences and humanities since 1986.
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- PublisherCedar Row Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0974834505
- ISBN 13 9780974834504
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages374
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