Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing

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Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing
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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
Country USA
Brand Brand: Cedar Row Press
Manufacturer Cedar Row Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780974834504
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Cedar Row Press
Manufacturer	Cedar Row Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780974834504
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing

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