Index Edit Resources

I compiled these resources as part of my American Society for Indexing conference presentation, “Another Set of Eyes.” This is not an exhaustive list, so contact me to add more.

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Note: Text in quotations are chapter headings or article titles. Paraphrasing in square brackets was added when necessary to group by topic.

Editing Advice for Editors

• “Editing an Index Compiled by Someone Else” in sections 16.132–16.134 in The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition
• “Editing by the Editor” on pages 233–235 and 237 (checklist) in Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany

Editing Advice for Indexers

• “Editing with Care” on page 67 in Ten Characteristics of Quality Indexes by Margie Towery
• “Editing Checklist” on page 230 in Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany
• “[Editing Checklists] No one need ever know: the usefulness of editing checklists” on pages 144–155 in The Indexer, Vol. 35 No. 4 by Bill Johncocks
• “[Editing for] Consistency” on pages 115–117 in The Indexing Companion by Glenda Browne & Jon Jermey
• “Editing an Index” on pages 36–38 in Indexing Tactics & Tidbits by Janet Perlman
• “Editing the Index” on pages 317–324 in Facing the Text: Content and Structure in Book Indexing by Do Mi Staube
• “Editing the index: developing a method” on pages 197–199 in The Indexer Vol. 24 No. 4 by Hilary Faulkner and Wiebke
• “Editing by the Indexer” on pages 223–229 in Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany
• “[Editing for] Interoperability” on pages 117–119 in The Indexing Companion by Glenda Browne & Jon Jermey
• “Evaluation” on pages 113–115 in The Indexing Companion by Glenda Browne & Jon Jermey

Index Evaluation (not an index edit)

• “Index Evaluation” on pages 115–118 in Ten Characteristics of Quality Indexes by Margie Towery
• “Evaluating indexes: observations on ANZSI experience” on pages 107–112 in The Indexer vol. 33 No. 3 by Sherrey Quinn

Proofreading

• “Copyediting and Proofreading Tasks” on pages 227–229 in Indexing Books by Nancy C. Mulvany

Term Selection

• “Editing and Refining the Entries” in sections 16.126–16.130 in The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition
• “Phrasing order and logic [when editing]” on pages 86–89 in Ten Characteristics of Quality Indexes by Margie Towery
• “Term editing as you index” on pages 69–71 in The Indexing Companion by Glenda Browne & Jon Jermey