Directions inindexing

摘要

As an indexer, I provide directions for readers and researchers so they can find information. Sometimes Iprovide directions to material they know they are looking for. Sometimes I provide directions to material thatthey do not know they are looking for. The challenge in writing indexes for books, monographs, cumulativeworks, and other closed sets of materials is to provide a good map regardless of what your readers are lookingfor. The goal of a quality index is simple: to provide a navigation aid to the information.