by Lori Lathrop, Lathrop Media Services [1]
Webmaster note In Part 2 of this two-part series, Lori answers the following questions:
- Why do we need an index when we have full-text search? [1]
- What is "topic analysis?" [1]
- How do you distinguish between significant information and passing
references? In other words, how do you determine what is "indexable" and
what's not? [1]
- What do you mean by "meaningful cross-references?" [1]
- How can an index resolve differences in terminology? [1]
- How can we determine the usability of an index? [1]
http://www.indexingskills.com [2].
Lori Lathrop (http://www.indexingskills.com/ [3]), author of An Indexer's Guide to the Internet, provides indexing services for corporate clients, professional organizations, and publishing houses throughout the U.S. and
Canada. She also delivers her two-day workshops, the "Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators" and the "Advanced Indexing Skills Workshop for Technical Communicators" for corporate clients and writers' organizations.
She is a Past President of the American Society of Indexers and, currently, she is ASI's international representative and ASI's correspondent for The Indexer (the professional journal of the affiliated indexing societies).
Writing and Editing [3]
- Indexing [3]