The Technique Of Indexing Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Technique of Indexing (Classic Reprint) written by Mary Petherbridge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Technique of Indexing This small book purports to be an elementary text-book and practical guide to index-making. It has nothing to do with cataloguing and it is addressed to that section of the general public desiring knowledge on the subject before taking up definite training; it does not pretend to teach anybody already in the profession. The main fault of the various articles which have appeared on the subject of indexing is that they are written entirely from the point of view of the cataloguer and the biblio grapher, which is quite a different one from that of the indexer. Cataloguing and biblio graphy deal with large masses of books, or with wide subjects, while indexing has to do with the minute structure of one book or of a series of books; and whereas the scope of the one is unlimited, that of the other is strictly limited and the methods employed are consequently different. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.