Hello smart people of the planet Earth, I've spent about 15 minutes on this one entry that has a long list of locators just because I found the same sentence...
... Since you're already prepared to violate an indexing rule, I'd probably just go with a longer locator string for that entry. Even though the sentence is...
In some ways I have the same problem. My author used the same theories to five case studies. The publisher wants no more that six locators in a string, so I...
One thought: I recently encountered a text with certain phrases repeated several times. When I looked more closely, it turned out that large chunks of text...
... "But I want to be sure I wouldn't be violating any indexing rule by doing that (although to be honest, I feel like I wouldn't care much if I did)." I take...
This sounds like a government document written by a committee. Personally, I would list all significant mentions but without differentiating the locators....
Thanks, everyone. The statement is actually context-insensitive, if that makes sense. It would really seem forced if I put subheadings under it. k... I guess...
I also found sections of a book repeated in a couple of places. The book was for some highly placed faculty members at top universities. When I finished, I...
I think we are seeing this more often with rushed schedules, rushed editing/less careful editing, and being given work to index that is not in its final form....
I would ask myself one more question: Does this sentence really need to be indexed at all? Especially if it's only one sentence, how much information is the...
... I would go with listing all occurences. I also note that CMoS 15 18.131, specifies no "more than five or six locators" for **main entries** but not for...
In connection with the example below, one might include a cross reference, something like: finances, hospital. See hospitals: finances of. Norman Duren, Jr. ...
Norman Duren, Jr.
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I need to redo my website. It currently has a home page with links to pages for writing, editing, indexing, and website development. I don't do much writing...
Here's the wording that I've used on my "books indexed" page since I passed ... Selective List of Books by Subject This representative (but not comprehensive)...
I don't list the books I've indexed. Instead, I have a short list of links to samples that download as small pdf files. Each sample has the first 2 or 3 pages...
Speaking of food as supportive of one's thinking, I'd like to know what people eat as their power "brain foods." After about 4 hours or so of indexing, I have...
... I'm comfortable with about six hours, divided into three two-hour stints. If necessary, I can work eight hours a day, but it's very wearing. Taking breaks...
... I, on the other hand, after about four hours or so of eating, have an overwhelming need to ... sleep. (Thought I was going to say "index", didn't you?) ...
I don't count. My internal estimate is 6 hours of indexing. I can handle 2 to 3 hours each when I am working on two projects at the same time. On food. Of...
All my life my mental life has always been extremely active. (For fun I typically do serious reading such as primary research literature or books for 3 to 12...
The most data entry (first pass indexing) that I can do in a day on a single project is 5-6 hours, at which point the brain is fried. To avoid unwise ...
I don't treat the mid-day slump with food, although I do try to avoid high carbohydrate items, sticking with something like cheese or walnuts for snacks. I do...
Wow, I can't believe how similar everyone's work schedules are. I also typically work in two 3-hour chunks a day separated by a many hour stretch of errands,...
Speaking of food as supportive of one's thinking, I'd like to know what people eat as their power "brain foods."... When you're on a job, how many hours per...
I'm pretty much like Sonsie, when I'm pushing it. I find that I flag a bit after four hours. Sometimes, after a break I come back in the evening, especially if...
Hi, I'm a new student in Victoria Agee's UC Berkeley indexing class. My name is Ginny Coull and I live in Danville, CA. This is the first online course I've...
Paula, You hit it. That is exactly what happens to me, and it does not matter what type of book I'm indexing: scholarly, general public, textbook or young...
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