... Ah - I was misled when you said "I need some information on SKY applications for embedded indexing." I read that to explicitly mean add-ons to SKY, rather...
Does there seem to be a consensus about which indexing program works best with Dragon NaturallySpeaking? I don't need information about Dragon itself, which...
Hi, all. 1) People names in Spanish: I'm having doubts about sorting Oscar de la Renta. If I'm reading CMS and Mulvaney correctly, it would seem that it should...
_____ From: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of solana35 Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:03 AM ...
I get this list in digest and just read this thread from start to finish (well, to Richard's resolution, anytho), all in one digest. How handy! Here's what I...
... Great question. After indexing a few book with many Spanish names and one about Hugo Chavez, I suggest taking the "rules" with a grain of salt. The Chavez...
Do not forget the Library of Congress Name Authority lists. Norman Duren, Jr. ... From: Pam Rider To: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July...
Norman Duren, Jr.
durenn@...
Jul 3, 2009 5:24 pm
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Someone else has suggested that for a book with a largely English-(native-)speaking readership -- especially if this one is an elementary textbook -- use what...
... In Spanish, a certain nation is "la Argentina," but in English it is simply "Argentina." (Same with various other countries.) So, I would extrapolate that...
... Oops, my error. This was the guy known to us as Cortéz, not Pizarro. The one we know as Pizarro was Francisco Pizarro González (1471?-1541). Methinks...
Hello, My name is CJ and I have enrolled in the UC Berkeley Indexing class. I am considering indexing as a possible second career. I am a librarian in Arizona...
I no longer have my reference books, having lent them out and they were never returned. I can't remember what to do with a count. Count Whosit Whatsis. Should...
I've always enjoyed trying to pronounce my misspelled words. I was just pecking away about a conflict that led up to a U.S. Supreme Court case that has...
Deborah Patton
dpattonindexer@...
Jul 8, 2009 12:09 am
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... Begin with one (or zero, depending on your hypotheses), increase by one until you come to the end, and then stop. (With acknowledgements to Peano and King...
Neither CMS nor Mulvany speficially reference 'Count' as a title. But I personally would go with: Whatsis, Whosit, Count or (Count) e.g., Russell, George,...
... new rule for this list: Something even potentially funny requires a Spew Alert in the subj line That said, it took me about 6 reads in my fried-brain fog...
... Master, how does one indicate a "Spew Alert"? ... Definer of a set of axioms (hypotheses) for mathematics. From those axioms he develops the "natural...
The CMS rule is that princes, dukes, and other titled persons are list by the give name: Charles, Prince of Wales CMS goes on: dukes, earls, and the like are...
... All good but the author only ever refers to him as Count Edmund Dantes as opposed Count of Monte Cristo, so I can't xref. Didn't find this particular count...
The name of the book is _The Count of Monte Cristo_, wouldn't readers of this very famous pop culture book look it up that way. I certainly know the book but...
As described by Pam, CMS sounds overly rigid. I would go with the more well-known name, not always with the given name or title -- although in the three...
... I *always" double-post. Cross-referencing typically takes up more space (lines). Most important, a double-post is the most helpful to users. I was just...
Thanks, Joel One of the posting truisms is that typos are sent most often to colleagues. ... -- Best, Pam Rider Trying to walk cheerfully on the Earth...
... In the past, I've written "double-post" and assumed readers would recognize that I meant to include cross-referencing as a (near) equivalent alternative....
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