If you mean: election, Nicaragua (May 1972) election, Nicaragua (December 1972) or election, Nicaragua (1972/5) election, Nicaragua (1972/12) then I think that...
Meg, I've done this many times with history or political books, especially in the subheads. I would have entries like this: Civil Rights Acts of 1865, ... of...
Thanks Elliot. What I'm thinking about, though, is making these main headings, because each will have many subheads. Someone suggested off-list that that would...
megcox@...
Nov 1, 2004 11:58 pm
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Welcome to the Indexer's Discussion List. The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for discussing the creation of indexes, psychological issues of being...
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Nov 2, 2004 12:06 am
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... This book focuses on three elections in Nicaragua, and there are other events, best identified by their dates the date should be in the N section for 19,...
Maybe it is a dumb idea and y'all can convince me out of it. The book is about elections, so there won't be a plain old elections main entry. There are certain...
megcox@...
Nov 2, 2004 12:45 am
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No. If you put 19xx under nineteen... and 20xx under twenty... they will be separated. And how do people "spell" 19xx -- "nineten..." or "one thousand nine...
... It goes out automatically on the first of every month to help people remember the rules. ... -- Rachel Rice, M.A. Freelance indexing and editing *...
Even though the book is all about elections, you are right to consider indexing them using dates. I think it's a different matter to put the whole book under...
Deborah Patton
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Nov 2, 2004 1:33 am
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I think I'm going to bag the dates-in-front idea. What I was thinking of primarily were those events other than elections that are known mostly by their dates....
megcox@...
Nov 2, 2004 2:08 am
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In a message dated 11/1/2004 4:13:43 AM Central Standard Time, ... Of course! That's why I initially thought of organizing under dates. But I've changed my...
megcox@...
Nov 2, 2004 5:22 am
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I'm doing an index for a children's science book. Having been a children's librarian I know a tiny bit how kids think when they are looking up words in the ...
Candi Hyatt
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Nov 6, 2004 9:08 pm
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Hi Candi, I am indexing my first children's book (4th grade social studies), so I'm no expert. When I asked about the same thing, I was told to keep all...
*Glossary* words are usually single because the glossary contains the definition of the word. *Index* entries are usually plural because they co-locate...
Terms in a glossary are normally singular, but terms in the index are plural. Or are you talking about putting the glossary terms in the index? ~Judi Gibbs ......
Thanks James. Dogs is an easy one...what about atrium? The plural is atria which is not in the book and yeah, I know it's the plural but that class of fourth...
Candi Hyatt
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Nov 7, 2004 5:38 pm
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Hi Candi, I think it is perfectly correct to tailor the index to match the audience, which in this case can mean to match their vocabulary level, so I think it...
or even atria/atrium (to maintain some level of consistency ! :) James ... From: James A Lamb To: indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
I have done this in some of the children's books I've indexed recently, but separated the plural and singular with a comma. It doesn't take up any more room...
[Product announcement] Hi people, I have written an add-in for MS Word will allows you to embed into Word an index which has been created outside Word. You...
Hi all, I just had the most exciting phone call! The author I am working for called and has asked me to be a part of her team that will make a presentation at...
I have some very specific questions for someone knowledgable about APA style. I don't have my guide yet and my deadline is looming, so if someone could give me...
That's great for all of us Bobbi! The more people see the index as a key part of the book . . . . Sounds exciting--and like a great networking opportunity. Meg...
megcox@...
Nov 9, 2004 3:14 am
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Beth, If you don't get a response to your questions, you might try http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm to see if you can get the answers to your...
Thanks, Pam. The web addresses are in straight text. Some are underlined, some are not. I'm trying to figure out if APA guidelines mandate a specific format. ...
Beth, I find no web site addresses for straight text. As @dresses are not underlined in References, I would not underline in running text. If the information...
Now that I have made the committment to be a part of the panel at the convention in Connecticut (wow, this is one state I have not been in, and I have been in...
... of ... noticed that I did Kinko's a severe disservice. They print and drill pages for 8 cents each, not 28, as I inadvertently wrote in my posting! BTW, if...
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