Please excuse the triple-posting! I need to purchase a copy of CIndex (for a PC) asap. I am looking to buy a used copy. Anyone have one they'd be interested in...
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indexersdiscussionlis...
Feb 1, 2006 8:32 pm
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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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 2, 2006 7:16 am
I need to make the entry: The Nation's Report Card in Dance Do I enter it that way, or: Nation's Report Card in Dance, The Or both ways? I am asking because I...
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Sonsie Conroy
sonsiec
Feb 2, 2006 7:22 am
... I would enter it with the "The" at the end and sort under N. That's the general rule, though sometimes it makes for really "ugly" entries. Sonsie...
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Carol
indexer53211
Feb 2, 2006 7:27 am
You would never index that under "The." You can type it either way, but index it in the Ns. Once you choose a style, be consistent throughout your index. If...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 2, 2006 7:38 am
Thanks Carol, I think I was just being lazy as well as tired! Thanks for helping to clear the cobwebs! Bobbi You would never index that under "The." You can...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 2, 2006 7:44 am
I guess that is why I had to ask - it just didn't look good to me at all. I don't have any other entries (so far) that start with "the", so when I entered it...
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Carol
indexer53211
Feb 2, 2006 11:22 am
... Avoiding the ugly is why I leave the article out front and ignore it in sorting. You can do that, so long as you do it consistently. Cheers, Carol Roberts,...
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paula@...
healthindexes
Feb 2, 2006 2:26 pm
Bobbi, You may want to see what your editor prefers. Some of my clients like it at the beginning with a foreced sort and some prefer it at the end of the entry...
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Feb 2, 2006 8:24 pm
Hello For my own sake of clarification allow me to ask this question. Many of the scholarly books I index make oodles of reference to other texts, articles,...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 2, 2006 10:07 pm
Thank you Ken, Carol, Sonsie, Caryn, and everyone else who so kindly responded to my question about this entry. I am going to put the "the" at the end of the...
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Carol
indexer53211
Feb 3, 2006 12:34 am
Ken, you didn't ask a question! Don't leave us hanging! Most of my scholarly clients also prefer "The" to be left in front (and ignored in sorting, of course)....
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Feb 3, 2006 1:11 am
Carol Nabberd you snart-aleck you! I was wondering if SOMEONE was going to ask me what the question was! I guess my question was, Can you realy have "The" come...
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Heidi Blough
heidib502
Feb 3, 2006 3:05 am
I guess my question was, Can you realy have "The" come at the end as in, "Cat in the Hat, The" ? ~~~~~ _Chicago Manual of Style_, 15th edition, section, 18.51,...
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Feb 3, 2006 1:27 pm
Heidi Thanks, I only have two Chicago Manuals of Style and three of the Indexes chapters as separate sitting here on my desk! duhhhh Ken ... traditionally...
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Heidi Blough
heidib502
Feb 3, 2006 1:39 pm
Sometimes it is easy to forget to check - and Chicago doesn't cover everything. But they have a position on titles. I still check to see if a client has...
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Ina Gravitz
inagravitz
Feb 3, 2006 2:46 pm
Ken, All of the publishers I've indexed for, which includes scholarly, trade and children's and young adult, want "Cat in the Hat, The." Ina Ina Gravitz I....
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Feb 3, 2006 6:24 pm
Ina I stand (actually, I sit) corrected. I can't imagine that I have seen it like that but that is the truth! Ken ... front (and ... capacity as ... happen?] ...
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Sylvia Coates
sylcoates
Feb 3, 2006 7:03 pm
The Cat in the Hat Cat in the Hat, The I've worked for different presses who have favored one or the other of the above options. Both are considered to be...
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Pam Rider
tsktsk92103
Feb 3, 2006 8:24 pm
Sylvia's experience mirrors mine. But, I do have a preference. I much prefer the full and accurate title in real, accurate order. I find many venues that...
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Rachel Rice
sevencatday
Feb 3, 2006 9:06 pm
I need advice on how to enter this name. Thich Nhat Hanh Nhat Hanh, Thich or Hanh, Thich Nhat I find him easily on the net, but don't see anything other than...
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Judith Gibbs
jmgibbs69
Feb 3, 2006 9:20 pm
Thich is not a given name; it is the title of repect. It is the Vietnamese equivalent of Reverend or Rinpoche. That much said, I recognize that readers may not...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 3, 2006 9:24 pm
This sounds like a Vietnamese name, and if that is the case, according to CMS, The surname is given first, so you just make the entry as it is, no inversion is...
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rjonesdenver
Feb 3, 2006 9:28 pm
Hi, Donna! I'm in your class and also in your state--although far away from the wild wooly west aspects of this state (I was a lot closer to cows in Oklahoma...
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Ed Rush
ed@...
Feb 3, 2006 9:52 pm
... Back of the book. -*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*— Ed Rush Boise, Idaho ed@......
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Ina Gravitz
inagravitz
Feb 3, 2006 10:04 pm
Rae, Library of Congress CIP has him as Nhat Hanh, Thich. Ina Ina Gravitz I. Gravitz Indexing Services...
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nharris
indexernora
Feb 3, 2006 10:19 pm
Rae, Chicago suggests that they be indexed under theim last name, first name with a cross-reference under Thich Nhat Hanh. In an interview in Religion and...
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Judith Gibbs
jmgibbs69
Feb 4, 2006 3:50 am
LC isn't always correct. I once reviewed an index with an entry under Rinpoche (as the surname). I pointed out that's like entering someone under Reverend. She...
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rgj11@...
rjonesdenver
Feb 4, 2006 9:38 am
... From: "Bobbi Swanson" <bobbiswanson@...> Hi, Bobbi--I'm just now reading your response to my intro letter. Thanks for the message--ever since I...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Feb 4, 2006 9:47 am
Hang in there, I thought that same thing when I started out - will I ever be able to do it? - and now, 3 years later - I am doing it, and loving it! Enjoying...
