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An index provides the reader with a tool to locate
specific information quickly and efficiently. Some of the benefits of including an index in a publication are: - Libraries
and universities often look at the index prior to a publication being placed on their acquisitions list.
- Book revieweres
often look at the table of contents and the index when writing their reviews.
- A consumer will peruse the index prior to
purchasing a publication.
- The index can help sell more books.
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When preparing to index a book the following are
a few features that are key to creating a professional and usable index. - Reader Appropriateness
- Main Headings
- Subheadings
- Double Posting
- Locators (Page References)
- Cross References
- Length of Book
- Type of Index
- Format
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"An index is not an outline, nor is it a concordance.
It is an intelligently compiled list of topics covered in the work, prepared with the reader's needs in mind."
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