Indexing Biographies and Other Stories of Human Lives (4th ed.)

Stories of human lives can befascinating but frequently difficult to index well. The new, updated fourthedition of Hazel K. Bell’s Indexing Biographies is a valuable guide tothe points for consideration when indexing life histories, biographies,autobiographies, letters and other narrative texts. Topics include the indexing offiction, analysis of the text before indexing, names and their various forms,appropriate language choice for index entries, impartiality of the indexer, andhow to treat main