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Maximize Information Retrieval: Indexing and Cross-Referencing Guide

Understand the importance of indexes and tables in distinguishing similar books, identifying relevant information, and consolidating wordings to facilitate quotations, improve sales, and aid authors. Learn general guidelines and strategies for effective referencing, including when to cross-reference, using multiple keywords for the same topic, and avoiding unnecessary references. Explore examples of when and when not to reference specific terms and names.

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Maximize Information Retrieval: Indexing and Cross-Referencing Guide

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  1. Indexes and Tables

  2. Why? • Distinguishes similar books • Identifies relevant info • Consolidates wordings • Facilitates quotations • Improves sales • Helps author

  3. General Guidelines • Ask: If I were a reader, what info would I want to find? • Proper names (people, places, events) • Key terms • Main Topics

  4. When to Cross-Reference • Multiple keywords for same topic • billiards, see pool • Term has been used as subentry for larger topic • ducks, see fowl, ducks • Popular names for technical terms • baking soda, See sodium bicarbonate

  5. What Not to Reference • If the word (especially proper noun) is used as an example and could be replaced with countless other examples: • Universities such as St. Cloud State or Northwestern State are institutions of higher learning with a set of core courses. A technical college is… • No need to index St. Cloud State or Northwestern here.

  6. Don’t index • Stuff in the glossary, acknowledgments, or bibliography

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