Indexing
Services
"Maria -- it was a real pleasure
working with you, and we are quite pleased with the
indexes that you
did for us. I
appreciate your
taking the time to think through what
would be the most useful for the
index users who, of course, are
unfamiliar
with the
subject matter and technical terms. I hope that we
can work with you again."
- Barbara
A. Lee, Rutgers
University
Co-Author of The Law of
Higher Education,
4th Edition - Student Edition
Index Plus can
create a back of the book index, or an index for your periodical.
A solid index makes your
book easier
to use, makes your book more likely to be purchased, and makes your
book a better choice than a similar book without a good index.
Indexes for other materials, such as periodicals or
documents, can also be prepared.
Why do you need an
index?
- An index makes your
book easier
to use, which is more attractive to the people or
libraries considering your book for purchase.
- Book reviewers
comment on
indexes that are especially well done as part of a
book review.
- A helpful index
pleases readers
who are looking for information they recall reading
somewhere in your
book. What's more frustrating than trying to find
something
you
remember reading, but due to a lack of an index you
can't?
- A good index raises
the value of your book.
Why should you hire
Index Plus?
- Maria
Sosnowski has
earned a Certificate
of Practical Competency in Indexing from Index
West, a Certificate
of Participation
for the Building Indexes
and
Taxonomies for Legal Materials workshop by Enid
Zafran and
Kate Mertes, and has completed the ASI
Training in Indexing Course.
- Continuing
education includes attending monthly peer review meetings and ASI
chapter meetings.
- Maria's education
includes a
law degree and a psychology degree. Employment
history includes
working
as an attorney, a law librarian, and a freelance writer.
- Professional
affiliations include:
- Secretary,
Pacific
Northwest Chapter of ASI, 2008-2009 (www.pnwasi.org)
- Events
Coordinator, Legal Indexing Special Interest Group of ASI, 2006-present
(www.legalindexing.org)
- Treasurer,
Behavioral and Social Sciences Special Interest Group of ASI,
2007-2008
- Past volunteer
work includes:
- SMART
(Start Making a
Reader
Today)
- St.
Andrew
Legal
Clinic
- classroom helper at sons' school
Specialty subjects
include:
- law
and criminal justice
- education
- children,
families, and
parenting
- psychology
and social
sciences
- finance
and money management
- writing
- animals
However, I will consider any subject if I feel that I can do a good job with the material.
Why can't an author
do his/her own index?
- A good index requires
an
objectivity which an author lacks. An indexer can
see the
book
from the reader's perspective, and allow the reader
to access
information in multiple ways.
- An indexer uses
professional
software that increases indexing speed to meet
tight deadlines and to
offer various output options.
- An indexer has
technical training and practice in indexing.
- Although the author
is the
expert on the subject, the indexer brings a sense of
priority and
structure to the work from an outsider's view.
- Read this in the words of someone who tried to do it himself: chronicle story
- Why you need a human, not a computer, for your index: human versus computer
© Copyright Maria Sosnowski
2006-2012.
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