Indexing and Glossary Creation
An index groups together entries in a systematic arrangement throughout a document, database or other collection, and is designed to enable users to identify and locate relevant information and retrieve it quickly and efficiently. A glossary is a specialised, single-language list of commonly used terminology and words. A glossary can be especially useful for multi-volume work or a monthly journal where consistency must be ensured.
Our indexers specialise in a variety of subjects so that they can pick up the nuances and relationships between topics. This is important as indexing is not just a list of words that appear in a text, but a process of linking concepts and creating a logical hierarchy.
Case Study
London-based Atlas Translations was approached by a second hand book shop specializing in music books to index their stock in a knowledgeable, sensible and user-friendly manner. The shop wanted to use the index to produce a catalogue that could be easily updated to reflect their changing stock, to email to interested parties and to appear on their website.
