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The Indexing Companion Workbook contains practical exercises with detailed answers to guide learners to a deeper understanding of the indexing process.

Here are some samples to give you an idea of the book's content:

• Preface
• Sample Questions
• Sample Answers

Here is a file containing excerpts from exercises in the book. You can cut-and-paste  from this document to reduce the typing or writing you have to do.

• Excerpts for cut-and-paste

Here are some extracts of reviews of The Indexing Companion Workbook.

• Reviews

One suggested exercise is for you to index the workbook. Here is a sample index against which you can compare your own creation. If you send me your completed index I will load it here for others to examine.

• Sample index to The Indexing Companion Workbook

Quote from a review by Mernoush Mozzafarian in Webology:

Overall, ‘The Indexing Companion’ is a well-titled and valuable book. The value of the book lies in the fact that it has been written from the practical point of view of indexers and by two professional indexers. A strong point of the book is its structure and organization of its contents. It does not have to be read from cover to cover and could be used like a reference book. It can be used as a manual by indexers. It is also a helpful and enlightening book for graduate students or information professionals that wish to get acquainted with indexing.

Read the full review at: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n4/bookreview9.html

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Quote from a review in Blue Pencil, March 2009, by Angela Grant:

In summary, Browne and Jermey have provided both novices and experienced indexers with a most useful reference tool. All information professionals —whether librarian, editor, writer or indexer—will learn something new, or at the very least, a different slant, on how to approach the indexing of information.

Blue Pencil is the newsletter of the NSW Society of Editors.