The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing

Headings in indexes: revisiting the relationship between mains and subs

The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing (2010), 28, (3), 104–107.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2010.29
Language
English
Pages
4

Abstract

In indexing discussions, different approaches are sometimes described as ‘rules’, although they may have no authority behind them. This article explores the ‘rule’ that you should not have only one subheading at a main heading that has locators, along with related questions to do with the relationship between main headings and subheadings.

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Knight, G. N. (1979) Indexing, the art of. London: George Allen & Unwin. Indexing, the art of Google Scholar

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Stauber, D. M. (2005) ‘Do Mi’s Second Rule or the functions of subheadings’ The Indexer 24(4), 192–6. ‘Do Mi’s Second Rule or the functions of subheadings’ The Indexer 24(4), 192–6 The Indexer 24 192 6 Google Scholar

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Browne, Glenda