Indexing Societies and Information

American Society for Indexing (ASI)
http://www.asindexing.org/
Contains information about indexing as a career, indexing training, software, fees, online and print reference tools, and links to other indexing-related sites.

Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI)
http://www.aussi.org/index.html
Indexing resources for indexers and publishers in the Southern Hemisphere.

Embedded Indexing
http://www.jalamb.com/publications.html
Paper by James Lamb from The Indexer, v. 24(4), October 2005.

“Index. By Anonymous”
http://www.wfwbooks.com/anonymous.htm
Interesting essay by Dan Connolly on the role of the indexer in publishing.

Indexer Locator
http://www.indexerlocator.org
ASI's online directory of freelance indexers, searchable by name, subject specialty, and location.

Indexers Unlimited Clearinghouse
http://www.indexersunlimited.org
Includes a searchable directory of indexers at the Expert (more than 3 years' experience) and Associate levels by subject, as well as members-only pages.

Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d'indexation (ISC/SCI)
http://www.indexers.ca/
Indexing-related information for Canadian indexers and publishers.

Indexing Books: Lessons in Language Computations
http://www.openicon.com/indexing_white_paper1.html
White paper by William P. Meyers on human vs. computer indexing.

Indexing Resources on the WWW
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/indexing/
An outstanding compilation of resources by the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.

Novice Notes for Prospective Indexers
http://www.backwordsindexing.com/Novice/NoviceNotes.html
Martha Osgood’s list of resources for prospective indexers.

Pacific Northwest Chapter, ASI (PNW/ASI)
http://www.pnwasi.org/
Includes “Publisher’s Guide to Indexers in the Pacific Northwest”.

Society of Indexers (SI)
http://www.indexers.org.uk/
Home page for British and Irish indexers. SI was the original professional indexing society.

American Society for Indexing Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Behavioral and Social Sciences SIG
http://bssig.com/
Covering all behavioral and social sciences disciplines.

Culinary Indexing SIG
http://www.culinaryindexing.org/
The home page for culinary arts and cookbook indexing.

Gardening and Environmental Studies SIG
http://www.bioindexing.org/
Resources for gardening, environmental studies, and related areas.

History and Archaeology SIG
http://www.historyindexers.org./
Resources for history/archaeology indexing.

Politics and International Relations SIG
http://www.wave.net/upg/pisig/index.htm
Covering politics and other politically related subjects.

Science and Medicine SIG
http://www.scimedindexers.org/
Information about indexing in medicine, engineering, and other scientific fields.

Sports-Fitness Indexing SIG
http://www.sports-fitnessindexing.org/

Web Indexing SIG
http://www.web-indexing.org/
Promotes the human indexing of the Web and HTML documents.

Information-rich websites of other indexers

Charles Anderson (The-Indexer)
Bart Arenson (A-to-Z WordWright)
Kevin Broccoli (Brocolli Information Management)
Fred Brown (Allegro Technical Indexing)
Dan Connolly (Word for Word Book Services)
John Cullerton (Wexford Press)
Melody Englund (Songbird Indexing Services)
Linda Fetters (Fetters Info Management Co.)
Lynne Grimes (LYNG, Inc.)
Edward P. Hamelin (Milidex Indexing Services)
Lucie Haskins
Heather Hedden (Hedden Information Management
Kari Kells (Index West)
Fred Leise (ContextualAnalysis)
Seth Maislin
Linda Mamassian (Mamassian Editorial Services)
Kate Mertes (Mertes Editorial Services)
Gerry Lynn Messner
Jean Middleton (IndexEmpire)
Nancy Mulvany (Bayside Indexing Service)
Martha Osgood (Back Words Indexing)
Deborah Patton
Janet Perlman (Southwest Indexing)
Marilyn Rowland
Sandi Schroeder (Schroeder Indexing Services)
Linda Kenny Sloan (Information Universe)
Scott Smiley
Sherry L. Smith Indexing Services
Joanne Clendenen Sprott (AfterWords Editorial Services)
Ann Truesdale Book Indexing Services
Martin Tulic
Jan Wright (Wright Information)
L. Pilar Wyman (Wyman Indexing)