Experiments in dynamic document processing. International federation for documentation. The society of indexers. Social science data archives. An index is a systematic guide to items contained in or concepts devised from a collection.
Indexing is a service operation.
An index is a tool, a means to an end, never end in itself. Similarly documentation is a necessary exercise which has to be learnt by a librarian for keeping the ever increasing stock of books, periodicals and other materials in safe custody. This book deals with all the aspects of indexing and documentation in a very comprehensive way.