Students are guided through the process of researching a topic culminating in a research paper using standards similar to ones required for authors submitting a manuscript for publication. Students are required to abstract their articles and input descriptors forming the index to the various journals.
Students become published authors and experienced indexers.
Process by which a scholar becomes published, including editorial boards and refereed publications. Peer review process. Writing of abstracts and annotated bibliographies. Use of a thesaurus. Indexing a paper and use of indexing terms.