From indexer@ibm.net Fri Oct 2 08:21:53 1998 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id IAA15040 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:21:51 -0700 Received: from out4.ibm.net (out4.ibm.net [165.87.194.239]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id IAA00397 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:21:51 -0700 Received: from sherry-smith (slip166-72-118-97.or.us.ibm.net [166.72.118.97]) by out4.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA74712 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:21:47 GMT Message-Id: <199810021521.PAA74712@out4.ibm.net> Reply-To: From: "Sherry L. Smith" To: Subject: Re: Repetitive text and indexing entries: Any ideas?? Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:22:34 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Kristin, Even when it's repetitive and has "no new information", I will enter each occurrence. Usually, the repetitions are discussed in a different context. This does provide new information for the reader. I think your examples fit in this category (except for B2 and B3). Even then, I would enter them. I also try to remember the reader "who knows it was in this section" because that process is a common reading/remembering strategy. This practice is sometimes difficult---long multi-authored books. In that case, I will usually succeed in creating suitable sub-entries and when I don't because of time or low brain power, there will be more page references in a string, eg. up to 10-12 instead of up to 5-7. Hope this addresses your question. Your questions are fun. They almost always prompt a flurry of discussion about indexing practices. Sherry Sherry L Smith INDEXING SERVICES 63505 Bridle Lane Bend, OR 97701 541 382 6414 indexer@ibm.net .