Qualities of a Scholarly Index

Scholarly books are the books that are published by academic presses.  A good quality scholarly index, according to Margery Towery, must be accurate, consistent, comprehensive, concise, readable, reflexive, audience-sensitive, and elegant.  This is the first of a series of blog postings on these principles comprising a good quality scholarly index.  I will first examine accuracy… Continue reading Qualities of a Scholarly Index