Chapter 9. Indexing
Indexes have one chief purpose in documents: to provide the reader of a document with a systematic arrangement of key concepts and terms that enable the reader to locate specific information in that document. An index typically serves as a guide, extracting particular words or subjects from the document content and presenting that information in an alphabetized format, with page(s) on which each item is mentioned.
A good index can make or break a book. As the author, you might have the urge to index too many words or not enough. With multiple words referring to one concept and one word referring to multiple concepts, well, ...
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