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Abstracts of Materials on
Indexing Personal Names |
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This set of abstracts is by no means comprehensive, but may be of interest to readers of SIGGNL to point out some of the sources for information on indexing personal names. The compiler would be very grateful to receive details of similar abstracts on this subject which may be added to the collection. A. Items found in the Wellisch current-awareness bibliography, from The Indexer, vol 15-16, 1986-1989, and its continuation by Jean Wheeler, vol 18-19, 1993-99. |
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DEVISCH, Marc. Social sciences: a trouble spot in creating a standardized subject access: the case of demography. In: Bibliographic Access in Europe: First International Conference: Proceedings ... University of Bath, 14-17 Sept. 1986, ed. by Lorcan Dempsey, p77-88. Development of an online thesaurus of keywords for standardizing subject access points. HAYES, Philip J.; KOERNER, Gail. Intelligent text technologies and their successful use by the information industry. In: 14th National Online Meeting ... New York, 1993, ed. by Martha E. Williams, p189-196. Medford (NJ): Learned Information, 1993. Describes the creation of company, people and advertiser name indexes, using the NameFinder software. JACKSON, J.N. Every-name indexing. Keywords, vol 1 no 1 (July 1992): p1-20 [467 Oct. 93]. Suggests every-name rules in the area of genealogical research. PITERNICK, A.B. What’s in a name? Use of names and titles in subject searching. Database 8 (Dec. 1985): p22-28 [065 Apr. 1986]. The importance of proper names, eponyms, acronyms and titles containing them in subject searching. |
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B. Articles, etc. in The Indexer AKHTAR, Nasreen. Indexing Asian names. [The Indexer, vol 16 no 3, Apr. 89, p.156-158]. With many examples. Quotes the IFLA publication, Names of persons: national usage for entry in catalogues (1967). Deals mainly with Arabic, Indian and Muslim names. BAKEWELL, K.G.W. Research in indexing: more needed? [The Indexer, vol 18 no 3, Apr.93, p.147-151]. A section on alphabetization deals with cross-references for "plausible solid, hyphenated and two-word forms", and another on presentation of indexes, both items of concern to indexing of proper names. CALVERT, Drusilla. Deconstructing indexing standards. [The Indexer, vol 20 no 2, Oct. 96, p.74-77]. Two brief paras. On p.75 summarizes the recommendations of AS on the form for personal names, deriving from AACR2. HUDSON, Ann. Compiling a general index to Sussex Archaeological Collections. [The Indexer, vol 17 no 2, Oct. 90, p.83-90]. Includes section on personal name entries, with remarks on layout, variant spellings, identification of persons with same names, etc. LEE, David. Coping with a title: the indexer and the British aristocracy. [The Indexer, vol 17 no 3, Apr. 91, p.155-160; see also Robert J. Palmer, vol 18 no 1]. Guidance on the sources to members of the peerage, and details such as form of name, order of entries, and hyphenated names. MOORE, Donald. The indexing of Welsh personal names. [The Indexer, vol 17 no 1, Apr. 90, p.12-20]. Starting with a useful introduction to the Welsh alphabet and comparison with English names, this article examines in some detail the Welsh patronymic system and its historical development, with a bibliography of 16 references, and related to personal names. PALMER, Robert J. Indexing the aristocracy. [The Indexer, vol 18 no 1, Apr. 92, p.49; comment on David Lee, vol 17 no 3 and his reply]. PITERNICK, Anne B. Name of an author! [The Indexer, vol 18 no 2, Oct. 1992, p.95-100, with 40 refs. and notes]. Citing authors’ names in indexes and references can cause great difficulties: adapted version of article from Scholarly Publishing, vol 23 (2), Jan.1992. STIRK, Jean. User approaches to indexes. [The Indexer, vol 16 no 2, Oct. 88, p.75-78]. One page is devoted to "local and family history", and though not concerned mainly with proper names mentions several of the pitfalls of compiling and interpreting indexes in these subjects. VICKERS, John A. Index, how not to. [The Indexer, vol 15 no 3, Apr. 87, p.163-166]. Includes variations of treatment of entries for personal names in Turner, John Munsey: Conflict and reconciliation: studies in Methodism ... (Epworth Press, 1985). —, — —. Working in tandem, not forgetting the pc. [The Indexer, vol 17 no 4, Oct. 91, 281- 282]. Examines the change in methods from manual to automated indexing, with examples of personal names. WEINBERG, Bella Hass. Indexes: a chapter from The Chicago manual of style, 14th edition: a review. [The Indexer, vol 19 no 2, Oct. 1994, 107-108]. Two paragraphs deal with name headings, particularly comparing the Chicago style with AACR2. C. Letters to the Editor, The Indexer. DEMAEYER, Paul. Going Dutch. [The Indexer, vol 15 no 1, Apr. 86, p.46]. Problems of prefixes in Dutch and Afrikaans proper names. Writer’s preference for entry under Van der, etc. rather than surname. GIBSON, John. Von. [The Indexer, vol 15 no 2, Oct. 86, p.112]. Butterworth’s medical dictionary has entries for ‘Reckinghausen’s disease’ and ‘von Willebrand’s disease’. Is this because Willebrand is a Finn? D. Book reviews from The Indexer. Who was who, vol 8, 1981-1990 [and] Who was who: a cumulated index 1897-1990. London: A. & C. Black, 1991. [Reviewed by Geoffrey Dixon, The Indexer, vol 18 no 2, Oct. 92, p.135- 136.] Several comments on matters such as entry of title and family name, pseudonyms and real names, compound names, and surnames with prefixes. Women in context: two hundred years of British women autobiographies: a reference guide and reader, by Barbara Penny Kanner. G.K.Hall, 1997. [Reviewed by Doris H. Meriwether, Bulletin of Bibliography, vol 55 no 2, June 1998; extracted in The Indexer, vol 21 no 3, April 99, p.137.] Describes the three indexes for author, the categories of the authors such as social class or occupation, and subjects discussed by the author. A dissenting review by Sarah Spurgin Witte, from College & Research Libraries, vol 59 no 5, Sept. 1998 is extracted in the same issue of The Indexer, p.140. |
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