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    Indexing Specialists (UK) Ltd, a leading UK indexing company, has a strong team of experienced and highly qualified indexers/editors with a proven track record in publishing.


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    The indexers you may deal with are:

    Andy Bicknell, George Curzon, Caroline Eley, Jane Gilbert, Helen Granger-Bevan, Terry Halliday, Caroline Hamilton, Milla Hills, Keith Hood, Lisa Kenwright, Neil Manley, Shirley May, Lynda Nesbitt-Smith, Mary Orchard, Marian Preston, Richard Raper (Managing Editor), Maria Rayson, Mike Solomons and Anna Wynne.


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    Working as a team - we can handle any subject, no project too large or too small, with the ability to meet requested deadlines.

    "Indexing books is a form of writing. Like other types of writing, it is a mixture of art and craft, judgment, and selection"   Nancy C. Mulvany

    Our services

    Indexing

    Trade books and reference books, manuals, journals, encyclopedias, symposia, CD Roms and multimedia products, databases, Internet/intranet resources.

    We compile indexes to the highest standards, using up-to-date computer technology to ensure faultless sorting and printing. We can supply the final index on disk in most PC formats and in Mac QuarkXpress. An e-mail option is always available.

    Our team of highly qualified indexers can cover a vast number of subjects including:

    Science e.g. biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, agriculture, environmental science, geology, psychology and not least alternative approaches to therapy and healing techniques.

    Technology e.g. engineering, manufacturing, materials science, electronics, computer science.

    Humanities e.g. history, philosophy, sociology, social policy, biographies, art, music, architecture.

    Business e.g. accountancy, economics, finance, management, marketing and advertising.

    Professional/academic subjects e.g. law, mathematics, education, politics, religion.

    Popular subjects e.g. sports, cookery, gardening and crafts.

    Any size

    We can index publications of any size from simple texts to complex academic treatises, using teams of indexers for larger projects. We index many regularly updated journals, yearbooks, and training materials; our long company track record has ensured their continuity over many years.

    Any format

    We can supply the indexes in all popular PC formats and MAC QuarkXpress. Correct transfer of data to your system is guaranteed if we are allowed to check the typeset proofs.


    Website Services

    Simple. Individual. Adaptable

    These words sum up our approach to website design and management. You can have a website that is user-friendly, tailored to your requirements, and stays up-to-date as your needs change.

    Whatever your requirements, we offer a solution at an affordable price starting at £500 + VAT.

    Your website is...

    the bridge between you and your clients.
    as individual as you are.
    needs to change as you do.

    For an accessible, individual, adaptable website, why not give us a call for a free consultation?

    The following sites are designed and managed by Indexing Specialists (click on an image):

    Link to Trevor Pateman  Link to The Veneer Workshop  Link to Trevor Pateman: Selected Works

    We also write online indexes for websites. See the index for the IS site, presented in two alternative layouts.

    Further examples are the indexes to Tracy Dolphin's Tin Pages and George Curzon's Aquarian Bible of the Cosmic Christ.


    Our other services include:

    Consultancy in connection with Rescuing indexes / Copy editing / SGML coding / Use of metatags / Indexing training / Proof reading / Project management.

    Previous work

    Publishers

    Including: Academic Press, Ashgate, BBC, Blackwell, Bridgewater, Business Intelligence, Cassell, CIMA, CUP, Deerpark, Design Revolution, DK, Earthscan, Elsevier, Faber and Faber, Hamlyn, Harcourt, Heinemann, Hodder, Ilex Press, Kluwer, Octopus Publishing Group, Orion Group, OUP, Pearson Education, Radcliffe Medical Press, Stationery Office, Taylor & Francis, Thomas Telford, University of Bath, Wearset, John Wiley and so on.

    Encyclopedias and multi-volume books

    Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Macmillan/Institute of Physics) 2000

    CIMA Training Programme (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

    Handbook of Metalloproteins (Alden Press) 2001

    International Encyclopedia of Business and Management (Routledge)

    The Oxford Bible Commentary (OUP) 2001

    The Oxford History of England (OUP)

    Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Routledge) 1998 [10 vols]

    Encyclopedia of Separation Science (Harcourt) 2000

    Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (Academic Press) 1999 [3 vols]

    The Thalamus (Elsevier) 1997

    Books

    Children's English History in Verse (Faber and Faber)

    Computing/Information Technology books (Dorling Kindersley)

    Educational text books (Pearson, HarperCollins and Stationery Office)

    Food Technology Handbook (Addison Wesley Longman)

    Human Effect in Medicine (Radcliffe Medical Press)

    International Law of Sport (Kluwer Law International)

    Investigating Culture and Identity (HarperCollins)

    Kempe's Engineers Year-book annually since 1996 (MillerFreeman)

    The National Gallery Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1995 (National Gallery)

    Oxford Companion to the Mind (OUP)

    Poucher's Perfumes, Cosmetic and Soaps

    Journals

    Annals of Occupational Hygiene (Elsevier Science)

    Journal of Arid Environments (Harcourt)

    The Artist and Leisure Painter (The Artists' Publishing Co)

    Journal of Biomechanics (Elsevier Science)

    BBC Wildlife Magazine

    CIPFA Guide to Council Tax...... and its updates twice a year

    Opthalmic & Physiological Optics (Elsevier Science)

    Osteoarthritis and Cartilage (Academic Press/Harcourt)

    Journal of Theoretical Biology (Academic Press/Harcourt)

    Vaccine (Elsevier Science)

    CD-Roms

    Magellan On-line LearningTM - an interactive guide to financial products (Chisholm Roth)

    Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Routledge [T&F])

    Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe (DK multimedia)

    Awards

    LA Wheatley Medal (1987) - Highly Commended, for "The Triumph of Invention" (McDonald Publishing)

    LA Wheatley Medal (1989) - Medal awarded for an outstanding index, for "The Collected Works of Charles Darwin" (Pickering and Chatto)

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