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Note: Updated links may differ slightly from those found in the book. Dead links and links to outdated information have been removed. In some cases, links to related or updated information is provided.

Introduction

 John Marbeck in Encylopaedia Britannica 

Chapter 1

 Articles

  • "'Going Rogue' Tops Book Sales Chart" (Itzkoff)
  • "Professionalism or Culpability?  An Experiment in Ethics"  (Hauptman)

                   Summary of article found here; full text no longer found online.

American Society for Indexing

  • Digital Trends Task Force
  • Golden Turkey Award
  • Order of the Kohlrabi

Merrium-Webster definitions

  • Concordance
  • Index

Chapter 3

Articles and reports

  • "Bookstats 2013 Now Available" (APA). Original article not available; updated stats found here
  • “Content Spending by Sector”
  • “Growth in E-Book Sales Slows in 2012" (Haq)
  • “More Americans Now Reading Ebooks" (Greenfield); Original article not available; related 2014 article found here;  2016 article found here.
  • STM Report
  • “Students Prefer Print for Serious Academic Reading” (Grossman); Original article not available; more recent article found here.

American Society for Indexing

  • Culinary SIG (Special Interest Group)
  • Thesauri and authority files

Chapter 4

 Indexing Practice Exercises

Qualities of Successful Indexers

Chapter 5

 ASI books published by Information Today, Inc.

Online discussion groups

  • Index Peer Review (formerly IndexPeers)
  • Indexers Discussion Group
  • Additional groups

Standards organizations

  • American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
  • British Standards (BSI)
  • International Organization for     Standardization (ISO)
  • National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

Training courses

  • ASI annual conference
  • ASI Business of Indexing
  • ASI Training Course
  • Berkeley course (Only one course now offered)
  • Hedden Information Management
  • MEDLINE training course
  • STC (Society of Technical Communicators)

Chapter 6

Articles

  •  "Choose Your Business Structure" (SBA)
  • "Home Office Deduction” (IRS)
  • "independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or Employee?” (IRS)
  • "Limited Liability Company" (SBA)
  • “Small-Space Home Offices” (BHG)
  • “Stretching Exercises at Your Desk: 12 Simple Tips” (Seliger)
  • “The Ultimate ‘Deskercise’ Stretch  Routine” (Healthline)
  • Indexing software vendors
    CINDEX
  • MACREX
  • SKY Index

 

Reference shelf links 

  •  Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online
  • ASI website online reference sources
  • Chicago Manual of Style
  • Duhaime's Law Dictionary
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • ERIC (Educaiton Resources Infomration Center)
  • Geographic Names Information System
  • Library of Congress Authorities
  • Literary Market Place
  • MedlinePlus
  • Merriam-Webster
  • PLANTS Database
  • World Almanac
  • Writers Market

Chapter 7

 Books

  • Indexing for Editors and Authors

Marketing help

  • SBDC (Small Business Development Centers)
  • SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives)

Publishing industry directories

  • Literary Market Place
  • Writers Market

Professional associations

  • Assoc. of American Publishers
  • Assoc. of American University Presses
  • American Society for Indexing
  • Editorial Freelancers Association

Chapter 8

 Audio meditations no longer available
Articles and reports

  • Activity Guidelines for Americans 2008; updated guidelines here
  • “Chronic Stress Puts Your Health at Risk” (Mayo Clinic)
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010
  • "Food Groups" (USDA)
  • “Healthy Diet Guidelines” (AHA)
  • “How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?” (NSF)
  • “Is Sugar Toxic?” (Taubes)
  • Merriam-Wester definition of stress
  • “Obesity and Overweight” (CDC)
  • "Relaxing Under Pressure" (Edwards and Edwards)
  • “Sleep Deprivation” (AASM)
  • "Stress Basics" (Mayo Clinic)
  • "Sugar Love" (Cohen) (for subscribers only)
  • “The Tell Tale Signs of Burnout” (Carter)
  • “Transforming the American Diet" (CSPI)
  • "What is Stress" (AIS)

 Office furnishings and equipment

  • Humanscale
  • The Human Solution
  • Monitor wall mounts
  • Recumbent stationary bike
  • Stability balls
  • Standing desk inspiration
  • Treadmill desk
  • Under-desk elliptical trainer

Chapter 9

 Eat Your Books website

"Inside Job" (Adams and Dalrymple II)

Chapter 10

Articles

  •  "23 Incredible Successful People Who Failed at First" (Feloni and Lutz)
  • "Write Your Business Plan" (SBA)
  • "How to Overcome a Fear of Failure" (Kaplan)
  • "Thinking About Starting a Business?" (SBA)

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