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  1. Manley, S.; Harwood, N.: Bringing it home : learning to index books by correspondence (1997) 0.02
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    Abstract
    The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Graduate School Correspondence Study Program offers 2 indexing courses: Basic indexing and Applied indexing. Basic indexing covers indexing techniques in the style used by the University of Chicago Press. The Applied indexing course is a short-form simulation of ehr experiences of a frelance indexer. Over 2.600 students have enrolled on these courses since their inception in the mid-1980s. Gives details of the contents of the courses, discusses the challenges for students and teachers and emphasizes the strength of individualized instruction provided by a correspondence course