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==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''indic''-, ''index'', from ''indicare'' to indicate
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1561]
==Definitions==
*1a : a device (as the pointer on a [[scale]] or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a [[value]] or [[quantity]]
:b : something (as a [[physical]] feature or a mode of [[expression]]) that leads one to a particular [[fact]] or [[conclusion]] : indication
*2: a list (as of bibliographical [[information]] or citations to a [[body]] of [[literature]]) arranged usually in [[alphabetical]] order of some specified datum (as [[author]], subject, or keyword): as a : a list of items (as [[topics]] or [[names]]) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found
:b : thumb index
:c : a bibliographical [[analysis]] of groups of publications that is usually published [[periodically]]
:d : a list of publicly traded companies and their stock prices
*3: a list of restricted or prohibited [[material]]; specifically capitalized : a formerly published list of [[books]] the [[reading]] of which was prohibited or restricted for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism Roman Catholics] by the [[church]] authorities
*4: plural usually indices : a [[number]] or [[symbol]] or [[expression]] (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a [[mathematical]] operation to be performed or to indicate use or [[position]] in an arrangement <3 is the index of the expression ∛5 to indicate the cube root of 5>
*5: a character F used to direct [[attention]] to a note or paragraph —called also fist
*6a : a number (as a [[ratio]]) derived from a series of [[observations]] and used as an indicator or [[measure]]; specifically : index number
:b : the [[ratio]] of one [[dimension]] of a thing (as an anatomical [[structure]]) to another dimension
==Description==
A bibliographic [[index]] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography bibliography], an aid to search the [[literature]] of, for example, an [[academic]] field or discipline (example: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_Index ''Philosopher's Index'']), to works of a specific literary form ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography_Index ''Biography Index'']) or published in a specific format ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Abstracts ''Newspaper Abstracts'']), or to the [[analyzed]] contents of a serial publication ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Index ''New York Times Index'']). Indexes of this kind are issued in print [[periodical]] form (issued in monthly or quarterly paperback supplements, cumulated annually) or online (in which case they are called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliographic_database bibliographic databases]). Citations are usually listed by [[author]] and subject in separate sections, or in a single [[alphabetical]] sequence under a system of authorized headings collectively known as controlled [[vocabulary]], developed over time by the indexing service[1].
"From many points of view an index is synonymous with a catalogue, the principles of [[analysis]] used being [[identical]], but whereas an index entry merely locates a subject, a catalogue entry includes [[descriptive]] specification of a [[document]] concerned with the subject".
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''indic''-, ''index'', from ''indicare'' to indicate
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1561]
==Definitions==
*1a : a device (as the pointer on a [[scale]] or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a [[value]] or [[quantity]]
:b : something (as a [[physical]] feature or a mode of [[expression]]) that leads one to a particular [[fact]] or [[conclusion]] : indication
*2: a list (as of bibliographical [[information]] or citations to a [[body]] of [[literature]]) arranged usually in [[alphabetical]] order of some specified datum (as [[author]], subject, or keyword): as a : a list of items (as [[topics]] or [[names]]) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found
:b : thumb index
:c : a bibliographical [[analysis]] of groups of publications that is usually published [[periodically]]
:d : a list of publicly traded companies and their stock prices
*3: a list of restricted or prohibited [[material]]; specifically capitalized : a formerly published list of [[books]] the [[reading]] of which was prohibited or restricted for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism Roman Catholics] by the [[church]] authorities
*4: plural usually indices : a [[number]] or [[symbol]] or [[expression]] (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a [[mathematical]] operation to be performed or to indicate use or [[position]] in an arrangement <3 is the index of the expression ∛5 to indicate the cube root of 5>
*5: a character F used to direct [[attention]] to a note or paragraph —called also fist
*6a : a number (as a [[ratio]]) derived from a series of [[observations]] and used as an indicator or [[measure]]; specifically : index number
:b : the [[ratio]] of one [[dimension]] of a thing (as an anatomical [[structure]]) to another dimension
==Description==
A bibliographic [[index]] is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography bibliography], an aid to search the [[literature]] of, for example, an [[academic]] field or discipline (example: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_Index ''Philosopher's Index'']), to works of a specific literary form ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography_Index ''Biography Index'']) or published in a specific format ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Abstracts ''Newspaper Abstracts'']), or to the [[analyzed]] contents of a serial publication ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Index ''New York Times Index'']). Indexes of this kind are issued in print [[periodical]] form (issued in monthly or quarterly paperback supplements, cumulated annually) or online (in which case they are called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliographic_database bibliographic databases]). Citations are usually listed by [[author]] and subject in separate sections, or in a single [[alphabetical]] sequence under a system of authorized headings collectively known as controlled [[vocabulary]], developed over time by the indexing service[1].
"From many points of view an index is synonymous with a catalogue, the principles of [[analysis]] used being [[identical]], but whereas an index entry merely locates a subject, a catalogue entry includes [[descriptive]] specification of a [[document]] concerned with the subject".
[[Category: General Reference]]
