INTRODUCTION 



A single-alphabet index is one in which all 

 entries are placed in the same index. There 

 are not separate indexes for authors, 

 stains, etc. Fully expanded means that 

 more than one entry leads to the informa- 

 tion sought. For example, "Grenadier's 

 alcoholic-borax-carmine" may be found 

 whether the reader consults the word 

 "Grenacher," "borax-carmine," alcoholic- 

 borax-carmine," or "carmine." A con- 

 densed index, which saves the author 



work and the publisher money without 

 regard to the reader's feehngs, has "borax 

 carmine see Grenacher," " carmine staining 

 solutions, see author's name," etc. etc. 



Those who do not think it necessary to 

 have rules of alphabetization might try 

 indexing del Rio-Hortega, 2BD fixative, 

 CS-IS mountant, and van't Hooft. The 

 rules of the A.L.A. {op. cit.) may not be 

 perfect but they are at least clearly ex- 

 pressed and easily available. 



