It makes searching for a name or a topic easier. You won't have to look through the entire book trying to find a specific person or subject: it tells you on what page (or pages) the author mentions it.
an index is a thing in the back of a book. The END!
And index is in the back of a story or book.
index is a part of the book that tells you were every thing in the book is
Book Review Index was created in 1965.
An index is located in the back of the book and has a alpabetized list of names and items that can be found in the book with page number to find it. A book index can be created manually by an Indexer, or by using a software like Cindex, PDF Index Generator, etc...
Index books is the plural form.
If you are looking for a specific subject or section in the book you can simply locate it through the book index instead of looking for it inside the whole book.More easier, some programs convert the book index to links if it is a digital book(PDF). When you click on a word or a page number in the index it takes you to the requested page automatically, like the "PDF Index Generator" software.
In the simplest terms, a book index is simply a key to locating information contained in a book. It is also known as back-of-the-book index. The words of the Index should be relevant and of interest to a possible reader of the book, so it can easily guide him to what he may be looking for in the book.Nowadays some writers and publishers use software to help them create their back of the book index. I use a software called PDF Index Generator. It helps me a lot to create and finish my book indexes saving me a lot of time.
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