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What is an index?

Chapter 12: INDEXES TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.
By Henry B. Wheatley
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The pamphlet opens with a historical survey of the word index and its shifting meanings, tracing early usages, notable opinions, and illustrative specimens; it then provides practical guidance on making indexes, covering compilation techniques, concise and accurate headings, alphabetical order versus classification, treatment of names and prefixes, cross-references, and frequent errors; examples and critiques are used throughout to show good and bad practice and to argue for organized efforts to improve indexing standards.

INDEXES TO THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSES OF LORDS AND COMMONS.

House of Lords.—Calendar of the Journals of the House of Lords, from the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII. to 30 Aug., 1642, and from 1660 to 21 Jan., 1808. [London, 1810.] Folio, pp. xxiii, 779.

—— —— from 21st Jan., 1808, to 14th Nov., 1826. [London]. Folio, pp. vii, 288.

General Index to the Journals of the House of Lords. Vol. 1-10. 1509-1649. [London], 1836. Folio, title, pp. 679.

Vol. 11-19. 1660-1714. [London], 1834. Folio, title, pp. 380.

Vol. 20-35. 1714-1779. Compiled by Thomas Brodie. [London], 1817. Folio, title, pp. 905.

Vol. 36-52. 1780-1819. [London], 1832. Folio, title, pp. 1027.

Vol. 53-64. 1820-1833. [London], 1855. Folio, title, pp. 775.

1833-1863. London, 1865. 2 vols. folio.

House of Commons.—A General Index to the first seven volumes of the Journals of the House of Commons. Compiled by Timothy Cunningham. [London], 1785. Folio, pp. vii, 24 prelim. leaves, pp. 1100. (Vol. 8-11 by Flaxman, vol. 12-17 by Forster, superseded by the next article.)

—— General Index to the Journals of the House of Commons, Vol. 1-17, 1547-1714. By Thomas Vardon and Thomas Erskine May. [London], 1852. Folio, pp. vii, 1149.

—— A General Index to, or Digest of, seventeen volumes of the Journals of the House of Commons—

Vol. 18-34, 1714-1774. [By E. Moore.] [London], 1778. Folio, unpaged.

Vol. 35-45, 1774-1790. [By S. Dunn.] [London], 1796. Folio, unpaged.

Vol. 46-55, 1790-1800. [By S. Dunn.] [London], 1803. Folio, unpaged.

Vol. 56-75, 1801-1820. By Martin Charles Burney. [London], 1825. Folio.

Vol. 75-92, 1820-1837. By Thomas Vardon. [London], 1839. Folio, pp. xx, 1072.

Vol. 93-107, 1837-1852. By Thomas Vardon. [London], 1857. Folio, pp. viii, 1 leaf, pp. 999.

Ireland.—Index to the Commons’ Journals of Ireland.