Facts OnLine's Indexing and Editing Website
"Every good book deserves a good index"

         

                 With over 20 years of experience indexing for major academic and commercial publishing houses and with
                 an educational background that includes both biochemistry and English literature, I bring the following experience
                 and qualifications for preparing that "good index":
 
  •                Accurate preparation of indexes for books covering many subjects.
  •                Editing and proofreading services.
  •                Researching and verification of a wide variety of materials, including questionable data, names, dates, and acronyms.
  •                Knowledge of publishing industry requirements, deadlines, and problems.
  •                Consultation with editors and authors as desired.

                     The Story of Facts OnLine

                     In an article originally published in the Russian-language edition of the United States Information Agency's
                     Information USA in 1986, I wrote:

                           Four years ago in 1982, I bought a computer.  "Computers," I thought, "are the industry of the future," and I very
                           much wanted to be part of it.  For two years, I just played with my computer.  I did a little word processing, set up some
                           small files to help keep my budget, organized a spreadsheet program that would log expenses and convert Singapore
                           dollars into U.S. dollars for my boss who traveled frequently in the Far East, took a weekend programming course (from
                           which I learned very little), computerized a small company library, and discovered online searching.
     
                           Online database searching:  it sounds technical and not very exciting.  In fact, although it is technical, it is very exciting. 
                               A few words typed in at the keyboard and all kinds of information about all kinds of things flash across my computer
                           screen.  Questions I had never before thought to ask could be answered without my ever leaving my desk.  At the end
                           of two years, I left my job as a secretary-administrative assistant, and started my own computerized business,
                           Facts OnLine.  Using my computer, a telephone, and a modem, I was able to access commercially produced  
                           databases not only in the United States but also in Europe -- at last count, nearly 600 databases.

                     In 1987, I was introduced to indexing and editing by my writer-editor husband, and I have been indexing, copy editing, and
                     proofreading ever since.  Although my primary work is in the political and social sciences, I have also indexed historical and
                     religious books, federal directories and document compilations, and last but not necessarily least, a short book on Motown.