The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing

Indexing commonplace books: early modern methods

The Indexer: The International Journal of Indexing (2016), 34, (1), 2–11.

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https://doi.org/10.3828/indexer.2016.2
Language
English
Pages
10

Abstract

This article examines the standard methods of indexing commonplace books and other unpublished collections of information in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, up to the publication of John Locke’s ‘New Method’ in 1685–1706.

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