Sam Arnold-Boyd
Cascade Indexing
What I can do for you
I take great pride in creating quality indexes and will:
Use your terminology accurately to guide readers efficiently to your ideas and information
Anticipate the needs of your readers with terms they are likely to use when searching your text
Present the significant concepts of your text with index terms for both literal and implied meanings
Consistently and rigorously gather substantive information related to each term to ensure comprehensive coverage
Winnow out insignificant occurrences of a term so that your readers' time will not be wasted
Organize entries using meaningful headings and subheadings that gather together related information
Formulate headings and subheadings to avoid long strings of undifferentiated locators (page numbers)
Create cross references to increase the depth and breadth of your readers' searches
Ensure that all aspects of the index are accurate
Apply style decisions carefully and consistently.
Subject areas reflecting my experience and interests:
Arts and Crafts
Biography
Children
Communications
Computers
Consumer Affairs
Cooking
Cultural Studies
Education
Environmental Studies
Folklore and Fairy Tales
Gender Studies
Gerontology and Geriatrics
Health and Wellness
History
Home Improvement
How-to-do-it-yourself
Library and Information Science
Linguistics and Language Studies
Literature and Poetry
Nutrition and Diet
Psychology
Religion and Spirituality
Self-Improvement
Social Sciences
Sports and Recreation
Technology
Travel
Women’s Studies
Writing and Publishing
Completed indexes:
Arts
American Scenic Design and Freelance Professionalism by David Bisaha (Southern Illinois University Press, 2022)
The Pearl District: Placemaking from the Ground Up by Bruce Johnson (Pearl Light Publishing, 2022)
Sisters in Art: The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton by Wendy Van Wyck Good (West Margin Press, 2021)
A Thousand Cuts: the Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies by Dennis Bartok and Jeff Joseph (University Press of Mississippi, 2016)
Wildlife in Wild Lands: Photography for Conservation in Southern South America by Laura Crawford Williams (My Wild Life Press, 2017)
World of Art Tour (8-book series for middle grades) by various authors (Mason Crest, 2019)
Biographies and Memoirs
Art and Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock by Lael Morgan (Epicenter Press, 2022)
Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago: A Dual Biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and Seminary Founder Eliza Clark Garrett by Charles H. Cosgrove (Southern Illinois University Press, 2020)
Sisters in Art: The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton by Wendy Van Wyck Good (West Margin Press, 2021)
You Gotta' Be Kidding: The Story of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals by Mick Shannon (2020)
Business, Leadership, and Finances
Big Thrift Energy: The Art and Thrill of Finding Vintage Treasures by Virginia Chamlee (Blue Star Press, 2022)
Brain Rules for Work: the science of thinking smarter in the office and at home by John Medina (Pear Press, 2021)
Common Financial Sense by Harris Nydick and Greg Makowski (Lioncrest Publishing, 2022)
Financial Literacy (4-book series for middle grades) by various authors (Spooky Cheetah Press, 2023)
Forging an Ironclad Brand: A Leader's Guide by Lindsay Pedersen (Lioncrest Publishing, 2019)
Get Rich but Not Quick: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Real Estate Investment by Edward Beck (Lioncrest Publishing, 2017)
Hustlin' Hummingbird: How to Quickly Make up to $90,000 a Year Using Your Car with Uber or Lyft by Mukon Ngoyi (2019)
Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger by Nancy Giordono (Lioncrest Publishing, 2021)
Leadership's Perfect Storm by Susan Inouye (Book Publishers Network, 2018)
Lost in Startuplandia: Wayfinding for the Weary Entrepreneur by E. Keller Fitzsimmons (Lioncrest Publishing, 2019)
More Good Jobs: An Entrepreneur's Action Plan to Create Change in Your Community by Martin Babinec (Lioncrest Publishing, 2020)
Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans by Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh (Houndstooth Press, 2022)
Cookbooks
Cajun Vegan Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Classic Cajun Cooking and Southern-Inspired Cuisine by Krimsey Lillith (Blue Star Press, 2021)
The Plant Based Cookbook for Women: Simple, Healthy Recipes to Increase Energy and Balance Hormones by Shannon Leparski (Blue Star Press, 2021)
Education and Parenting
The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle by James L. Heft S.M. (Oxford University Press, 2021)
Parenting through Relationship: Ideas and Inspiration to Help You Be the Parent You Want To Be by Alice Hanscam (Independently published, 2020)
Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools by Diane Ravitch (Knopf, 2020)
Environment
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates (Knopf, 2021)
Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans by Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh (Houndstooth Press, 2022)
Water: A Biography by Giulio Boccaletti (Knopf, 2021)
Health and Wellness
Bloom: 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Health, Cultivate Your Desires & Reignite Your Spark by Alejandra Carrasco, MD (Lioncrest Publishing, 2017)
Brain Rules for Work: the science of thinking smarter in the office and at home by John Medina (Pear Press, 2021)
Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival, 3rd Edition, by Patricia Spigarelli Aston and Jack Spigarelli (Cross-Current Publishing, 2020)
The Happy Hormone Guide: A Plant-based Program to Balance Hormones, Increase Energy, & Reduce PMS Symptoms by Shannon Leparski (Blue Star Press, 2019)
IMPACT Medicine: Take Control of Your Practice. Reach More People. Add Balance to Your Life. by Meghan Walker (Lioncrest Publishing, 2022)
The Plant Based Cookbook for Women: Simple, Healthy Recipes to Increase Energy and Balance Hormones by Shannon Leparski (Blue Star Press, 2021)
History and Politics
American Scenic Design and Freelance Professionalism by David Bisaha (Southern Illinois University Press, 2022)
America Second: How America's Elites Are Making China Stronger by Isaac Stone Fish (Knopf, 2022)
BAIT: The Battle of Kham Duc by James D. McLeroy and Gregory W. Sanders (Hellgate Press, 2019)
Congressman Doc Hastings: Twenty Years of Turmoil by C. Mark Smith (Book Publishers Network, 2018)
Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World by Robert M. Gates (Knopf, 2020)
Great Plains Politics by Peter J. Longo (University of Nebraska Press, 2018)
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates (Knopf, 2021)
How We Don’t Die: The Seattle Medic One Story by Richard Rapport, MD (The History Press, 2019)
It's Always Uphill from the Dock: The Story of the Puget Sound Islands by Ann B. Irish (Northwest Corner Books, 2022)
Mā’alaea: The Untold Story by Patt Narrowe (Mā’alaea Village Association, 2022)
The Pearl District: Placemaking from the Ground Up by Bruce Johnson (Pearl Light Publishing, 2022)
Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei by Dave Stockwell (Book Publishers Network, 2017)
Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools by Diane Ravitch (Knopf, 2020)
Titanic (4-book series for middle grades) by various authors (Spooky Cheetah Press, 2022)
Transimperial Anxieties: The Making and Unmaking of Arab Ottomans in São Paulo, Brazil, 1850–1940 by José D. Najar (University of Nebraska Press, 2023)
Water: A Biography by Giulio Boccaletti (Penguin Random House/Pantheon Books, 2021)
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser (Penguin Random House/Pantheon Books, 2022)
You Gotta' Be Kidding: The Story of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals by Mick Shannon (2020)
Home Improvement
Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home by Nikki Boyd (Paige Tate Select, 2019)
Beautifully Organized at Work by Nikki Boyd (Paige Tate Select, 2021)
Big Thrift Energy: The Art and Thrill of Finding Vintage Treasures by Virginia Chamlee (Blue Star Press, 2022)
Just Add Water: Easy Techniques and Everyday Ideas for Inspiring Flower Arrangements by Cynthia Gaylin Bigony (West Margin Press, 2020)
Linguistics
Northwest Voices: Exploring Language and Culture in the Pacific Northwest by Kristin Denham, Editor (Oregon State University Press, 2019)
Why Study Linguistics by Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Literature
The Cambridge Companion to American Literature of the 1930s, edited by William Solomon (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
The City in American Literature and Culture, edited by Kevin R. McNamara (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
Class, Whiteness, and Southern Literature by Jolene Hubbs (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
The Making of British Bourgeois Tragedy: Modernity and the Art of Ordinary Suffering by Alex Eric Hernandez (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Music
Boccaccio and the Invention of Musical Narrative by Eleonora M. Beck (European Press Academic Publishing, 2018)
Rethinking American Music (Music in American Life Series), edited by Tara Browner and Thomas Riis (University of Illinois Press, 2019)
Natural World and Outdoor Recreation
Alaska's Wild Plants, Revised Edition: A Guide to Alaska's Edible and Healthful Harvest, 2nd Edition, by Janice J. Schofield (Alaska Northwest Books, 2020)
Boulder Hiking Trails, 5th Edition: The Best of the Plains, Foothills, and Mountains by Ruth Carol Cushman and Glenn Cushman (Westwinds Press, 2019)
Survival (4-book series for middle grades) by various authors (Spooky Cheetah Press, 2022)
Wildlife in Wild Lands: Photography for Conservation in Southern South America by Laura Crawford Williams (My Wild Life Press, 2017)
Psychology and Self-Help
Brain Rules for Work: the science of thinking smarter in the office and at home by John Medina (Pear Press, 2021)
Communicating for Connection: A Self-Care Path for Resolving Differences by Bonnie R. Fraser (Aging Tree Publishing, 2018)
Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival, 3rd Edition, by Patricia Spigarelli Aston and Jack Spigarelli (Cross-Current Publishing, 2020)
The Interplay of Psychology and Spirituality: A Resource for Counselors and Psychotherapists by Alexandra M. Hepburn (She Writes Press, 2019)
When I Do Relationships So Right How Do They Go So Wrong: Using Emotional Maturity to Transform Your Mind, Your Relationships, and the Generations to Come by Dana Elken Terrell (Comprehensive Therapy Approach, Inc., 2018)
Religion and Spirituality
Acts 2:42: Apostolicity and the Church's One Foundation by John William Klein (Anglican House Media, 2020)
Cranmer's Church: Then & Today by Chuck Collins (Anglican House Media, in final edit)
Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America, edited by James L. Heft, S.M. and Jan E. Stets (Oxford University Press, 2020)
Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago: A Dual Biography of Mayor Augustus Garrett and Seminary Founder Eliza Clark Garrett by Charles H. Cosgrove (Southern Illinois University Press, 2020)
The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle by James L. Heft S.M. (Oxford University Press, 2021)
In His Time by Michael Stewart (Anglican House Media, 2019)
The Interplay of Psychology and Spirituality: A Resource for Counselors and Psychotherapists by Alexandra M. Hepburn (She Writes Press, 2019)
The Sleeping Queen: The Divine Awakening of the Entrepreneurial Woman by Bettina Langerfeldt (Morgan James Publishing, 2017)
Sports and Fitness
Boulder Hiking Trails: The Best of the Plains, Foothills, and Mountains, 5th Edition, by Ruth Carol Cushman and Glenn Cushman (Westwinds Press, 2019)
Gridiron Greats: Pro Football's Best Players (11-book series for middle grades) by Joe. L. Morgan and T.C. Thomas (Mason Crest, 2018)
Hack Your Fitness: The High Achiever's Guide to Getting Ripped in Under Three Hours a Week by Jay Kim (Lioncrest Publishing, 2017)
STEM and Sports (9-book series for middle grades) by Jacqueline Havelka and Andrew Luke (Mason Crest, 2019)
Technology
Advancing into Analytics: From Excel to Python and R by George Mount (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2021)
Blueprints for Text Analytics Using Python by Jen Albrecht, Sidharth Ramachandran, and Christian Winkler (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2020)
Data Management at Scale: Best Practices for Enterprise Architecture by Piethein Strengholt (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2020)
Hands-On Selenium Web Driver with Java by Boni Garcia (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2022)
Networking and Kubernetes: A Layered Approach by James Strong and Vallery Lancey (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2021)
97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts by Dan Berlin (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2021)
Python and R for the Modern Data Scientist: The Best of Both Worlds by Rick J. Scavetta and Boyan Angelov (O/Reilly Media, Inc., 2021)
React: Up and Running: Building Web Applications, 2nd Edition, by Stoyan Stefanov (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2021)
Security as Code: DevSecOps Patterns with AWS by BK Sarthak Das and Virginia Chu (O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2023)
Travel Guides
Get Away!: Design Your Ideal Trip, Travel with Ease, and Reclaim Your Freedom by David Axelrod (Lioncrest Publishing, 2022)
Moon Amalfi Coast: With Capri, Naples, and Pompeii (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Laura Thayer (Moon Travel, 2019)
Moon Bali & Lombok (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Chantae Reden (Moon Travel, 2020)
Moon Barcelona & Beyond: With Catalonia (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Carol Moran (Moon Travel, 2020)
Moon Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the Isle of Skye (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Sally Coffey (Moon Travel, 2019)
Moon Greek Islands and Athens (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Sarah Souli (Moon Travel, 2020)
Moon Ireland (Travel Guide), 3rd Edition, by Camille DeAngelis (Moon Travel, 2020)
Moon Norway (Travel Guide), 2nd Edition, by David Nikel (Moon Travel, 2019)
Moon Oslo (Travel Guide), 2nd Edition, by David Nikel (Moon Travel, 2019)
Moon Provence (Travel Guide), 1st Edition, by Jamie Ivey (Moon Travel, 2019)
Women's Focus
Bloom: 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Health, Cultivate Your Desires & Reignite Your Spark by Alejandra Carrasco, MD (Lioncrest Publishing, 2017)
The Happy Hormone Guide: A Plant-based Program to Balance Hormones, Increase Energy, & Reduce PMS Symptoms by Shannon Leparski (Blue Star Press, 2019)
How to Get Your Joy Back: A Women's Guide to Midlife Career Transformation by Marie Luchsinger (The Women's Career Transformation Network, 2016)
The Plant Based Cookbook for Women: Simple, Healthy Recipes to Increase Energy and Balance Hormone by Shannon Leparski (Blue Star Press, 2021)
The Sleeping Queen: The Divine Awakening of the Entrepreneurial Woman by Bettina Langerfeldt (Morgan James Publishing, 2017)
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser (Penguin Random House/Pantheon Books, 2022)
Writing and Publishing
Adventures in Research: Better, Faster Research Papers by Laura W. Harris (Ingram, 2017)
The IngramSpark Guide to Independent Publishing, International Edition by Brendan Clark (Graphic Arts Books, 2016)
The IngramSpark Guide to Independent Publishing, Revised Edition by Brendan Clark (Graphic Arts Books, 2018)
Metadata Essentials: Proven Techniques for Book Marketing and Discovery by Jake Handy and Margaret Harrison (Graphic Arts Books, 2018)
Subcontract Jobs: history, biography, political science, psychology, science, sociology
Sam Arnold-Boyd
