The listings in this directory were prepared by the members of the Gardening and Environmental Studies Special Interest Group to facilitate communication among members and to aid publishers, authors, and others who seek the services of qualified, dependable indexers.
On this page is an alphabetical listing of members with their interests and qualifications.
We also provide a categorized listing of members who specialize in particular project formats, languages, and subject areas.
Disclaimer: This group makes no representation, guarantee, or warranty regarding the quality of any member’s work. Work agreements, including fee schedules, are negotiated between the individual indexer and the client. Members of the Gardening/Environmental Studies SIG are also members of the American Society for Indexing.
Alphabetical listing of indexers
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Connie Binder, MLS
332 Compton Ave.
Laurel, MD 20707-4345, USA
Telephone: (301) 602-7307
Email: connie@conniebinder.com
Website: http://www.conniebinder.com
Formats: back-of-book, catalogs, images, Latin (botanical), reference materials
Subjects: anthropology, botany/botanical illustration, composting, ethnoecology/native peoples, food plants and foodways, gardening/organic gardening, health and the environment, herbs and herbals, natural history, oceanography/marine sciences, outdoor recreation, wildlife
Providing freelance indexing services since 1998, I create indexes that are tailored to your needs. I work independently and make professional decisions according to best practices in indexing but never lose sight of the fact that the final index belongs to you. I provide quality service, competitive rates, and a very positive attitude.
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Gina Guilinger
Weight of the Word Indexing Service
7140 Simms St. Unit 106
Arvada, CO, 80004, USA
Telephone: (303) 619-2332
Email: gina@weightoftheword.com
Website: https://weightoftheword.com/
Formats: back-of-book, large projects, reference materials, technical manuals
Subjects: environmental history, environmental science, food plants and foodways, geology/earth sciences, health and the environment, herbs and herbals, land use and planning, natural history, natural resources, oceanography/marine sciences, outdoor recreation, wildlife
Weight of the Word Indexing provides high quality user-friendly back-of-the-book indexes for trade, scholarly, and children’s authors and publishers.
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Kelly Jones
Inquiring Finds Indexing
PO Box 33023
Seattle, WA 98133
Email: kelly@inquiringfinds.com
Website: https://inquiringfinds.com
Formats: back-of-book
Subjects: agriculture/agronomy, composting, crafts, food plants and foodways, gardening/organic gardening, gardens and garden history, horticulture, landscape design and history
If you’re looking for a back-of-the-book index that’s clear, functional, and will give readers what they need to access what’s in your book, please contact me. My specialties include children’s nonfiction, teen/YA nonfiction, and adult trade books for a general audience, particularly books on gardening/horticulture, backyard chickens, urban and small-scale farming, cookbooks and food preservation, and craft/DIY books.
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George Newman
PO Box 167
Hartwood, VA 22471
Telephone: 540-903-9931
Email: george@georgenewman.com
Website: https://georgenewman.com/
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Lisa Ryan
Stellar Searches LLC
82 Inwood Circle
Worthington, WV 26591, USA
Telephone: 859-432-9585
Email: lryan@stellarsearches.com
Website: www.stellarsearches.com
Formats: books, databases, journals and periodicals, large projects, newsletters, newspapers
Subjects: agriculture/agronomy, biology/life sciences, conservation, ecology, environmental history, environmental science, forestry, gardening/organic gardening, health and the environment, horticulture, land use and planning, natural resources, outdoor recreation, plant physiology and pathology, wildlife
Stellar Searches LLC provides high quality indexing and abstracting in environmental studies and science, but is not limited to those fields. We conduct back-of-the-book indexing services, producing customized and comprehensive indexes. Meeting tight deadlines, we provide fast, accurate, and professional indexes. The founder and developer of Stellar Searches LLC, Lisa Ryan, has a Master of Science Degree in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and at the Center for Transportation and the Environment at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
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Kristen St.John
Kristen St.John Books
Palo Alto, CA, USA
Email: kstjohnbooks@gmail.com
Website: https://www.kstjohnbooks.com
Formats: books, catalogs, journals & periodicals, languages: Latin, Greek, and French (reading), large projects, newsletters, reference materials, thesaurus construction
Subjects: archaeology/archaeobotany, botany/botanical Illustration, food plants and foodways, gardening/organic gardening, gardens and garden history, herbs and herbals, horticulture, landscape design and history, nursery operations, pest control
I write clear and concise indexes. I have a strong interest in gardening, landscape design, landscape architecture, and botany. My background in Classics makes me comfortable with botanical and scientific Latin and Greek.