Directory of Indexers
in the Pacific Northwest
by Specialty & Skill

This is a self-selected list of indexers who are members of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Society for Indexing and are willing to be contacted about freelance indexing projects. The PNW Chapter encourages each publisher to discuss projects with indexers and confirm appropriate qualifications.

How to Use This Guide

1. If you are seeking an indexer by name or business name, go to the alphabetical list of indexers page.
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2. If you wish to locate an indexer who specializes in your book's topic, who has certain software skills, language skills, or who specializes in indexing certain types of materials, use the table of subject specialties below or scroll down this page.

Members of PNW/ASI wishing to be included in the Directory should visit the Application page.

This Directory and its earlier editions would not have been possible without the contributions of volunteers, especially Martha Osgood, Kristin Manke, Cheryl Landes, and Debra Spidal.

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Jump to these Subject Specialties and Skills Categories:
A
Administration & Management || Aging || Agriculture || Alternative Medicine || Anthropology || Art & Antiques || Architecture || Archival Studies || Area Studies || Art & Art History || Arts, General || Astronomy || Aviation
B
Behavioral Science || Bibliographies || Biography || Biology || Botany || Business
C
Catalogs || CD-ROMs || Chemistry || Children's Books || Communications || Computer & Technical Manuals || Computer Programming Languages || Computer Science || Controlled Vocabulary  || Cookbooks || Copyediting || Corporate Documents || Culinary Arts
D
Databases/Knowledge Bases || Demography || Developmental Editing || Directories
E
Earth Sciences || Ecology || Economics || Education || Electronics || Encyclopedias || Engineering || English || Environmental Studies || Ethics
F
Fiber Arts || Fish & Wildlife || Folklore & Fairy Tales || Food & Wine || Foreign Policy || Forensic Science || Forestry || FrameMaker || French
G
Gardening & Horticulture || Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies || Genealogy || Geography || Gerontology || Government Documents || Graphic
H
Health || HELP Authoring || History || Hobbies & Entertainment || How-To || HTML (indexing about HTML as a subject) || HTML (indexing of HTML documents) || Human Rights || Humanities, General
I
Industry, General || Indexes, General || International Relations || Investing
J
Journalism
L
Landscape Architecture || Language Specialties || Law || Legal Documents || Library & Information Science || Linguistics || Literature
M
Marketing || Mathematics || Medicine || Multimedia
N
Natural History || Norwegian Bokmal || Nursing
O
Online Help || Outdoor Recreation
P
Pacific Northwest || PageMaker || Performing Arts || Periodicals || Philosophy || Photographs (indexing of) || Political Science || Politics/World Politics || Popular Non-fiction || Prevention & Wellness || Proofreading || Psychiatry || Psychology || Public Administration
R
Real Estate || Recordings || Reference || Religion || RoboHelp
S
Scholarly || Sciences, General || Self-Help ||  Social History  ||  Social Sciences || Software || Software Skills || Spirituality || Software Development || Statistics
T
Taxonomies || Technology, General || Textbooks || Tradebooks, Nonfiction || Transportation || Travel
U
Urban Planning
V
Veterinary || Vocabularies, controlled
W
WinHelp || Women's Studies || Word for Windows or Mac || Writing and Publishing ||

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Specialties and Skills

Acupuncture. See Alternative Medicine

Administration & Management
Access Points Indexing
Allex Indexing
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services

Aging. See Gerontology

Agriculture (see also Gardening & Horticulture)
The Last Word
Right to the Point Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES

Alternative Medicine
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Griffiths Indexing
Right to the Point Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services

Anthropology
True North Indexing Services
Write Guru
Yager Indexing Services

Architecture
Indexplorations

Archival Studies
bookmark: editing & indexing

Area Studies
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services

Art/Antiques
Vermillion Indexing Professionals

Art & Art History
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Columbia Indexing Group
Indexplorations
Write Guru

Arts, General
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Fine Point Editorial Services
Gerth, Nancy
Indexplorations
Top Hat Word & Index

Astronomy
Gerth, Nancy

Aviation (see also Transportation)
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Behavioral Science (see also Gerontology; Psychology)
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Indexplorations
Right to the Point Indexing
Weaver Indexing Service

Bibliographies
Allex Indexing
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Weaver Indexing Service

Biography
Access Points Indexing
Allex Indexing
All Sky Indexing
Blue Water Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Sherry L. Smith Indexing Services
Vashon Island WordWrights
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Biology
Columbia Indexing Group
Griffiths Indexing

Botany
English or French Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES

Business (see also Administration & Management)
Allex Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Griffiths Indexing
Index Plus
Kawabata, Julie
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Weaver Indexing Service
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Catalogs
Allex Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Fine Point Editorial Services
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Weaver Indexing Service

CD-ROMs
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie

Children's Books
Allex Indexing
Blue Water Indexing
Vashon Island WordWrights

Chemistry
Yager Indexing Services

Chiropractic Medicine. See Alternative Medicine

Communications
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Tabby Cat Communications

Computer Programming Languages
Northwest Indexing
Rush, Ed

Computer Science
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Northwest Indexing
Rush, Ed
Tabby Cat Communications

Computer and Technical Manuals
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Rush, Ed
Tabby Cat Communications
Top Hat Word & Index
Vashon Island WordWrights
Write Guru

Controlled Vocabularies
Key Information Service
Salmon Bay Indexing

Cookbooks
Allex Indexing
All Sky Indexing
Back Words Indexing
Bell Book & Index
bookmark: editing & indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
The Last Word
Salmon Bay Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Vashon Island WordWrights
Write Guru

Copyediting
Patricia Masserman Editing

Corporate Documents
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services

Crafts. See also Hobbies & Entertainment
Bell Book & Index

Culinary Arts. (see also Cookbooks)
Bell Book & Index
Vermillion Indexing Professionals

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Databases/Knowledge Bases
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Write Guru

Demography
True North Indexing Services

Developmental Editing
Patricia Masserman Editing

Directories
Allex Indexing
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Salmon Bay Indexing
Weaver Indexing Service

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Earth Sciences
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Right to the Point Indexing
Ryan Indexing

Ecology (see also Environmental Studies; Fish & Wildlife)
English or French Indexing
True North Indexing Services

Economics
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Kawabata, Julie
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES

Education
Allex Indexing
Blue Water Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Columbia Indexing Group
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Griffiths Indexing
Index Plus
Northwest Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Top Hat Word & Index

Electronics
Kawabata, Julie

Encyclopedias
Allex Indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Columbia Indexing Group
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Weaver Indexing Service
Write Guru

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Engineering
Kawabata, Julie

Environmental Studies (see also Ecology; Fish & Wildlife)
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
English or French Indexing
Indexplorations
The Last Word
Right to the Point Indexing
Ryan Indexing
Salmon Bay Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Top Hat Word & Index
True North Indexing Services
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Ethics  (see also Philosophy)
Northwest Indexing

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Finance. See Business

Fiber Arts
The Last Word
Northwest Indexing
Vashon Island WordWrights

Fish and Wildlife (see also Ecology; Environmental Studies)
English or French Indexing
Ryan Indexing
True North Indexing Services

Food and Wine (see also Cookbooks)
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Top Hat Word & Index

Foreign Policy (see also Political Science/Politics)
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Columbia Indexing Group

Forensic Science
Yager Indexing Services

Forestry
English or French Indexing
Fine Point Editorial Services
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
True North Indexing Services

FrameMaker
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Rush, Ed
Write Guru

French
English or French Indexing

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Garden & Horticulture
bookmark: editing & indexing
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Indexplorations
The Last Word
Right to the Point Indexing
Vashon Island WordWrights
Vermillion Indexing Professionals

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Studies
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Northwest Indexing

Genealogy
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services

Geography
Blue Water Indexing
Indexploration
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Top Hat Word & Index

Gerontology
Write Guru

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Government Documents
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Ryan Indexing
Weaver Indexing Service

Graphics (indexing of images)
The Last Word
Vermillion Indexing Professionals

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Health (see also Wellness and Prevention; Alternative Medicine; Medicine)
All Sky Indexing
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Fine Point Editorial Services
Right to the Point Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Salmon Bay Indexing
Vermillion Indexing Professionals
Write Guru

Help Authoring. (see also Online Help)
Patricia Masserman Editing

History. See also Natural History; Social History
Access Points Indexing
All Sky Indexing
Back Words Indexing
Blue Water Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Columbia Indexing Group
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Vashon Island WordWrights
Vermillion Indexing Professionals
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Hobbies and Entertainment
Bell Book & Index
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing

How-To
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Gerth, Nancy

HTML (indexing of HTML documents)
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Rush, Ed

HTML (indexing about HTML as a subject)
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Rush, Ed
Tabby Cat Communications

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Human Rights
Indexplorations

Humanities, General (see also Arts, General; Behavioral Science)
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Fine Point Editorial Services
Griffiths Indexing
Northwest Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Images. See Graphics; Photography

Indexes, General
Key Information Service

Industry, General
Fine Point Editorial Services

Information Science. See Library & Information Science

International Relations. See Political Science/Politics

Investing
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services

Journalism
Rush, Ed

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Landscape Architecture
Indexplorations

Law
Access Points Indexing
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Index Plus

Legal Documents
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Index Plus

Library & Information Science
Allex Indexing
Blue Water Indexing

Linguistics (see also specific languages)
Back Words Indexing

Literature
All Sky Indexing
Blue Water Indexing
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Columbia Indexing Group
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Management. See Administration & Management

Marketing
Access Points Indexing
Kawabata, Julie

Mathematics
All Sky Indexing
Columbia Indexing Group
Write Guru

Medicine (see also Alternative Medicine; Health)
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Fine Point Editorial Services
Right to the Point Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Weaver Indexing Service
Write Guru
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Multimedia
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Natural History
Blue Water Indexing
English or French Indexing
Right to the Point Indexing
Ryan Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
True North Indexing Services

Norwegian Bokmal
True North Indexing Services

Nursing
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Write Guru

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Online Help
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Patricia Masserman Editing
Top Hat Word & Index
Vashon Island WordWrights
Write Guru

Outdoor Recreation
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Ryan Indexing

Index of Specialties
To Indexer Contact Page

Pacific Northwest (Includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, BC, Alberta)
Back Words Indexing
Bell Book & Index
Blue Water Indexing
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Salmon Bay Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Vashon Island WordWrights

PageMaker
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.

Performing Arts
Indexplorations

Periodicals (journals, magazines, newsletters)
Allex Indexing
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Griffiths Indexing
Index Plus
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Salmon Bay Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
True North Indexing Services
Weaver Indexing Service
Write Guru

Philosophy See also Ethics
Back Words Indexing
Gerth, Nancy

Philosophy of Religion. See Religious Studies/Theology

Photographs (indexing of images) (see also Graphics)
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Salmon Bay Indexing
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Vermillion Indexing Professionals

Political Science
Access Points Indexing
bookmark: editing & indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Weaver Indexing Service
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Politics/World Politics
All Sky Indexing
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Columbia Indexing Group
Top Hat Word & Index

Popular Non-fiction
bookmark: editing & indexing

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Proofreading
English or French
Patricia Masserman Editing

Psychiatry
Weaver Indexing Service

Psychology
Access Points Indexing
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Index Plus
True North Indexing Services
Weaver Indexing Service
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Public Administration
Weaver Indexing Service

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Real Estate
All Sky Indexing

Recordings

Reference
Allex Indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Columbia Indexing Group
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Ryan Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
Weaver Indexing Service

Religious Studies/Theology
Back Words Indexing
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Northwest Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

RoboHelp
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Write Guru

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Scholarly
Back Words Indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
English or French Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Ryan Indexing
Salmon Bay Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Sherry L. Smith INDEXING SERVICES
True North Indexing Services
Weaver Indexing Service
Write Guru

Sciences, General (see also specific sciences, e.g. Biology)
English or French Indexing
Gerth, Nancy
Right to the Point Indexing
Rush, Ed
Ryan Indexing
Yager Indexing Services

Self-Help
Allex Indexing
All Sky Indexing
Index Plus

Social History
Bell Book & Index

Social Sciences (see also specific fields)
Access Points Indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Do Mi Stauber Indexing
Fine Point Editorial Services
Index Plus
Northwest Indexing
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
Weaver Indexing Service
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Software
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Rush, Ed
Tabby Cat Communications
Write Guru

Software Development
Patricia Masserman Editing
Rush, Ed
Tabby Cat Communications

Spirituality. See Religious Studies

Statistics
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
True North Indexing Services

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Taxonomies
Key Information Service
Salmon Bay Indexing

Technology, General
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Kawabata, Julie
Rush, Ed

Textbooks
Access Points Indexing
Allex Indexing
Back Words Indexing
Breffni Whelan Indexing Services
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Cher Paul Indexing & Editing Services
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Fine Point Editorial Services
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Index Plus
Kawabata, Julie
The Last Word
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Scott Smiley, Ph.D., Indexer of Books
True North Indexing Services
Vermillion Indexing Professionals
Weaver Indexing Service
Write Guru

Theology. See Religious Studies/Theology.

Tradebooks, Nonfiction
Access Points Indexing
Bell Book & Index
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
English or French Indexing
The Last Word
True North Indexing Services

Transportation (see also Aviation)
Kawabata, Julie
Vashon Island WordWrights

Travel
Allex Indexing
All Sky Indexing
Bell Book & Index
Blue Water Indexing
Candace Hyatt Indexing Services
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Gerth, Nancy
The Last Word
Top Hat Word & Index

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

Urban Planning
Indexplorations
Ryan Indexing
Top Hat Word & Index

Veterinary
Brusin, Joyce Helena
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Vocabularies, controlled
Key Information Service

Wellness and Prevention (see also Health)
All Sky Indexing
Griffiths Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services
Writers Unlimited, Inc.

Wildlife. See Fish & Wildlife

WinHelp
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Patricia Masserman Editing

Women's Studies
Bell Book & Index
Index Plus
Northwest Indexing
Oak Grove Indexing Services

WORD for Windows or Mac
Colleen Dunham Indexing, Inc.
Catharyn Martz Indexing Services
Fine Point Editorial Services
Gerth, Nancy
Griffiths Indexing
Kawabata, Julie
Oak Grove Indexing Services
True North Indexing Services
Write Guru

Writing and Publishing
The Last Word
Northwest Indexing
Tabby Cat Communications

Subject Specialties - top
To Indexer Contact Page

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