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[[File:Blacks-Law-Dictionary.jpg|thumb|A dictionary with thumb indexes (on the right).]] |
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A '''thumb index''', also called a '''cut-in index'''<ref>{{cite web|title=thumb index|url=http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt3508.html|work=Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology|publisher=Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation|accessdate=8 May 2012}}</ref> or an '''index notch'''<ref>''Popular Mechanics'', September 1956, page 184, [https://books.google.com/books?id=peEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=%22index+notches%22+in+reference+books&source=bl&ots=GAMag_Af2g&sig=DKe-3vANJrr907E3rGaRmpEZE14&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMqd_lvMLUAhUIWj4KHQrqCxgQ6AEINTAD#v=onepage&q=%22index%20notches%22%20in%20reference%20books&f=false (web link)]</ref>, is a round cut-out in the pages of [[dictionaries]], [[encyclopedia]]s, |
A '''thumb index''', also called a '''cut-in index'''<ref>{{cite web|title=thumb index|url=http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt3508.html|work=Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology|publisher=Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation|accessdate=8 May 2012}}</ref> or an '''index notch'''<ref>''Popular Mechanics'', September 1956, page 184, [https://books.google.com/books?id=peEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=%22index+notches%22+in+reference+books&source=bl&ots=GAMag_Af2g&sig=DKe-3vANJrr907E3rGaRmpEZE14&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMqd_lvMLUAhUIWj4KHQrqCxgQ6AEINTAD#v=onepage&q=%22index%20notches%22%20in%20reference%20books&f=false (web link)]</ref>, is a round cut-out in the pages of [[dictionaries]], [[encyclopedia]]s, [[Bibles]] and other large religious books, and various sectioned, often [[alphabetic]], [[reference work]]s, used to locate entries starting at a particular [[letter (alphabet)|letter]] or section. The individual notches are called '''thumb cuts'''. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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A thumb index, also called a cut-in index[1] or an index notch[2], is a round cut-out in the pages of dictionaries, encyclopedias, Bibles and other large religious books, and various sectioned, often alphabetic, reference works, used to locate entries starting at a particular letter or section. The individual notches are called thumb cuts.
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References
- ^ "thumb index". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ Popular Mechanics, September 1956, page 184, (web link)
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