Mary Brooks
Indexing and Editorial Services
With more than 20 years of professional experience as an editor, indexer, writer, and proofreader, Mary Brooks offers:
Reasonable rates
On-time delivery
Familiarity with style guidelines
Demonstration of proven skills
Areas of interest and expertise
U.S. history, government, and politics
Texas history
Cultural and physical geography
Environmental studies
Fine arts and crafts
Textbooks
Teachers' guides and other educational materials
Rates
Rates are based on the individual project and on a client's needs. For back-of-the-book indexes, fees are calculated on a flat-fee basis, by the hour, or per indexable page. Please call or e-mail to discuss your project. All quotes are provided in writing.
Professional credentials
USDA Basic Indexing Course
Member, American Society of Indexers
Member, Women in Scholarly Publishing
Bachelor's Degree, Journalism, University of Missouri
Recent indexes
University of Kansas Press
Making San Francisco American: Cultural Frontiers in the Urban West, 1846-1906 (Barbara Berglund)
University of Washington Press
Knowing Southeast Asian Subjects (Laurie Sears)
Heroes, Hacks, and Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside (Ted Van Dyk)
Public Power, Private Dams: The Hells Canyon High Dam Controversy (Karl Brooks)
University of Nebraska Press
Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast, 1492-1715 (Paul Kelton)
University of Rochester Press
Crafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Elizabeth MacGonagle)
Selected editing projects
Microsoft Corporation
Encarta 96 World Atlas
Encarta 97 World Atlas
Encarta '95 Multimedia Encyclopedia
Automap Road Atlas: Trip Planning and Mapping Made Easy
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Holt American Government, United States History 8th-Grade Multimedia Program
The American Nation
World Geography Today
The World Today Gazetteer for World Geography Today
World Geography Today, Annotated Teacher's Edition
American Civics; Texas, Our Texas, Annotated Teacher's Edition
World History
We the People
Our Land, Our Time: A History of the United States, Annotated Teacher's Edition
Garraty's The Story of America: Beginnings to 1914
Garraty's The Story of America, Teacher's Resource Organizer
Art in America: History Transparencies and Teacher's Guide to Accompany Garraty's The Story of America
Hendrick-Long Publishing
Blue Northers to Sea Breezes: Texas Weather and Climate
The San Antonio Missions: A Study of Their History and Development with Accompanying Activities
Crossword Puzzles for Texas: The Land and Its People
Photo: National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park
Updated: 2 November 2007