See also retrieval devices, factual genres, information books An index is the ‘key’ to locating specific information and is an important element in children’s non-narrative information books. Bakewell and Williams (2000) conducted a...

In the semiotics of C.S.Peirce, a class of signs in which the relation between the sign and that which it designates does not rest on convention ( symbol) or similarity ( icon), but on a direct real (causal) relationship to the singular object actually...

(pl. indices) // n. (also referential index) An annotation added to an element in a sentence, particularly to a noun phrase, to specify its reference. This is usually only necessary when two or more NPs occur in the same sentence, and the possibility...

An investment strategy based on choosing a portfolio of stocks likely to achieve the total return to the stocks in a stock market index. See also: enhanced...

An index is a system used to make finding information easier. Index may also refer...