A Model Retrospective Newspaper Index.

The article discusses a retrospective method of indexing newspapers. It mentions the author's way of reintroducing news and information in a dramatic fashion, and how he gathered entire news stories from newspapers and compiled it at index cards alphabetically. It also mentions that modern indexing demands solid background information on current events but indexing using a backward approach might disturb one's view of the world. The author uses headlines under the subject headings the way it appeared exactly in the newspaper, changing a few words for clarity. The retrospective method of newspaper indexing serves as a model and gives a number of advantages.