Cathryn Pritchard, ​BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MSocInd(Adv)

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Membership Grade: Advanced Professional Member

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General Experience

I produce indexes in a range of subject areas.

I qualified as an indexer in 2011 and was runner-up for the Betty Moys Prize, which is awarded each year to an outstanding new indexer completing the Society of Indexers’ training course. I am now an Advanced Professional Member of the Society of Indexers.

Since qualifying I have indexed over 600 books. I index academic and professional texts, university textbooks and books aimed at a general readership.

For further information please visit my website.

Subjects

Biology

Within Biology I’ve indexed many books in Ecology, Entomology, Natural History and Ornithology. Please see these categories below for example indexes.

Other particular areas of interest are Evolution and Genetics. I studied evolution as part of my Geosciences degree. Recent indexes include:

Blossoms: And the genes that make them, Maxine F. Singer (OUP, 2016)
Urban Evolutionary Biology, Marta Szulkin, Jason Munshi-South & Anne Charmantier (OUP, 2020)
Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution, Elsa Panciroli (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021)
The Gene’s-Eye View of Evolution, J. Arvid Ågren (OUP, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Earth Sciences

I have a degree in Geosciences which covered geology, geophysics, earth systems science, evolution, oceanography and geohazards.

I have indexed a range of books in Earth Sciences. Recent indexes include:

Mineralization and Sustainable Development in the West African Craton (Geological Society, 2021)
Forensic Soil Science and Geology (Geological Society, 2021)
Stable Isotope Studies of the Water Cycle and Terrestrial Environments (Geological Society, 2021)
The Basins, Orogens and Evolution of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean (Geological Society, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Ecology

I have indexed a range of books in Ecology. Recent indexes include:

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology (Second Edition), Ian Douglas, et al., eds. (Routledge, 2020)
An Introduction to Spatial Data Analysis, Martin Wegmann, Jakob Schwalb-Willmann & Stefan Dech (Pelagic Publishing, 2020)
Urban Evolutionary Biology, Marta Szulkin, Jason Munshi-South & Anne Charmantier (OUP, 2020)
Ecology of Coastal Marine Sediments, Simon F. Thrush, Judi E. Hewitt, Conrad A. Pilditch & Alf Norkko (OUP, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Entomology

I have indexed a number of books in Entomology, including

Leaf Beetles (Naturalists Handbooks), Dave Hubble (Pelagic Publishing, 2017)
Butterflies (British Wildlife Collection), Martin Warren (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2021)
His Imperial Majesty: A Natural History of the Purple Emperor, Matthew Oates (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2021)
Ants (British Wildlife Collection), Richard Jones (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2022)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Environmental Science

I studied areas of environmental science as part of my Geosciences degree and have indexed many books on the environment.

Subject areas indexed include Environmental Science, Climate Change, Sustainability, Green Economy, Renewable Energies, Sustainable Building. Recent indexes include:

Political Agroecology, Manuel González de Molina (Routledge, 2019)
Global Environmental Politics, Jean-Frédéric Morin, Amandine Orsini & Sikina Jinnah (OUP, 2020)
The Routledge Handbook of the Bioarchaeology of Climate and Environmental Change, Gwen Robbins Schug (Routledge, 2020)
Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts, C. Parker Krieg & Reetta Toivanen (Helsinki University Press, 2021)
Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Cities, David C. Major & Sirkku Juhola (Helsinki University Press, 2021)
Our Biggest Experiment: A History of the Climate Crisis, Alice Bell (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Geology

I have a degree in Geosciences which covered geology, geophysics, earth systems science, evolution, oceanography and geohazards.

I have indexed a range of books in Geology. Recent indexes include:

The Andaman-Nicobar Accretionary Ridge: Geology, Tectonics and Hazards (Geological Society, 2017)
Mineralization and Sustainable Development in the West African Craton (Geological Society, 2021)
Forensic Soil Science and Geology (Geological Society, 2021)
The Basins, Orogens and Evolution of the Southern Gulf of Mexico and Northern Caribbean (Geological Society, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Natural History

I have indexed a range of books in Natural History. Recent indexes include:

Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and its Birds, Benedict Macdonald (Pelagic Publishing, 2019)
Woodland Flowers (British Wildlife Collection), Keith Kirby (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2020)
On the Trail of Wolves, Philippa Forrester (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2020)
Heathlands (British Wildlife Collection), Clive Chatters (Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2021)

Please also see under Ornithology and Entomology, or visit my website for further examples.

Ornithology

I have indexed a number of books in Ornithology, including

Behind the Binoculars: Interviews with acclaimed birdwatchers, Mark Avery & Keith Betton (Pelagic Publishing, 2015)
Rebirding: Rewilding Britain and its Birds, Benedict Macdonald (Pelagic Publishing, 2019)
Vagrancy in Birds, Alexander Lees and James Gilroy (Helm, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Popular Medicine (Works Intended For Lay Readers)

I have indexed a number of books in Popular Medicine and Health, including:

Ebola: Profile of a Killer Virus, Dorothy H. Crawford (OUP, 2016)
Viral Pandemics: From Smallpox to COVID-19, Rae- Ellen W. Kavey & Allison B. Kavey (Routledge, 2020)
Understanding Yoga Therapy, Marlysa Sullivan (Routledge, 2020)
The Psychology of Covid-19: Building Resilience for Future Pandemics, Joel Vos (SAGE, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.

Sciences (All Areas)

I have a degree in Geosciences which covered geology, geophysics, earth systems science, evolution, oceanography and geohazards.

Within Science I’ve indexed many books in Earth Sciences, Geology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Biology, Natural History, Entomology and Ornithology. Please see these categories above for example indexes.

I also index all areas of Popular Science, recent indexes include:

Celestial Tapestry: The Warp and Weft of Art and Mathematics, Nicholas Mee (OUP, 2020)
First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time, Emma Chapman (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2020)
Models of the Mind, Grace Lindsay (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021)
Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution, Elsa Panciroli (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021)
Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and Life, Simone Marchi (OUP, 2021)
Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces, Laurie Winkless (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021)

Please visit my website for further examples.


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