Michelle Brumby
Location: Bristol
Membership Grade: Advanced Professional Member
Contact Info
General Experience
I am an Advanced Professional member of the Society of Indexers with 20 years’ experience of indexing – working with publishers, authors, self-publishers and packagers to deliver high-quality, objective and user-friendly back-of-the-book and periodical indexes, using specialist indexing software, both as standalone and embedded indexes. Having also worked as an information professional in social sciences and health information libraries for many years, both in the academic and charity sectors, my entire career has been spent helping people find information.
Although I am available to index most subjects aimed at a general readership, I specialise in indexing material in and about French and Spanish. I have a degree in French and Spanish and my recent commissions have included translating French indexes into English and vice versa, preparing indexes in English and French for a bilingual translation text, producing an index in French for a secondary education text book and the production of indexes in Spanish for Spanish language books aimed at an academic readership.
I am available throughout the year and pride myself on keeping to every deadline, as well as the positive feedback and word-of-mouth recommendations I receive from satisfied clients.
Subjects
I have worked as an information professional in a health library for over 15 years.
I have worked as an information professional in a health library for over 15 years.
I have worked as an information professional in a health library for 15 years.
Helén I, Snell K, Tarkkala H, Tupasela H. Genome Finland: from rare diseases to data economy. University of Helsinki Press, 2024.
Susam-Saraeva Ş, Spišiaková E eds. The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Health. Routledge, 2021.
Ortuño Casanova R, Álvarez-Tardío B, Gasquet A, Mojarro J, Sinardet E eds. Introducción a la literatura hispanofilipina. Routledge, 2024.
McGuinness M. Hustlers in the ivory tower: press and modernism from Mallarmé to Proust. Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Wood L, Zuber-Skerritt O eds. Shaping the future of higher education: positive and sustainable frameworks for navigating constant change. Helsinki University Press, 2024.
Modise M, Fonsén E, Heikka J, Phatudi N, Bøe M, Phala T eds. Global perspectives on leadership in early childhood education. Helsinki University Press, 2023.
Firth K. Writing well and being well for your PhD and beyond. Routledge, 2023.
Rainford J, Guccione K. Thriving in part-time doctoral study: integrating work, life and research. Routledge, 2023.
Parker L, Gillborn D. eds. Critical race theory in education. Routledge, 2020.
Price S, Hollis E. Essential guides for early career teachers: mental well-being and self care. Critical Publishing, 2019.
Stones S, Glazzard J. Positive mental health: staying mentally healthy during your teaching career. Critical Publishing, 2019.
Degree in French.
Tormey V, Trumper C, Israel J. Oxford IB Diploma Programme: IB Prepared: French B. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Eno AE. The Anglo-French Exchange: an advanced English-French/French-English translation book. Bright Ink Publications, 2021.
Mould M. Routledge dictionary of cultural references in modern French. Routledge, 2020.
Degree in Spanish.
Ortuño Casanova R, Álvarez-Tardío B, Gasquet A, Mojarro J, Sinardet E eds. Introducción a la literatura hispanofilipina. Routledge, 2024.
Colomina-Almiñana JJ, Sessarego S. Language patterns in Spanish and beyond: structure, context and development. Routledge, 2020.
Placencia ME, Padilla X. Guía práctica de pragmática del español. Routledge, 2019.
Belloro VE ed. La interfaz sintaxis-pragmática: estudios teóricos, descriptivos y experimentales. De Gruyter, 2019.
Keen interest in diet and nutrition and cooking. I would welcome commissions in this area.
I have a huge collection of cookery books and appreciate a good cookery book index. I would welcome commissions in this area.
3 years’ experience as an indexer for the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), a bibliographic social sciences database. I would welcome commissions aimed at a general readership.
Dazey M. Respectable Muslims: morals and manners of minority citizens in France. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Laako H, Sánchez- Ramírez G. Midwives in Mexico: situated politics, politically situated. Routledge, 2021.
Berque A. Poetics of the Earth: Natural History and Human History. Routledge, 2019.
Indexed large batches of content for Bloomsbury’s Drama Online database – an award-winning digital library featuring over 3,000 playtexts.
Monday M. Application of the Michael Chekhov technique to Shakespeare’s sonnets, soliloquies and monologues. Routledge, 2019.
I have been riding regularly since childhood and enjoy three-day eventing as a spectator.
McGuinness M. Hustlers in the ivory tower: press and modernism from Mallarmé to Proust. Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Treml T. Hot gospeller: the life and times of William Barlow, Reformation bishop. The Curmudgeon Press, 2023.
Boswell C, Chabal E eds. States of ignorance: governing irregular migrants in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Stanbridge PJ. Finding the constitution: why Britain’s system of government lost its way. Shakspeare Editorial, 2023.
Irish T. Feeding the mind: humanitarianism and the reconstruction of European intellectual life, 1919-1933. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Ackroyd M. The French debate: constitution and revolution, 1795-1800. Palgrave, 2021.
Nicholls S. Political thought in the French Wars of Religion. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Stammers T. Purchase of the past: collecting culture in post-revolutionary Paris c. 1790-1890. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Indexed batches of history books at chapter level for Bloomsbury’s History: Theory & Method database – an educational resource dedicated to historiography and the examination of historical theory and methods.
Degree in French. Have travelled extensively in France and have a keen interest in French culture.
Dazey M. Respectable Muslims: morals and manners of minority citizens in France. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
McGuinness M. Hustlers in the ivory tower: press and modernism from Mallarmé to Proust. Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Ackroyd M. The French debate: constitution and revolution, 1795-1800. Palgrave, 2021.
Nicholls S. Political thought in the French Wars of Religion. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Stammers T. Purchase of the past: collecting culture in post-revolutionary Paris c. 1790-1890. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Degree in Spanish. Have travelled extensively in Spain and have a keen interest in Spanish culture.
As a parent I have a vested interest in child development and would welcome commissions in this area.
As a parent I have read many parenting books over the years and would love to index in this area.
Degree in Spanish.
Indexes in Spanish prepared for:
Ortuño Casanova R, Álvarez-Tardío B, Gasquet A, Mojarro J, Sinardet E eds. Introducción a la literatura hispanofilipina. Routledge, 2024.
Placencia ME, Padilla X. Guía práctica de pragmática del español. Routledge, 2019.
Belloro VE ed. La interfaz sintaxis-pragmática: estudios teóricos, descriptivos y experimentales. De Gruyter, 2019.
Degree in French.
Indexes in French prepared for:
Tormey V, Trumper C, Israel J. Oxford IB Diploma Programme: IB Prepared: French B. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Eno AE. The Anglo-French Exchange: an advanced English-French/French-English translation book. Bright Ink Publications, 2021.
Indexes translated:
English to French:
Rtveladze E. Les terres d’Asie centrale. Scala, 2022.
French to English:
Berque A. Poetics of the Earth: natural history and human history. Routledge, 2019.
I welcome commissions aimed at a general readership.
Jenne EK, Popovic M, Siroky DS. Clients, rivals, rogues: why great powers intervene in revolutionary civil wars. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Poertner M. Creating partisans: the organizational roots of new parties in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Boswell C, Chabal E eds. States of ignorance: governing irregular migrants in Western Europe, 2023. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Stanbridge PJ. Finding the constitution: why Britain’s system of government lost its way. Shakspeare Editorial, 2023.
Laako H, Sánchez- Ramírez G. Midwives in Mexico: situated politics, politically situated. Routledge, 2021.
Nicholls S. Political thought in the French Wars of Religion. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Harding R. Rural democracy: elections and development in Africa. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Gänzle S, Leruth B et al. Differentiated integration and disintegration in a post-Brexit era. Routledge, 2019.
Bowring J. Landscape architecture criticism. Routledge, 2020.
Ellemers N, Pagliaro S. The Routledge international handbook of the psychology of morality. Routledge, 2023.
Dazey M. Respectable Muslims: morals and manners of minority citizens in France. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
van Dijk, TA. Social movement discourse: an introduction. Routledge, 2024.
McGuinness M. Hustlers in the ivory tower: press and modernism from Mallarmé to Proust. Liverpool University Press, 2024.
Poertner M. Creating partisans: the organizational roots of new parties in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Poertner M. Creating partisans: the organizational roots of new parties in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Green S, Lähteenaho S, Douzina-Bakalaki P, Rommel C, Viscomi J, Soto Bermant L, Scalco P. An Anthropology of crosslocations. Helsinki University Press, 2024.
Jenne EK, Popovic M, Siroky DS. Clients, rivals, rogues: why great powers intervene in revolutionary civil wars. Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Related qualifications
Other skills
Copy-Editing
Over 15 years' experience copy-editing a quarterly academic midwifery journal.
Have completed copy-editing courses with the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
Proofreading
Over fifteen years' experience proofreading a quarterly academic midwifery journal.
Have completed proofreading courses with the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
Abstracting
Twenty years' experience of abstracting and indexing records for Maternity and Infant Care, a bibliographic health database.
Three years' experience as an indexer for the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), a bibliographic social sciences database.
Embedded Indexing
Have used Index Manager indexing software to produce many embedded indexes for clients such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Critical Publishing as well as for self-publishing authors, in Word and InDesign formats.
Recent indexes include
Kincaid ER, Law from below: how the thought of Francisco Suárez, SJ, can renew contemporary legal engagement, Georgetown University Press, 2024
McGuinness M, Hustlers in the ivory tower: press and modernism from Mallarmé to Proust, Liverpool University Press, 2024
Poertner M, Creating partisans: the organizational roots of new parties in Latin America, Cambridge University Press, 2024
Green S et al, An Anthropology of crosslocations, Helsinki University Press, 2024
Dazey M, Respectable Muslims: morals and manners of minority citizens in France, Cambridge University Press, 2024
Helén I et al, Genome Finland: from rare diseases to data economy, Helsinki University Press, 2024
Ortuño Casanova R, Álvarez-Tardío B, Gasquet A, Mojarro J, Sinardet E eds, Introducción a la literatura hispanofilipina, Routledge, 2024
Wood L, Zuber-Skerritt O eds, Shaping the future of higher education: positive and sustainable frameworks for navigating constant change, Helsinki University Press, 2024
Jenne EK, Popovic M, Siroky DS, Clients, rivals, rogues: why great powers intervene in revolutionary civil wars, Cambridge University Press, 2025
Clients Include
Bloomsbury
Palgrave
Routledge
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Liverpool University Press
Georgetown University Press
Scala Arts & Heritage
De Gruyter
The Royal Society
Helsinki University Press
Critical Publishing
Special Publication Type
15 years’ experience proofreading and indexing a quarterly academic midwifery journal
Indexed:
Physics for the IB Diploma: course book – a science textbook aimed at 16-18 year olds.
Oxford IB Prepared French B – a bilingual assessment guidance textbook aimed at secondary school students.
The Anglo-French Exchange: an advanced English-French/French-English translation book – a bilingual textbook aimed at higher education students.
Guía práctica de pragmática del español – a Spanish language textbook aimed at higher education students.
Indexed Year Book of the Royal Society 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Indexed large batches of content for Bloomsbury’s Drama Online database – an award-winning digital library featuring over 3,000 playtexts.
Indexed batches of history books at chapter level for Bloomsbury’s History: Theory & Method database – an educational resource dedicated to historiography and the examination of historical theory and methods.
Over fifteen years’ experience of abstracting and indexing records for Maternity and Infant Care, a bibliographic health database.
Three years’ experience as an indexer for the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), a bibliographic social sciences database.
Tools
CINDEX
INDEX MANAGER
