Learning to index my own project

["Jennifer C. Bennett" <fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hello,

I am a technical writer working in the software industry.  I've been working 
on a large RoboHelp 7 Web Help project.  I really need to create an index 
for this project - but I want to go about it the right way, and I'm not sure 
where to begin.  I don't trust the RoboHelp "Smart Index" feature for 
creating an index.  It might be more useful for a smaller project.  Since 
the project is so large, I am tending to think that the index should be well 
thought out, rather than relying on an automated system.

I've looked up a couple books on Amazon - does anyone have any insight as to 
whether these books would be useful for someone who is indexing her own 
WebHelp projects?  My goal is simply to make the information in the WebHelp 
project (which is also compiled into DOC and PDF files) as easy as possible 
for my users to locate.

*  Can I create an excellent index from scratch using "Indexes:  A Chapter 
from the Chicago Manual of Style"?  (nice price!)

Or should I purchase a book that is more in-depth on the subject - or would 
that be overkill?  The books I've been looking at include:
*  "Indexing Books" by Nancy C. Mulvany (As mentioned in the title, this 
book is for indexing *books* - does the information   translate to indexing 
for WebHelp?)
* "The Indexing Companion" by Glenda Browne and Jon Jermey

Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Jennifer 

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