This document discusses a Keyword Out of Context (KWOC) index, where keywords are extracted from titles and displayed as headings, with an asterisk replacing the keyword in the title. A KWOC index rotates keywords to the left margin to serve as access points, similar to subject headings. Entries under each keyword contain the title and page number but replace the keyword with an asterisk or symbol in the title. An example of a KWOC index is provided.

1. KWOC
Keyword Out of
Context

2. KWOC
Keyword out of Context
• Is also rotated index but the keywords that
become the access points are set off on the left
hand margin of the page or sometimes using
them as though they were subject headings.
• A keyword used as an entry point in a KWOC
index is not usually repeated in the title but is
replaced by an asterisk (*) or some symbols.

3. • KWOC (Keyword-Out-of-Context) index, for
instance, is a title index where the keywords are
extracted from the titles and displayed as a
heading.

4. Example
Blue-eyed * Cats in Texas……………………. 23
Cat The * and the Economy…………… 12
Cat The * and the Fiddle……………… 17
Cats Dogs and * and Their Diseases…… 3
Cats Blue-eyed * in Texas……………… 23
Diseases Dogs and cats and Their *………… 3
Dogs And Cats and Their Diseases …… 3
Economy The Cat and the * ………………….. 12
Fiddle The Cat and the * …………………. 12
Texas Blue-eyed Cats in * ……………… 23