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A list of cited passages ordered by source rather than by topic.
Also known as: Index of passages, Citation index scholarly
An index locorum lists every passage a book cites, ordered by the cited work rather than by subject. It answers a different question from a subject index — what does this book say about that passage — and a scholarly edition without one is hard to use in the other direction.
Lists every passage cited in a work, ordered by the cited source rather than by topic.
Contexts: History
Answers the reverse question from a subject index, letting a reader find what a book says about a passage they already have in front of them.
Contexts: History
Columns of abbreviated work titles with numerals for book, chapter and line, followed by page references.