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Whether you are indexing newspapers or other volumes like scrapbooks with orphan articles or clippings, you should start by creating a Publication record to act as the “parent” for your indexed content. This helps gather your index records according to their relationship to the parent and each other and ensures that any future digiti of full-run can be linked to your index records for reciprocal discovery. See the Managing Newspaper Publications & Issues Manual for details on creating and managing Publication records Newspaper and other volumes. Article and clipping records require at least a title, as well, they can include the Publication of origin (inherited), Publication or Event date, page locations (linked or textual), and can have full metadata records and, if not associated with an existing digital page, scans associated with them.