From Lannon, John. Technical Communication. Ninth ed.

Glossary tips:

- Define all terms unfamiliar to an intelligent layperson. When in doubt, overdefining is safer than underdefining.

- Define all terms that have a unique meaning in your report.

- List all terms in alphabetical order

- On first use, place an asterisk in the text by each item defined in the glossary.

- List the glossary and the first page number in teh table of contents.