The following rules apply to all four title fields in Biblioscape. They are: Title, Sec_title, Tert_title, and Quat_title.
- Enter titles without a period or any other punctuation at the end. This should be left for the Output Style to add if needed. This does not apply to the abbreviated journal name for Sec_title.
- Title field can take up to 255 characters. This limit can be removed if the field type is changed to "memo" with Restructure utility.
- Although the Biblioscape styles can change the capitalization of titles, it is best to capitalize the title in the same way you would like it to be capitalized in your bibliographies. Because there are many exceptions for capitalization, this task is best done by a real person instead of a computer.
Short Title
Short Title is the abbreviated version of the regular title. In many humanities styles, a short title is used in citations to identify which reference is being cited. For example, MLA style requires that a short title be added to the in-text citation to identify works by the same author. A regular in-text citation in MLA requires only the author name and cited page, like (Smith 278). But if there are multiple works by that author, MLA requires that the title, or a shortened form of it be added to the citation. If the regular title is long, like "Exploring All Possibilities in Your Life - The Yates Isaccson Story". You should enter a short form of the title that starts with the first word. For example: (Smith, Exploring 278).