Help: Titles
Determining the Title Type
| Examples | Select this “Title Type” |
|---|---|
| Work has only one title | “Title of Work Being Registered” |
| Song on an album | “Title of Work Being Registered’ |
Album title (if you are registering the entire album) |
“Title of Work Being Registered” |
Track title on an album (if you are registering the entire album) |
“Contents Titles” |
| Album title (if you’re registering one track from the album) | “Title of Larger Work” |
| Episode of a TV series, or podcast | “Title of Work Being Registered” |
| Title of a TV series, or podcast (if you’re registering one episode from the series) | "Series Title” |
| One article from a magazine | “Title of Work Being Registered” |
Magazine title (if you’re registering one article from the magazine) |
“Title of Larger Work” |
| One book in a series | “Title of Work Being Registered” |
| Title of a book series (if you’re registering one book from the series) | “Series Title” |
| Previous or alternative title | "Previous or Alternative Title” |
More Information on Title Types
Listed below are explanations of each title type.
- Title of Work Being Registered
- Previous or Alternative Title
- Title of Larger Work
- Series Title
- Contents Title
Title of Work Being Registered
This is the title of the specific work you want to register. It is the main title by which the work is known. The work to be registered could be one work, a collection of works (such as an album or anthology), or an individual contribution appearing in a larger work (such as one song from an album or one short story from an anthology).
| Examples | Select “Title of Work Being Registered” for the title shown in this column | Select another Title Type for related titles as shown in this column (if any) |
|---|---|---|
A novel, song, movie or painting entitled, The Sun Also Sets (no other related title) |
The Sun Also Sets | n/a |
| Britney Shields Debut Album, contains 10 original songs, all of the songs are being registered | Britney Shields Debut Album | Select “Contents Titles” when entering the title of each song on the album |
| Beautiful Day, a short story from the anthology Jane Smith’s Short Stories (if you are registering just this short story, rather than the entire anthology) | Beautiful Day | Select “Title of Larger Work” when entering the title of the anthology |
Previous or Alternative Title
This is the previous or secondary title by which the particular work you want to register may be known. This may include the title in another language.
| Examples | Select “Title of Work Being Registered” for the title shown in this column | Select “Previous of Alternative Title” for the title shown in this column |
|---|---|---|
| A song, novel, movie or painting entitled, My Old Ohio Home previously known under the title, Take Me Back to Cincinnati | My Old Ohio Home | Take Me Back to Cincinnati |
| A novel entitled, The Black and the Red, translated from the French novel, Le Noir et le Rouge | The Black and the Red | Le Noir et le Rouge |
Title of Larger Work
This is the title of a larger work that contains the work you want to register. For example, if you are registering one track from an album, the title of the track is the “Title of Work Being Registered” and the title of the album is the “Title of Larger Work.”
| Examples | Select “Title of Work Being Registered” for the title shown in this column | Select “Title of Larger Work” for the title shown in this column |
|---|---|---|
| "Melody in G," a song on the album, All of My Songs | Melody in G | All of My Songs |
| "Running a Marathon," an article published in Field & Track magazine | Running a Marathon | Field & Track (Include the issue date, volume, and number here, if applicable.) |
| "Why I Live at the A&P," a story from the anthology, Stories by American Women | Why I Live at the A&P | Stories by American Women |
Series Title
This is the title of a series of works, such as a TV series, a podcast, or a series of books by the same author. Typically, the work being registered is one episode or one installment from the series.
| Examples | Select “Title of Work Being Registered” for the title shown in this column | Select “Series Title” for the title shown in this column |
|---|---|---|
Life of Mozart, one book in the series, Lives of Great Composers |
Life of Mozart | Lives of Great Composers |
"Tina Goes Home," a screenplay for one episode of the TV series, All My Grandchildren |
Tina Goes Home (include the episode number if applicable) | All My Grandchildren |
| Episode 113: Interview with Sasquatch, from a the podcast, Cryptids, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! | Interview with Sasquatch (include the episode number if applicable) | Cryptids, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! |
Contents Title
These are the titles of separate and independent works that appear within a larger work.
| Examples | Select “Title of Work Being Registered” for the title shown in this column | Select “Contents Titles” for the titles shown in this column |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Smith’s Short Stories an anthology containing 10 short stories, all of the stories are being registered | Jane Smith’s Short Stories | Beautiful Day, Long Road to Nowhere, Love in the City, The Addict in the Attic, A Cup of Kindness, Stars and Stripes Whenever, The Empty Building, The Raven’s Claw, Pippa’s Dilemma, Rainy Day |
| Britney Shields Debut Album, contains 10 original songs, all of the songs are being registered | Britney Shields Debut Album | Young At Last, |