Library of Congress Rule
Interpretations
Appendix A: Capitalization
A.2.
Headings for Persons, Places, and Corporate Bodies
A.2A. General rule
Neither AACR2 nor the Chicago Manual of Style provides
detailed guidance on capitalization of "little words" in English
corporate names. The Chicago Manual of
Style rule for titles (7.123) is also applied by the
Pronouns: capitalize
Forms of the verb "to be": capitalize
"To" in infinitives: lowercase
Coordinating conjunctions ("and," "but," "or," etc.): lowercase
Subordinating conjunctions ("although," "as," "if," etc.): capitalize
Articles: lowercase
Prepositions: lowercase
On revising a heading that does not conform to these guidelines, update the name authority record and any MARC bibliographic records.
A.4.
Title and Statement of Responsibility Area
A.4A. Title elements (general rule)
A.4A1.
When the title begins with an introductory word used in apposition to the noun or noun phrase that follows it, capitalize both the introductory word and the word following.
Série
Ecrivains du XXe siècle
Serie
Estudios de literatura y pensamiento hispánicos
Reihe
Deutsche Vergangenheit
Collana La
sfera
Collection "L'aventure spirituelle"
A.4D. Titles proper beginning with an article
A.4D1. [Formerly A.4F1]
Introductory Word
If the title of the part begins with an introductory word used in apposition to the noun or noun phrase that follows, follow the guidelines in LCRI A.4A1.
Publicaciones
estadísticas. Serie Estudios económicos
Bibliothèque
française. B, Série Etudes littéraires
A.7. Publication, Distribution, Etc.,
Area
A.7A. General rule
Serials
If the entity named in the publisher statement is the title of a serial, capitalize it according to the rules for corporate bodies although elsewhere in the record (e.g., in an added entry) it is capitalized according to the rules for titles.
A.15A. Geographic features, regions, etc.
The scope of the term "West" in rule A.15A1 is repeated below with additional examples.
West; the Occident; Western world; occidental (adjective); western Europe (but Western Europe when referring to the political division); the West, Far West, Middle West, Midwest (U.S.); western, far western, Midwestern
Zoogeographic Regions
Capitalize the names of the following zoogeographic regions:
Nearctic
Neotropical
Oriental
Palearctic
A.20. Names of Documents
1) For collections of laws, it is sometimes difficult to tell whether the title used in the publication represents a single legislative act or is only a publication title formulated by an editor, publisher, etc. In these cases, consider that a formal or conventional name of a legislative act is not involved (whether or not it actually is) and use routine upper- and lower-casing.
2) For documents such as plans or statements of policy, use routine upper- and lower-casing if there is any doubt about the formality or conventionality of the name.
A.25. Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
When two names are given enclosed within parentheses and separated by a colon, generally, capitalize both names since this method of presentation usually indicates names of divisions that are capitalized. (In transcription, retain the colon but without a space on either side.)
Systematics of the Neotropical characoid genus Curimatopsis (Pisces:Characoidei) / by …
A.31. Hyphenated Compounds
If the rules require the capitalization of a hyphenated compound that begins with "Anti- ," "Inter- ," "Trans- ," etc., apply A.31B and lowercase the second element (unless some other rules require its capitalization).
Anti-slavery
Inter-agency
Trans-national
but
Anti-Communist
Inter-American
Trans-Pacific
A.33. General Rule
Below are some languages not specifically dealt with in rules A.34-A.52 nor in LCRI A.53-A.54, for which a guide for capitalization is needed.
Breton: Follow the rules for French
Galician : Follow the rules for Spanish
Georgian: Follow the rules in appendix A.34 for languages without a capitalization system
Occitan: Follow the rules for French
Mongolian: Follow the rules for English
Non-Slavic, Cyrillic languages: For all such languages except Azerbaijani, Moldavian, and Mongolian, follow the rules for Russian. For Azerbaijani, Moldavian, and Mongolian, follow the rules for English
Vietnamese: For Vietnamese corporate bodies, capitalize the first word and all proper nouns in the name
A.34. Capitalization of Romanized Headings and
Titles
For Hebrew, always lowercase the initial letter of the article when it is romanized.