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

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,
Serenade,
Dance All Night,
Love At First Sight,
Party Every Day,
What We Did Last Night,
Morning Glory,
Breaking Up and Getting Back Together (Again),
Remember Me,
Old Lang Sighing