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Title and Naming Conventions
Subject guides
- Guide names should be consistent with A-Z database list category or departmental name (e.g. Engineering, History, Biography)
Course Guides
- Guide names should use Course Number: Course Name (e.g. MMC2100:Writing for the Mass Media). For guides created for a specific section, add the instructor name in parentheses after the course name. For cross listed courses, use all course titles, separated by a forward slash.
Examples:
- LIT 2300: Introduction to Poetry,
- LIT 2000: Introduction to the Short Story (Jones) and
- LIT 2000: Introduction to the Short Story (Smith)
- ARH 6798 / ARH 5021 / LIT 2300: Idea of Venice
General Purpose Guides
- No specific naming convention is required, however, the name should be descriptive of the guide content (e.g. Ebook Collections, Copyright, News and Newspapers, Oral History Program)
Naming Pages and Content Boxes within Guides
- Avoid library jargon in naming pages.
- Specific Titles: be specific in naming pages. “Encyclopedias” or "Overviews" are more meaningful to students than “Reference Tools”.
- Short Titles: keep page titles short – they should clearly reflect the content in that page.
- Use "&": use "&" instead of "and" in titles.
- Capitalization: use appropriate capitalization.
- Vagueness: Avoid vague terms like "other" or "additional resources".
- Home page-Better not to title the landing page “Home.” Something like “Getting Started” "Overview" “Best Bets” or "Start Here" are good choices.
