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In my genealogy I use the day/month/year format, spelling out the month. I am working on some citations for newspaper microfilm. The microfilm does not have roll numbers they are labeled by a short version of the newspaper title followed by a date span. For example the microfilm has the following:
"Chaska VALLEY HERALD Jan 3, 1878-Sep 11, 1879"
The newspaper title is: The Weekly Valley Herald
In my citation I have removed the capitalization from the microfilm title. My question is should I reformat the dates for consistency or leave them as written?
Thanks,
Ann
Ann, if your narrative or
Ann, if your narrative or your note presents that phrase in quotation marks, then you would leave things exactly as they are. If, for identification purposes, you need to identify the film exactly the way it appears in a library catalog, or on the box, or the "title page" of the film, then you would want to quote that "title" exactly. When you are writing your own sentence or creating your own reference note, then you would craft your sentence or your citation consistently with both punctuation standards and the style you have chosen.