mla capitalization

iselim
mla style capitalizes titles awkwardly (using zotero 2.1.1) If the title is not capitalized in the respective field, the output for the works cited list is automatically capitalized, which would be fine if it were accurate.

The following is in the title field:
Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface by reference to causes now in operation

And it turns into the following in the bibliography:
Principles Of Geology: Being an attempt To Explain the Former Changes Of the Earth’s Surface By Reference To Causes Now In Operation

Any suggestions?
  • fbennett
    For release 2.1.2, coming up soon, the list of stop-words for capitalization has been expanded to produce results closer to the original behavior of 2.0.9.
  • iselim
    Thanks for the information! Can you prevent zotero from capitalizing titles automatically. Most of my titles in zotero are correct anyway, so I might get more accurate results if this feature is switched off.
  • adamsmith
    edited March 30, 2011
    It's coded into the respective style - MLA requires title case
    "Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface by reference to causes now in operation"
    is not correct MLA.

    If you want to, it's possible for you to change that in your local copy of MLA, though
    http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits
    in the style, find and delete all instances of text-case="title"

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