Primary Source Designs for Learning Handbook
Locating the Exact Title of an Item
- Locate the bibliographic record of the item you would like to save from American Memory.
- Look underneath the image of the item for the title, which may be displayed in a variety of ways:
- The word Item Title appears in bold letters

- The word Title appears in bold letters

- A phrase appears in bold letters

- The word Item Title appears in bold letters
- Copy the exact text that is underneath the thumbmail image and between the square brackets [] (Some titles may not be enclosed in square brackets). You can do this several ways:
- Highlight the title and then right-click and select Copy
- Highlight the title and then go to the Edit menu and select Copy,
- Highlight the title and then press Ctrl+C (Command + C on a Mac) on your keyboard.
- Paste the exact title where needed.

