If patrons are using RefWorks to create a bibliography in APA style, they may notice a common formatting problem. In RefWorks' default APA style, RefWorks formats the title of the article in a citation so that the first letter of the title is capitalized and all the other letters are lower case. This becomes a problem when there are proper nouns in the title that need to stay capitalized.
To solve this problem, you should choose the style "APA - No Title Casing Applied, American Psychological Association, 5th Edition," which is down in the extended list of styles. With this format, the title will appear in the citation with the letter cases exactly as they appears in the RefWorks account. So, the patron should make sure that the title appears in the RefWorks record as he or she wants it to appear in the bibliography.
It's surprising that this isn't the default for APA style, but now you know how to get around it if people ask. Let me know if you have questions!
Liz
Posted by biomedref at March 10, 2006 12:15 PM