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- Omit periods in abbreviations of academic degrees: BS, MS, PhD, ScD (use bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctoral degree or doctorate to spell out degree)
- Omit periods in country and state abbreviations: US, UK, UN, MA, MA
- Omit periods in MIT and in all acronyms of three or more letters, use MIT as an abbreviation in bibliographies and footnotes, but not in collection level title with rare exceptions (MIT Libraries, MIT Press).
- Spell out Massachusetts Institute of Technology in citation of collection and upon first use in any note field.
- In narrative fields: Use acronym after the first appearance of the full name, spell out full name then put acronym in parentheses after it
- Spell out the word “regarding”, not “re”
- At series, file, and item level: If known, spell out full name and then put the acronym in parentheses
- Names: Spell out names when known, unless persons are known by their initials
- ExampleUse: Meg-John Barker (instead of M. J. Barker)Example
- However, use: HN. GK. WellsJemisin
Capitalization
Distinctive collections follows Chicago Style Manual rules.
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