Ashort-title catalogue (or catalog) is abibliographical resource that lists printed items in an abbreviated fashion, recording the most important words of their titles. The term is commonly encountered in the context ofearly modern books, which frequently have lengthy, descriptive titles on theirtitle pages. Many short-title catalogues areunion catalogues, listing items in the custody of multiple libraries.
Online short-title catalogues in fact tend to record complete (and therefore longer) titletranscriptions.
STC:A. W. Pollard andG. R. Redgrave, editors:A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475–1640. Second edition, revised and enlarged, begun by W. A. Jackson andF. S. Ferguson, completed by K. F. Pantzer. London: TheBibliographical Society. Vol. I (A–H). 1986. Pp. 620. Vol. II (I–Z). 1976. Pp. 504. Vol. III (Indexes, addenda, corrigenda). 1991. Pp. 430.
Wing:Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641–1700 byDonald Goddard Wing
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