How to cite and reference a manuscript type of work by title

Question

For a project I am working on, I use manuscript type of reference works that I would like to cite and include in the bibliography.

Though these manuscripts have an editor and year of publication, it is customary to cite them by the title of the manuscript, and list them under that title in the bibliography as well. This is more meaningful for readers.

I was initially using natbib, and here the @misc entry type and key entry field solved it for me. For example:

@misc{CSPD16991700,
    title    = {{Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III, 1699 - 1700}},
    editor   = {{Edward Bateson}},
    key      = {{CSPD 1699-1700}}, 
    year     = 1937
}

In the text, I would see something like

(CSPD 1699-1700, pp. 13-25)

which is more meaningful than

(Bateson (1937), pp. 13-35)

I migrated recently to biblatex, but now this construction does not work anymore.

I can use the \citetitle, and add a shorttitle in the entry to achieve the proper citation, but the work is still added in the bibliography under the editor, and not under the title.

What is a robust and acceptable solution for this using biblatex? Thank you in advance for suggestions I can look into.

Answer 1

The following change to the entry resulted in how I want to use this reference: in the citation the a shortened, but meaningful, version of the title should be used, and in the bibliography the publication should be sorted under its title:

@reference{CSPD16991700,
    options   = {useeditor=false},
    title     = {{Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III, 1699 -- 1700}},
    editor    = {Edward Bateson},
    shorthand = {CSPD, 1699--1700}, 
    year      = 1937
}

Using the authoryear style and biber backend, it shows in the bibliography as Calendar of State Papers..., and where cited as CSPD, 1699--1700.