Title of Source. Show Capitalize the following parts of speech in a title: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, subordinating conjunctions (although, because, unless, after, until, when, where, while, etc.). Do not capitalize articles, prepositions, coordinating
conjunctions, the "to" in infinitives if they appear in the middle of the title. Titles should be italicized or enclosed in quotation marks. Titles that are independent and self-contained (e.g., books) and titles of containers (e.g., anthologies) should be italicized. Titles that are contained in larger works (e.g., short stories) should be in quotations. The title of the work follows the author and ends with a period. A sub-title is included after the main title. The title of a story, poem or essay in a collection, as part of a larger whole, is placed in quotation marks. Independent work in a collection The title of a periodical (journal, magazine, or newspaper) is in italics and the title of the article is in quotation marks. Television series Episode in a television series Web site Posting of an article on a web site A song or piece of music in an album Untitled Source Comment or review of a title in an online forum Review of a title in an
online forum Tweet E-mail message Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword Translations of Titles Shortened
titles Do you use quotation marks for article titles?In general, you should italicize the titles of long works, like books, movies, or record albums. Use quotation marks for the titles of shorter pieces of work: poems, articles, book chapters, songs, T.V. episodes, etc.
Do you italicize or put quotes around article titles?Longer works like books, journals, etc. should be italicized and shorter works like poems, articles, etc. should be put in quotations. For example, a book title would be placed in italics but an article title would be placed in quotation marks.
Do you put quotes around paper titles?A general rule of thumb is that within the text of a paper, italicize the title of complete works but put quotation marks around titles of parts within a complete work.
Do you put quotes around article titles in AP style?Capitalize an article (a, an, the) or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word in the title. Put quotation marks around the names of all of the aforementioned types of works except the Bible and books that are primarily catalogs or reference materials.
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