Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions for four or more letters. Capitalize an article – the, a, an – or words of fewer than four letters if it the first or last word in a title. Put quotation marks around the following:
Book titles (ex. “The Invisible Gorilla” by Christopher Chabris)
Feature-length film titles
Opera and play titles
Music albums
Works of art
Television and radio programs
Book chapters or other sections of a publication
Papers to be presented
Lectures and speeches
Symposia
Song titles
Poem titles
Video game titles
Topics for seminars or discussions
Art gallery exhibitions
Magazine or newspaper articles
Newspapers, magazines and academic journals should be italicized.
- New York Times
- Newsweek
- Journal of the American Medical Association
