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 (e.g.: “Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton)
- 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