01/17/2012

  • Use italics with the following:

blogs
books (title alone is normally sufficient; no need to reference publisher, year, etc.)
exhibitions
movies and plays
major musical compositions
newspapers
paintings, drawings, statues, and other works of art
periodicals (journals and magazines)
video games (but not for other apps; see below)

  • Use quotation marks with the following:

albums
articles
dissertations
individual lectures
papers (e.g., papers presented at conferences)
poems*
radio programs**
songs
speeches
stories
TV programs**

 
* If of book length, italicize.
** If part of a continuing series, italicize (e.g., PBS’s Sesame Street, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered).

  • Do not use italics, underlining, or quotation marks (but use appropriate capitalization) with titles or names of the following:

apps
courses
events
symposia
panels