In general, use italics for titles of long works; use quotation marks for shorter works.
BOOKS | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic |
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS | Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo |
FILMS AND VIDEOS | 12 Years a Slave |
LONG MUSICAL WORKS | Brandenburg Concertos |
LONG POEMS | Bhagavad Gita |
MAGAZINES | Ebony |
JOURNALS | the New England Journal of Medicine |
NEWSPAPERS | the Cleveland Plain Dealer |
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE | Georgia O’Keeffe’s Black Iris |
PAMPHLETS | Thomas Paine’s Common Sense |
PLAYS | The Book of Mormon |
RADIO SERIES | All Things Considered |
RECORDINGS | Slade Alive! |
SOFTWARE | Final Cut Pro |
TELEVISION SERIES | Orange Is the New Black |
Do not use italics for sacred books, such as the Bible and the Qur’an; for public documents, such as the Constitution and the Magna Carta; or for the titles of your own papers. With magazines and newspapers, do not italicize or capitalize an initial the, even if part of the official name.