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Composition Titles/Works
Names/titles that are capitalized and set in italics:
- Album names
- Books
- Cartoons or comic strips
- Drawings
- Epic poems
- Exhibition catalogs
- Journals
- Long musical compositions
- Movies
- Newspaper sections
- Newspapers
- Operas
- Oratorios
- Paintings
- Pamphlets
- Performances
- Periodicals
- Plays
- Soon-to-be-published books (forthcoming should be set in parentheses following the title)
- Statues
- Television and radio programs
Capitalize an initial “the” only when it is part of formal title of a publication and when syntax permits its use:
- A recent article in The New York Times …
- In a recent New York Times editorial …
Subsequent shortened references to titles are fine as long as reference is clear:
- The New York Times last week reported on the endowments of Ivy League colleges and universities. The same Times article notes Penn’s 10 percent rise in its endowment.
Names/titles that are capitalized and set within quotation marks:
- Book chapters
- Book manuscripts
- Conferences
- Courses
- Essays
- Exhibitions
- Journal articles
- Lectures and seminars
- Magazine articles
- Newspaper articles
- PhD dissertations
- Photographs
- Poems
- Songs
- Symposia
- Television series episodes
- Theses
Names/titles that are capitalized and set Roman (plain text):
- Broadcast networks
- Major speeches
- Channels