Transcript 16. Typography of Titles in APA

TYPOGRAPHY OF TITLES IN
APA
JOHN DAVID BROWN
CAPSTONE
SPRING 2013
ITALICIZE
• BOOKS: The Interpretation of Dreams
• PERIODICALS: Psychology Today
• REPORT: Financial Report of the United States Government
• THESES AND DISSERTATIONS: Eros in America: Freud and the Counter Culture
• FILMS: Blackfish
• VIDEOS: A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children’s TV
ITALICIZE
• TV SERIES: Meerkat Manor
• MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS: Records of the Foreign Exchange
Depository Group of the Office of the Finance Advisor, 1944-1950
• ARTWORK: David
• MUSIC ALBUM: A Rush of Blood to the Head
• MAP: Mappa Mundi
USE QUOTATION MARKS
• BOOK CHAPTER: “Microbes”
• ARTICLE: “Synesthesia Isn’t a Kind of Useless, New Age Oddity”
• BLOG POST: “Is Modern Psychology Hurting or Helping?”
• WEBPAGE: “About Centers for Disease Control”
• TELEVISION EPISODE/WEBISODE: “When Flower Met Hannibal”
USE QUOTATION MARKS
• WEBPAGE: “The History of Bay Medical Hospital”
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OR DICTIONARY ENTRY: “Killer Whales”
• SONG: “The Scientist”
• FACEBOOK UPDATE/TWEET: “I’m tempted to watch ‘It’s Me or the Dog USA’
simply because all of science could never have predicted such a title for a TV
programme.”
• NOTE: Unlike other styles, APA does
not require the capitalization of
websites.
REFERENCE
Lee, Chelsea. (2012, March 1). How to capitalize and format reference titles
in APA style [Blog post]. Retrieved from
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2012/03/how-to-capitalize-andformat-reference-titles-in-apa-style.html