Book Titles Should Be In Quotation Marks

In some circumstances quotation marks can be used instead of underlining or italics.

Book titles should be in quotation marks. When we refer to the titles of works that appear as part of a collection of works we set them in roman type and enclose them in quotation marks. Poems articles book chapters songs t v. Use quotation marks for the titles of shorter pieces of work.

Shorter works such as poems articles short stories songs and chapter titles are enclosed in quotation marks. Set the title off from the rest of the writing with italic or underlining. If italic is not a formatting option then the book s title should be underlined.

Headings of books that form a larger body of work can be written in quotation marks in the case where the name of the book series is italicized headings of short works articles poems short stories and chapter titles should be in quotation marks. Quotes within quotes employ single quotes and italics within italics revert back to non italicized text. For example if you have the title of a poem that appears within the title of a chapter you would use single quotation marks within double quotation marks.

Stand alone works include books legal cases movies magazines newspapers albums and plays. When you come across a title within a title use quotation marks or italics as normal. Quotation marks enclose titles of smaller works or parts of a whole.

Articles and chapters titles of articles in newspapers or magazines and chapter titles in books should be in quotation marks. In general you should italicize the titles of long works like books movies or record albums. Enclose the book title in quotation marks if you believe it is more appropriate to the overall appearance of your document.

Understanding whitman s song of myself. Use quotation marks around the title if it is part of a larger work e g. We were required to read edgar allan poe s short story the tell tale heart.