Titles

= Titles =

Titles are important to understand because of research papers. Here is a list of what you need to know when you use titles in your papers and in your works cited page.


 * Titles of short works (i.e. short stories and newspapers articles) should be enclosed within quoations: "A Rose for Emily"
 * Titles of books (i.e. your textbook) should be italicized: //Literature: A World of Writing// or //Technical Communication//

Before the latest version of MLA came out, it was okay to either underline a book's title or italicize it. That probably had to do with long transition from typewriters to full blown word processors. Now they have unifited that standard to italicized.


 * Titles of songs use quotations: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
 * Titles of albums use italics: //The White Album//
 * Titles of poems use quotations: "Dulce et Decorum Est"
 * Titles of epic poems use italics: //Beowulf//
 * Titles of multi act plays use italics: //Hamlet//
 * Titles of one act plays use quotations: "Trifles"
 * Titles of magazine articles use quotations: "Coffee: Better for Us Than We Thought"
 * Titles of magazines use italics: //Time//
 * Titles of newspaper articles use quotations: "Cell Phone Laws Change October 1"
 * Titles of newspapers use italics: //Carroll County Times// and //Frederick News Post//