Apa Book Titles Capitalized

The words of the article title should be capitalized the same way you capitalize a book title.

Apa book titles capitalized. Always capitalize the first word the first word after a colon or a dash. Capitalization apa style is a down style meaning that words are lowercase unless there is specific guidance to capitalize them. Apa s title case refers to a capitalization style in which most words are capitalized and sentence case refers to a capitalization style in which most words are lowercased.

Italicize the title of the book. You will also capitalize proper nouns. For example capitalize the first word of a sentence unless the sentence begins with the name of a person whose name starts with a lowercase letter.

For titles books and book chapters capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the title. For titles of articles books and book chapters. Articles may appear in print or electronic journals magazines or newspapers.

Don t underline it or any other part of the citation. The first word of the title or heading even if it is a minor word such as the or a the first word of a subtitle the first word after a colon em dash or end punctuation in a heading major words including the second part of. In both cases proper nouns and certain other types of words are always capitalized.

If there is a colon in the title capitalize the first letter of the first word after the colon. Apa s title case refers to a capitalization style in which most words are capitalized and sentence case refers to a capitalization style in which most words are lowercased. From the book study guide 2000.

Title case and sentence case see publication manual section 4 15. You will also capitalize proper nouns. Italicize the titles of books.