8: Names, Terms, and Titles of Works
- Overview
- 8.1Proper nouns and adjectives
- 8.2Italics and quotation marks for titles and other terms
- Personal Names
- 8.3Personal names—additional resources
- 8.4Capitalization of personal names
- 8.5Names with particles or prefixes
- 8.6Screen names and other aliases
- 8.7Hyphenated and extended names
- 8.8French names
- 8.9German and Portuguese names
- 8.10Italian names
- 8.11Dutch names
- 8.12Spanish names
- 8.13Russian names
- 8.14Hungarian names
- 8.15Arabic names
- 8.16Chinese names
- 8.17Japanese names
- 8.18Korean names
- 8.19Other Asian names
- Titles and Offices
- 8.20Titles and offices—the general rule
- 8.21Exceptions to the general rule for titles and offices
- 8.22Titles used in apposition
- 8.23Civil titles
- 8.24Titles of sovereigns and other rulers
- 8.25Military titles
- 8.26Quasi-military titles
- 8.27Religious titles
- 8.28Corporate and organizational titles
- 8.29Academic titles
- 8.30Other academic designations
- 8.31Descriptive titles
- 8.32Civic and academic honors
- 8.33Titles of nobility
- 8.34Honorifics
- Epithets, Kinship Names, and Personifications
- 8.35Epithets (or nicknames) and bynames
- 8.36Epithets as names of characters
- 8.37Kinship names and the like
- 8.38Personifications
- Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Other Groups
- 8.39Ethnic, national, and regional groups and associated adjectives
- 8.40Compound nationalities
- 8.41Socioeconomic status
- 8.42Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression
- 8.43Generation
- 8.44Ability status or disability
- Names of Places
- 8.45Names of places—additional resources
- Parts of the World
- 8.46Continents, countries, cities, oceans, and such
- 8.47Points of the compass
- 8.48Regions of the world and national and local regions
- 8.49Popular place-names
- 8.50Urban areas
- 8.51Real versus metaphorical names
- Political Divisions
- 8.52Political divisions—capitalization
- 8.53Governmental entities
- Topographical Divisions
- 8.54Mountains, rivers, and the like
- 8.55Descriptive terms for geographic entities
- 8.56Non-English terms for geographic entities
- Public Places and Major Structures
- 8.57Thoroughfares and the like
- 8.58Buildings and monuments
- 8.59Rooms, offices, and such
- 8.60Non-English names for places and structures
- Words Derived from Proper Nouns
- 8.61Adjectives derived from personal names
- 8.62Words derived from proper nouns
- Names of Organizations
- Governmental Bodies
- 8.63Legislative and deliberative bodies
- 8.64Administrative bodies
- 8.65Judicial bodies
- 8.66Government entities that are lowercased
- Political and Economic Organizations and Movements
- 8.67Organizations, parties, alliances, and so forth
- 8.68Adherents of unofficial political groups and movements
- Institutions and Companies
- 8.69Institutions and companies—capitalization
- 8.70Corporate names with unusual capitalization
- Associations
- 8.71Associations, unions, and the like
- Historical and Cultural Terms
- Periods
- 8.72Numerical designations for periods
- 8.73Descriptive designations for periods
- 8.74Traditional period names
- 8.75Cultural periods
- Events
- 8.76Historical events and programs
- 8.77Speeches
- 8.78Meteorological and other natural phenomena
- 8.79Sporting events
- Cultural Movements and Styles
- 8.80Movements and styles—capitalization
- Acts, Treaties, and Government Programs
- 8.81Formal names of acts, treaties, and so forth
- 8.82Descriptive terms for pending legislation
- Legal Cases
- 8.83Legal cases mentioned in text
- Awards
- 8.84Capitalization for names of awards and prizes
- Oaths and Pledges
- 8.85Formal oaths and pledges
- Academic Subjects, Courses of Study, and Lecture Series
- 8.86Academic subjects
- 8.87Courses of study
- 8.88Lectures
- Calendar and Time Designations
- 8.89Days of the week, months, and seasons
- 8.90Holidays
- 8.91Time and time zones
- Religious Names and Terms
- Deities and Revered Persons
- 8.92Deities
- 8.93Alternative names
- 8.94Prophets and the like
- 8.95Platonic ideas
- 8.96Pronouns referring to religious figures
- Religious Groups
- 8.97Major religions
- 8.98Denominations, sects, orders, and religious movements
- 8.99“Church” as institution
- 8.100Generic versus religious terms
- 8.101Religious jurisdictions
- 8.102Places of worship
- 8.103Councils, synods, and the like
- Religious Writings
- 8.104Scriptures
- 8.105Other names and versions for bibles
- 8.106Books of the Bible
- 8.107Sections of the Bible
- 8.108Prayers, creeds, and such
- Religious Events, Concepts, Services, and Objects
- 8.109Religious events and concepts
- 8.110Heaven, hell, and so on
- 8.111Services and rites
- 8.112Objects
- Military Terms
- Forces and Troops
- 8.113Armies, battalions, and such
- Wars, Revolutions, Battles, and Campaigns
- 8.114Wars and revolutions
- 8.115Battles and campaigns
- Military Awards
- 8.116Medals and awards
- Names of Ships and Other Vehicles
- 8.117Ships and other named vessels
- 8.118Other vehicle names
- 8.119Pronouns referring to vessels
- Scientific Terminology
- Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
- 8.120Scientific style—additional resources
- 8.121Genus and specific epithet
- 8.122Abbreviation of genus name
- 8.123Subspecies and varieties
- 8.124Unspecified species and varieties
- 8.125Author names
- 8.126Plant hybrids
- 8.127Higher divisions
- 8.128English derivatives
- Vernacular Names of Plants and Animals
- 8.129Plants and animals—additional resources
- 8.130Domestic animals and horticultural categories
- 8.131Horticultural cultivars
- Genetic Terms
- 8.132Genetic nomenclature—additional resources
- 8.133Genes
- 8.134Enzymes
- Geological Terms
- 8.135Geological terms—additional resources
- 8.136Formal versus generic geological terms
- 8.137Stratigraphy
- Astronomical Terms
- 8.138Astronomical terms—additional resources
- 8.139Celestial bodies
- 8.140Catalog names for celestial objects
- 8.141“Earth”
- 8.142“Sun” and “moon”
- 8.143Descriptive terms
- Medical Terms
- 8.144Medical terms—additional resources
- 8.145Diseases, procedures, and such
- 8.146Infections
- 8.147Drugs
- Physical and Chemical Terms
- 8.148Physical and chemical terms—additional resources
- 8.149Laws and theories
- 8.150Chemical names and symbols
- 8.151Mass number
- 8.152Radiations
- 8.153Metric units
- Brand Names and Trademarks
- 8.154Trademarks
- 8.155Brand names or trademarks with an initial lowercase letter
- Software and Devices
- 8.156Names for applications, operating systems, and devices
- Titles of Works
- 8.157Treatment of titles in text and notes—overview
- Capitalization, Punctuation, and Italics
- 8.158Capitalization of titles of works—general principles
- 8.159Principles and examples of sentence case
- 8.160Principles of title case
- 8.161Examples of title case
- 8.162Hyphenated compounds in title case
- 8.163Titles containing quotations
- 8.164Italics versus quotation marks for titles
- 8.165When italics are not an option
- 8.166Subtitle capitalization
- 8.167Permissible changes to titles
- 8.168Titles in relation to surrounding text
- 8.169Double titles connected by “or”
- Books and Periodicals
- 8.170Treatment of book and periodical titles
- 8.171An initial “a,” “an,” or “the” in book titles
- 8.172An initial “the” in periodical titles
- 8.173“Magazine” and other descriptive terms
- 8.174Periodical titles in awards, buildings, and so forth
- 8.175Italicized terms and titles within titles
- 8.176Title not interchangeable with subject
- 8.177Titles of multivolume works
- 8.178Titles of series and editions
- Articles in Periodicals and Parts of Books
- 8.179Articles, stories, chapters, and so on
- 8.180Collected works
- 8.181Terms like “foreword,” “preface,” and so on
- 8.182Numbered chapters, parts, and so on
- Poems and Plays
- 8.183Titles of poems
- 8.184Poems referred to by first line
- 8.185Titles of plays
- 8.186Divisions of plays or poems
- Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes
- 8.187Titles of folktales, fables, nursery rhymes, and the like
- Pamphlets, Reports, and Forms
- 8.188Titles of pamphlets and reports
- 8.189Titles of forms and standards
- Unpublished Works
- 8.190Titles of unpublished works
- Movies, Television, Radio, and Podcasts
- 8.191Titles for movies, television, radio, and podcasts
- Video Games
- 8.192Titles of video games
- Websites and Blogs
- 8.193Titles of websites and web pages
- 8.194News sites and blogs
- Musical Works
- 8.195Musical works—additional resources
- 8.196Operas, songs, and the like
- 8.197Instrumental works
- 8.198Opus numbers
- 8.199Recordings
- Works of Art and Exhibitions
- 8.200Paintings, photographs, statues, and such
- 8.201Maps
- 8.202Cartoons
- 8.203Memes
- 8.204Exhibitions and such