see CMS 8.156–8.201 and follow the guidelines below, which include specific CMS references; when preparing copy for news releases or Inside UW–Madison, refer to the Associated Press Stylebook
italicize (and use initial caps) for these titles
- albums: 8.197
- annual reports: 8.186
- art exhibits: 8.201
- art pieces/art works: 8.198
- blogs (blog names versus individual blog posts): 8.192
- books: 8.168
- brochures: 8.186
- cartoons (printed): 8.200
- CDs: 8.197
- choreographed dance works
- comic strips/comics series: 8.200
- concerts
- dance works with titles
- documentaries (films): 8.189
- drawings: 8.198
- DVDs: 8.197
- epic/long poems (vs. short poems): 8.181
- films: 8.189
- long musical compositions: 8.195
- magazines: 8.171
- movies: 8.189
- newsletters
- newspapers: 8.170
online versions of any of these; add the URL if helpful
- oratorios: 8.194
- operas: 8.194
- paintings: 8.198
- pamphlets: 8.186
- periodicals: 8.168
- photographs (individual images): 8.198
- plays: 8.183
- podcast series: 8.189
- poems (epic/long): 8.181
- published works
- radio series (not one-time programs or individual episodes): 8.189
- reports: 8.186
- statues: 8.198
- symphonies and other long instrumental compositions: 8.195
- television series (not one-time programs or individual episodes): 8.189
- tone poems: 8.194
- video games: 8.190
use roman type, initial caps, and quotation marks for these titles
- blog posts (individual blog posts versus blog names): 8.192
- chapters (book chapters and parts): 8.177
- clickable buttons on a website
- dissertations: 8.188
- essays: 8.177
- fables: 8.185
- fairy tales: 8.185
- folktales: 8.185
- lectures (individual lectures, not lecture series): 8.87
- magazine articles: 8.177
- manuscripts: 8.188
- newspaper articles: 8.177
- nursery rhymes: 8.185
- podcast episodes or one-time programs (not continuing series): 8.189
online versions of any of these; add the URL if helpful
- poems (short versus epic/long): 8.181
- presentations
- prom themes
- radio episodes or one-time programs (not continuing series): 8.189
- short musical compositions: 8.194
- short poems (vs. epic/long poems): 8.181
- short stories: 8.177
- songs: 8.194
- speeches: 8.87
- television episodes or one-time programs (not continuing series): 8.189
- theses: 8.188
- unpublished works: 8.188
- YouTube videos
- websites’ titled sections, pages, special features: 8.191
use roman type, most likely capitalized, with no quotation marks, for these titles
- artworks of antiquity: 8.198
- awards (middle initials are acceptable if they’re named after people): 8.83
- book series and editions: 8.176
- campaigns
- catalogs
- classes: 8.86
- conferences
- courses: 8.86
- exhibitions and large-scale fairs (versus art exhibits): 8.201
- film series (an event series, not the films themselves)
- forms: 8.187
- forums
- games (board, card, children’s, active are typically lowercase; brand-named are uppercase): 8.190
- large-scale fairs and exhibitions (versus art exhibits): 8.201
- lecture series (not individual lectures): 8.87
- magazine columns and departments: 8.177
- newspaper columns and departments: 8.177
online versions of any of these; add the URL if helpful
- panel discussions
- prizes (middle initials are acceptable if they’re named after people): 8.83
- seminar-type programs
- symposia
- websites: 8.191
- workshops
- works of antiquity: 8.198
On Wisconsin and Badger Insider magazines
- On Wisconsin magazine
- Badger Insider magazine
- department titles are roman, with no quotation marks
- feature article titles are roman, with quotation marks