Scientific names are composed of the GENUS name, which is capitalized, and the species name, which is always lower case. The entire scientific name is ALWAYS underlined or italicized.
Titles of all journals (which academic or not) should be italicized.
You only underline a title of a book if it is part of the essay and not the title of the essay. Understand?
It all depends on what format in which you are writing. When I was still in school, I primarily had to use the MLA format. In MLA you are required to underline website names. This is the website that I always used to make sure my style was correct.... http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
When writing out names of items there are two ways to make it stand out one way is to underline it. Titles of books, films, plays, TV shows and video games are all underlined.
"Use italics for the titles of books, magazines, journals, newspapers, websites, feature films, radio and television shows, book-length poems, comic strips, plays, operas and other musical performances, ballets and other dance performances, paintings, scultptures, pamphlets, and bulletins." DK Handbook, page 607.
Names of airplanes, ships, all vessels are underlined or italicized.
In APA style, names of magazines are italicized rather than underlined.
All genus names begin with a capital letter. All specific names begin with a lowercase letter. Usually both words are underlined or italicized.
All genus names begin with a capital letter. All specific names begin with a lowercase letter. Usually both words are underlined or italicized.
Titles of all journals (which academic or not) should be italicized.
In APA Style, the title of an article should be in sentence case and enclosed in double quotation marks, not underlined or italicized.
In scientific writing, it is common practice to italicize scientific names when they refer to a species or genus. Underlining is no longer a standard practice.
When writing the names of newspapers and magazines, italicize the publication titles (e.g., The New York Times, Time). For book titles, use italics as well (e.g., To Kill a Mockingbird). When referencing other types of works like articles, short stories, or chapters, use quotation marks (e.g., "The Lottery," "The Myth of Sisyphus"). Remember to capitalize all major words in titles.
The title "Red Riding Hood" is typically italicized or placed in quotation marks in written text, not underlined.
The baobab tree is correctly called Adansonia digitata. Remember that all scientific names are either in italics or underlined, and the species begins with a lower case letter, while the Genus begins with a upper case letter.
When punctuating a series of books you would generally separate the titles with commas but it depends upon if you are writing casually or academically. Consulting a style manual would be advisable when writing academically.
You only underline a title of a book if it is part of the essay and not the title of the essay. Understand?