What do you italacize in apa format?

Answer 1

From APA Lite (see related link):

"Use italics (or underline) for the titles of books, species names, novel or technical terms and labels (the first time only), words and phrases used as linguistic examples, letters used as statistical symbols, and the volume numbers in references to journal articles.

• Add emphasis to a word or short phrase by putting it in italics (the first time only). Use this sparingly!
• Add emphasis to a word or phrase in a quotation with italics, followed by the note [italics added] in brackets.
• Note a word used as a word, or a foreign term, with italics, for example, hutte means hut in German.
• Introduce a keyword or technical term (the neoquasipsychoanalytic theory), or identify endpoints on a scale (poor to excellent) with italics.
• Do not italicize foreign words that have entered common usage (e.g., et al., a priori, laissez-faire, arroyo).".

From The OWL at Purdue (see related link); also see this site for examples of reference entries:

• "Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals.
• Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections.".

Answer 2

In APA format people should italicize titles of longer works like books and journals. Titles of shorter works such as poems, stories, journal articles, and essays should not be italicized, underlined or inserted in quotation marks.

Answer 3

In APA format, you should italicize titles of longer works, such as books, journals, and films, as well as the names of databases, websites, and software. For shorter works like articles, chapter titles, and web pages, you should use quotation marks.