Are Magazine Titles Italicized?
In MLA-style conventions, the magazine publication title is italicized, while the title of an individual magazine article is placed in quotation marks. This is a style convention rather than a grammar rule. Follow another required style manual or house style when it differs.
Italicize the magazine’s publication title in MLA-style prose; put an individual article title in quotation marks.
Key details
Important caveats
Scope Boundary
This is a style convention rather than a grammar rule. Follow another required style manual or house style when it differs.
Further guidance
Recommendation
Italicize the magazine’s publication title in MLA-style prose; put an individual article title in quotation marks.
Sources and evidence
Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.
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