APA for Business Sources

Italics

- Italicize the titles and subtitles of books, reports and periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers) - do not italicize article or chapter titles

Capitalization

- Capitalize only the first word of the title and the subtitle (and all proper nouns) of books, reports and of article or chapter titles, e.g.:

Credit unions in Canada: IBISWorld industry report 52213CA (report title)

- Capitalize names of periodicals as you would capitalize them normally, e.g.:

International Business Review (journal title)

BC Business (magazine title)

• Need to add a note about how and why to create a title where none exists -- as with many data table situations.

Missing title Sometimes a source has no clear title -- this can happen with sources such as tables or maps generated from searches within some databases. In such cases, you should write a description of the resource and place it in square brackets. Do not italicize your description. Try to include enough information in your description to enable your reader to search for the same content; what variables and/or datasets were the focus of the search that resulted in your source?

Sample from SimplyMap: [SimplyMap Canada ring study of DA2395, Langley (District municipality): marital status: married or common-law; female: 25-34]