Format Your Paper

APA Paper Template

Title Page - Departments
A subject-based list that specifies the Davenport University department overseeing the course for which you are writing the paper.

When to capitalize?

Capitalize names (see Proper Nouns)
Capitalize brand names (Examples: Tylenol, Kleenex) but do not capitalize generic names (Examples: acetaminophen, tissues)
Capitalize job titles before the name, but not after (Examples; "..speech by Davenport's President Pappas," "Dr. Rick Pappas, president of Davenport University...", Dr. Joe Bishop, executive director of campus life)
Capitalize racial and ethnic groups (Examples: Black women, First Nations, White, Asian American)
DO NOT capitalize diseases, disorders, therapies, treatments, theories, concepts, hypotheses, principles, models, and statistical procedures (just personal names that might be found in them) (Examples: autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, law of effect, cognitive behavior analysis) (see more)
DO capitalize tests, measures, inventories, and checklists – only capitalize the word test, measure, inventory, or checklist if it is part of the name of it (Examples: MMPI-2 Depression scale, Apgar test, Stroop Color-Word Interference Test, California Psychological Inventory)

What is title case capitalization and what is sentence case capitalization?

*In Title Case* capitalize:**	*In Sentence Case* capitalize:**
All major words (words of four letters or more), including 2nd word of hyphenated major words	First word of title, subtitle, or heading
Minor words (words of three or fewer letters) ONLY when first word of title or sub-title or after punctuation in a heading	First word after punctuation
Titles of articles, books, and reports in the text of your paper (not References list)	Titles of articles (not journal/magazine/newspaper titles), books, reports, & webpages in your References list
Titles of periodicals – journals/magazines/newspapers (not article titles) in your References list
Proper nouns	Proper nouns
Titles of tests, measures, inventories	Nouns followed by numbers or letters
Title of your own paper on the title page
Headings level 1-5 in your paper
Table and figure titles	Table column headings, entries, and notes; figure notes

italicize
Capitalize first word of title, subtitle, proper nouns
example: Student cheating and plagiarism in the Internet era: A wake-up call

italicize
Capitalize first word of title, subtitle, proper nouns
example: How do we read? Let’s count the ways: Comparing digital, audio, and print-only readers