Title and Container

A title is the name of the source. However, when we are talking about bibliographical citation it is important to distinguish between the TITLE and the CONTAINER of a source.

The TITLE is what the source itself is called. whether it be a book, a poem, an essay, an object, a work of art, the title of an interview, an article or a webpage. The title is written with quotation marks "" marking its beginning and end. Titles include:

• Name of the article of a publication
• Title of the webpage
• Name of a poem, essay or short story in an anthology
• Name of a song
• Name of the episode of a series
• In social media, it is the contents of the post, without the hashtags (if the post is longer than 140 characters you can write the the first 140 characters followed by an ellipsis: ...).

A source is often part of a greater source that contains the original source. The CONTAINER is the name of where the source is housed. A container's name is written in italics. Containers include:

• Name of the publication
• Name of the website
• Name of the anthology
• Name of a music album
• Name of a television or internet series
• Name of interview
• Social media platform

In stand-alone sources, such as books, films, objects and works of art, the source is self-contained. Therefore, only the CONTAINER is used, and the source's name is written in Italics.

Second Container

In the case where your source is part of a larger container, after filling in the information for the first container you may add the name of the second container. For more on how to format the second container, click HERE.