Titles capitalization

The title is in sentence case, with only the first letter of the title capitalized, except words that are proper nouns, acronyms, or words that follow a colon. Here s an example ... 

Entries in capital letters in Part I and Part II indicate compounds in the title of a preparation. 

Entries in CAPITAL LETTERS are used for the titles of individual preparations Entries in ordinary type letters refer to principal products and major by-products, special reagents or intermediates (which may or may not be isolated), compounds mentioned m the text Notes or Discussions as having been prepared by the method given, and apparatus in detail or illustrated by a figure... 

Each entry in both Part I and Part II is followed by the volume number or numbers in bold-face type and the page number on which the compound or subject is to be found. Entries in capital letters indicate compounds, reactions, or methods appearing in the title of the preparation. 

The editors and authors are to be congratulated on assembling what is destined to become a classic in the area of Homogeneous Hydrogenation, which over the years has earned its title in capital letters. 

Most chemicals used in the procedure will appear in the index as written in the text. There generally will be entries for all starting materials, reagents, intermediates, important by-products, and final products. Entries in capital letters indicate compounds appearing in the title of the preparation. 

Do not capitalize prepositions or the following words (unless they are used as the very first word in a title) ... 

Colons are also common in titles. If you use colons, be sure that the segment of the title that precedes the colon can stand alone as the full title. The passage after the colon may or may not stand alone. It is customary to capitalize the first word after the colon, as if it were the start of a new sentence. Here are a few examples ... 

Consider your use of capitalization, colons, and abbreviations. Do they follow recommended guidelines and/or common practices, as seen in others titles ... 

The ACS Style Guide recommends title case for journal article titles (i.e., capitalizing the first letters of all major words), but the ACS journals examined use sentence case (i.e., capitalizing only the first letter of the first word and proper nouns). 

The title of this chapter makes reference to Louis Althusser and Etienne Balibar s Reading Capital. Philosophers, Althusser notes, may have read all or parts of volume 1 of Marx s Great Work, but some day it is essential to read Capital to the letter (Althusser and Balibar 13). Reading Capital is as much a study of reading as it is of Capital, and in this regard it conditions the question of how to read Capital), alchemically. ... 

Category number Direct capital cost account titles... 

Capitalize the first and last words and all words that are not articles in the titles of movies, songs, works of art, and written materials To Kill a Mockingbird, A Farewell to Arms, A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas... 

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