Quotation Marks
Use double quotation marks (" ") to enclose titles of journal articles, essays, and papers. Also use quotation marks to set off personal quotations.
Arnold's presentation, "The Construction of Tables," concluded...
The motivation, Squires explained, was that "our member companies have requested that we include environmental, safety, and health considerations in the cost of ownership and equipment qualification reports."
Place commas or periods inside the closing quotation mark, with two exceptions:
- When describing what a user
is to type and a period or comma would be interpreted as data entry.
(However, it is usually more clear to use a different font for
the command or display it on a separate line.)
Type "51341", then press Return.
- When citing a source.
"...molecular structures" [4].
Place semicolons, colons, and dashes
outside of quotation
marks.
Do not use quotes (single or double) to set off special words
or technical terms. See ITALICS