This element ends with a period.
After the author, the next element in the citation is the title. Enter the title as it is given in the source, capitalizing each major word.
"When you copy an English title or subtitle or write the title of your own research project, use the title-style capitalization: capitalize the first word, the last word, and all principal words, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms." (MLA Handbook, 9th ed., p. 54)
Capitalize: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, subordinating conjunctions
Don't capitalize: prepositions, coordinating conjunctions, the to in infinitives, articles
For more information, refer to pages 121-134 of the MLA Handbook, 9th ed.
The way a title is formatted helps the reader understand the type of source easily. If the source is self-contained and independent (and not part of a larger container), the title is italicized. If the title is part of a larger work, such as an article in a journal, chapter in a book, or a web page on a website, the title is placed within quotation marks.
The title of a book should be in italics:
Villoldo, Alberto. Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing. Hay House, 2010.
Title of a web page from a website should be in quotation marks:
"Drugged Driving by the Numbers." MADD, 2015, www.madd.org/
drugged-driving/drugged-driving-by-the.html. Accessed 18 June 2016.
The title of article from a journal/magazine/newspaper should be in quotation marks:
Conatser, Phillip, and Martin Block. "Aquatic Instructors' Beliefs Toward Inclusion."
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2001, pp. 170-184.
The title of an essay/chapter/short story etc from an anthology should be in italics:
Brant, Beth. “Coyote Learns a New Trick.” An Anthology of Canadian Native
Literature in English, edited by