Italicizing website titles

Why does Evidence Explained (EE4: Complex Website Template 5, p. 121) choose to italicize website titles while Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS: 14.206, Notes and Bibliography) does not recommend italics for most citation?

Submitted byEEon Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:50

Pam,

What is a website?  It’s a publication—a standalone publication—just like a book.  It has divisions just like a book: a book has chapters, while a website has databases, articles, etc. 

Why should we cite a book one way and use a different system for a website?

EE follows the same basic format for all standalone publications, whether it's a printed book, an e-book, or a website.