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Referencing Japanese resources

There are some standard principles for referencing Japanese language resources, whichever referencing style you might be asked to use. The following examples will be based on the APA referencing style, which is most commonly used style in Arts and Humanities studies. You can get further help by contacting your subject librarian.

APA referencing style example: American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington D.C: Author.

Referencing books

 

 

Example of how to reference a Japanese language book in APA style. Main difference: Japanese book title in Romanization and italicized, capitalizing the first word, full stop. Then the translation of the book title in English in square brackets, full stop. Refer to Re:Cite for more on APA referencing style.

Referencing book chapters or sections

 

 

Example of how to reference a book section or chapter in a Japanese language book in the APA style. Main differences: Japanese book section or chapter title in Romanization and italicized, capitalizing the first word, full stop. Then the translation of the title in English in square brackets, full stop. Add the word "In" followed by the editor/s' names per APA convention, comma, title of the book in Romanization and italicized, capitalizing the first word. Refer to Re:Cite for more on APA referencing style.

Referencing journal articles

 

 

Referencing Japanese language journal articles: Romanise the title of the article capitalising the first word and adding its translation in English in square brackets afterwards. Then romanise the title of the journal or publication, italicising it and capitalising all the words except connecting words. Refer to Re:Cite for more on APA referencing style.


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