Research Help
Getting Started
This is the library research guide for Suzuki-sensei's JAPN400: Advanced Modern Japanese: Reading and Writing I (Winter 2022). The course involves selected texts covering various aspects of Japanese cultural history and contemporary Japanese culture/society.
This guide is specifically intended to help the JAPN 400 students write the Japanese language course report on the notable figures in Japanese cultural history.
Online Reference Resources
- JapanKnowledge Lib (in Japanese) ジャパンナレッジA Japanese multi-purpose database including many reference resources and electronic books.
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JapanKnowledge Lib. contains the following biographical dictionaries:
- Biographical dictionary of Japan 日本人名大辞典
- Iwanami great world biographical dictionary 世界人名大辞典
- Dictionary of fictional and legendary characters 日本架空伝承人名事典
- Bibliography of Japanese biographies 日本人物文献目録
- Asahi Kikuzo II 朝日新聞の「聞蔵 II ビジュアル」Asahi Newspaper's Kikuzo II database includes Who's who database 人物データベース containing over 35,000 entries. Remember to log out.
- Yomiuri Yomidasu Rekishikan 読売新聞の「ヨミダス歴史館」Yomiuri Newspaper's Yomidasu Rekishikan database includes Contemporary who's who database 現代人名録, containing 26,000 entries. Remember to log out.
Citing Japanese Sources
- Asian Language Citation GuideThis guide offers MLA, APA, and Chicago style citation guidelines and presents specific citation requirements for Asian-language resources, including Japanese sources.