Resources for German


Reference Sources

  • Collins German-English, English-German dictionary : unabridged - Ref PF 3640 .C64 2004
  • Dictionary of literary themes & motifs - Ref PN 43 .D8 1988 (2 volumes)
  • Encyclopedia of German Literature - Ref PT 41 .E53 2000 (2 volumes) 
  • Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century - Ref PN 771 .E5 1999
  • Langenscheidt new Muret-Sanders encyclopedic dictionary of the English and German languages ... - Ref PF 3640 .L2573 (2 volumes)
  • Oxford companion to German literature - Ref PT 41.G3 1997
  • Twentieth-century literary criticism - Ref PN 94 .T93 (multivolume set)

Databases/Journal Articles

HumanitiesAbs
Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities.

MLA
Citation index of journal articles covering literature, language, linguistics and folklore.

JSTOR
An all full-text database that contains over 20 language and literature journals.

Literature Resource Center
This database provides access to literary biographies, literary criticism and journal articles about world literature.

Project Muse
Searchable full text of journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press in the disciplines of Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics.

Internet Resources

German Studies Web
Collection of high quality web sites of interest to German scholars.

German Studies Web - Literature Resources
Collection of high quality web sites on German literature topics.

Berliner Zeitung
Free archive since April 1994.

Die Tageszeitung
Free online archive (the last 6 months)

Die Welt
Free online archive since May 1995, career world online, literary world

Die Zeit
Weekly newspaper, free online news archive.

 

 

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