Relevant Databases
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowLiterature, language, linguistics, folklore.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online - Medieval StudiesSpecially commissioned annotated bibliographies by scholars in medieval studies. Books and articles are listed, with some digital content described.
- International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new windowAn interdisciplinary bibliography of the European Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 300-1500 A.D.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndexes the scholarly literature on the history of the world, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Includes article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present.
- The Cambridge History of German LiteratureProvides a complete German literary history up to the Unification of Germany in 1990. Well-known authors and movements are set in a wider literary, cultural and political context, standard judgments are reexamined where appropriate, and a new prominence is given to writing by women. The book is designed for the general reader as well as the advanced student; titles and quotations are translated, and there is an extensive bibliography.
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Deutsches WörterbuchThe largest and most comprehensive dictionary of the German language in existence.
- Encyclopedia of German LiteratureA substantial contribution to English encyclopedias of German literature, this authoritative two-volume set features in-depth treatment of the authors, works, topics, and influences of German literary studies. Arranged in A-to-Z format, the articles are both definitive and critical.
Watzek Special Collections
- Kirschner-Moszcowicz CollectionWatzek Library's Special Collections department has a collection of papers from a prominent Austrian-Jewish family that fled Vienna in the wake of the Nazi invasion in 1939. The collection includes extensive German-language correspondence, memoirs and official documents from more than a hundred years of the family's history.
Web Resources
- BDSL Online (Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft) This link opens in a new windowIndexes materials that deal with the study of German literature and language, including monographs as well as articles in journals, newspapers, anthologies, and Festschriften. Content from 1985-2000 is freely accessible.
- Bundesarchiv OnlineOffers an array of primary sources. Online finding aids are arranged according to the Bundesarchiv department ("Abteilung") responsible for compiling the intellectual content of a finding aid.
- Deutsche FotothekLarge searchable archive of historical photographs.
- Eppelsheimer KoettelweschThe standard work for searching German literary academic Zeitschriften (coverage from 1985-2002).
- German Studies WebFrom the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. The site provide access to scholarly resources in German Studies, including all German-speaking countries. Resources have been selected and evaluated by subject specialists, and annotated when necessary.
- Goethe-InstitutWorldwide offices, programs, and resources for the diffusion of learning, teaching, and experiencing German language and culture. The Goethe-Institut is a cultural institution of the Federal Republic of Germany. Searchable website; RSS feeds available.
- Reallexikon der deutschen LiteraturwissenschaftA 3-volume bio-bibliographical dictionary of German literature.
- Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen SprachraumA collection of searchable digitized journals from the German Enlightenment.
Multidisciplinary Databases
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive, scholarly, and multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 12,000 periodicals and 4,700 peer-reviewed journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowUse the advanced search to search for journal articles within a specific discipline.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowAccess for L&C College and Graduate School only. Provides 100% full-text, online access to more than 300 titles from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowPeer-reviewed, full-text articles from leading journals and reference sources.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFull text of national, regional, and international newspapers, business, and legal sources and more.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowElectronic version of Oxford reference across a broad range of topics. Full-text.
