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Germanics: Home

Library resources for the study of German language and literature.

Starting Points - in English

MLA International Bibliography
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Most comprehensive source for scholarship in literature, language, linguistics & folklore

Oxford Companion to German Literature
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Brief entries on a wide range of topics in German literature
Encyclopedia of German Literature
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Entries on writers, individual works, and topics

Starting Points - auf Deutsch

Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLG)
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Online bio-bibliographical dictionary with critical essays on contemporary (since 1945) German authors; indexes both primary and secondary literature.
Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
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German literature and linguistics sources, 1985 to present. Includes articles, books and book chapters, dissertations and reviews.
Datenbank-Paket Duden
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German language dictionaries, style guides, spelling, and grammar, as well as specialized dictionaries for law, medicine, and economics.

Starting Points: Books & eBooks

Advanced Search | FAQ | Known Issues

See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.

By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: goethe science nature
By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "grillparzers welttheater"
By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "wiggins ellwood"

Germanics Librarian

Theresa Mudrock

Contact:

Suzzallo Library 136

206.685.1623

Related Links & Guides

Other Links
Research Guides

German Studies Web
An awesome variety of scholarly resources maintained by the European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. (Mostly free resources, but there may be some things that the UW does not have subscriptions for -- request from ILL.)
Literaturport
Includes biographical dictionary of contemporary German authors, audio samples, current literary events and more.
Lyrikline
"Listen to the poet." Poems in text, in audio, in German (and other languages and in translation).
Germanistik im Netz
A single search starting point for Germanics from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Searches catalogs for print books and journals as well as digital resources, online databases, and websites. (UW will not have access to everything listed -- request from ILL.)
UW Germanics Department
UW Germanics events calendar
Search for UW course reserves
Request a library purchase

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