Research Guides: German Language & Literature: Articles and Books

General Databases

MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Why search here? The main database of critical scholarship on all modern literatures and languages, also covering linguistics, folklore, film and media studies.
Content type: Scholarly articles, books, dissertations
Coverage dates: 1963-present
Language: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, etc.
Keywords: Modern Language Association

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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Our main interdisciplinary index includes both scholarly and non-scholarly articles. A good place to start for any subject.
Language: English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, French, Chinese, Arabic etc.
Keywords: ASP

Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Enormous database of German linguistics and literary studies, covering circa 1985 to 2007. Search Library Search under book or journal title to see whether we have access; use Resource Sharing to order books that we do not own and to order journal articles for which there is no online access.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
LLBA provides access to citations for articles on all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, morphology, syntax and semantics, and anthropological linguistics.
1973-present
Language: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, etc.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
The main index for World History from 1450 to the present, for any country with the exception of the U.S. or Canada. For U.S. and Canadian history, use America: History and Life
Language: English, French, German, Spanish, etc.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
The main index for scholarship in Political Science.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts is the electronic counterpart and continuation of the print publication Political Science Abstracts.
Language: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German

Browsing the Stacks for German Literature

You can also Browse Literature in the Multi-Tier Stacks

Germanic Languages—General (Dictionaries, Textbooks, and Linguistics) (PD1-780): research level

Old Germanic Dialects (PD1001-1350): basic information level

West Germanic Languages—Dutch, Flemish, Frisian (PF1-1541): basic information level

German Literature—General (PT1-1360): research level

Middle High German Literature , ca. 1050-1450/1500 (PT 1501-1695): instructional support level

1500-ca. 1700 (PT 1701-1797): instructional support level

1700-ca. 1860/70 (PT 1799-2592): research level

1860/70-1960 (PT2600-2653): research level

1960-present (PT2660-2653): research level

East Germany (PT3701-3746): research level

(PT4801-4897): basic information level

Yiddish – PJ5111-5192

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