German Studies

by Chao Chen, Humanities Reference Librarian

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Chao Chen

Oxford German-English Dictionary
The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary


1. Oxford Reference Online
Art, social, political, religous history; history of ideas; all periods.

Search Oxford Reference Online

2. Oxford Art Online

3. Textbooks on Course Reserves

Enter letter code for a course, e.g. ger, to search:

4. WESSWEB: German Studies Web
Developed by the Western Europe Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and hosted by Dartmouth College, this website provides well organized links to scholarly resources in German Studies, including all German-speaking countries.


5. Biographical Sources:

Deutscher Biographischer Index = German Biographical Index. Ref. Z5305.G3 K63 2004 (8 vols)

Die Deutsche Literatur: Biographisches und Bibliographisches Lexikon Ref. PT236 .D4

Wer Ist Wer? = Das Deutsche Who's Who. Stacks: DD85 .W3
Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie:(DBE). Ref. CT759 .D48 1995 (10 vols )

Research Guide to European Historical Biography, 1450-present. Ref. CT759.Z99 R47 1992 (8 vols.)

 

6. History
Dictionary of German history, 1806-1945. Ref. DD203 .F47 1978

A Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. Ref. DD84 .V56 1997

The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Ref. DD256.5 .G76313 1991


 

Literary Sources:

Dictionary of Literary Biography
biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

(All in the Tisch Reference Collections.)
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur = International Bibliography of Book reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences: IBR. (Z1035.A1 I68)

Bibliographie der Fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur. 1958-1964. ( AI9 .B7 1958-59)

Deutsche Literarische Zeitschriften, 1945-1970: ein Reperto. (PT405 .F55 1992)

Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur = International Bibliography of Periodical Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences : IBZ. 1999-2007. (AI9 .I6)

The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. (PT 41 .F46 1997.)

The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature. (PT 41 .F46 1997.)

The Oxford Companion to German Literature. 3rd ed. (PT 41 .G3 1997).

Literaturlexikon: Autoren und Werke Deutscher Sprache . 15 vols. (PT 41 .L5 1988)

A Handbook on Old High German Literature. 2nd ed. (PT 183 .B6 1976)

Lexikon des Mittelalters. 10 vols. (D 101.5 .L49)

Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach-und-Literaturwissenschaft. (BDSL) Annual. Z 2231 .B5.

Also known as "Eppelsheimer-Köttelwelsch", the BDSL is considered the most important bibliographical resource for German language and literary studies. It broadly indexes both monographic and serial literature in the field. It covers scholarly publishing on an international scale in several languages.
 

arrow Readings on Course Reserves.

Enter letter code for a course, e.g. ger,to search:



arrow WorldCat (catalogs of libraries worldwide)



Procedure Note:

1. Verify if Tufts Library has the book you need.

2. Use ILliad (interlibrary loan service) to request non-Tufts books.



Path of Discovery in the Catalogs

1. Find a title/author (assigned readings/Course Reserves);

2. Note the descriptive language of the Catalog record.

3. Use that language in further searches

  1. e.g., click on subject/author in the record to see further results and related topics.
Title Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich / edited by Robert C. Reimer.
Publisher Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2000.
Subject National socialism and motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History.
Added Author Reimer, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1943-

Broad Subject Browses in the Catalog:


Germany -- History.

German Literature.

German Fiction


Lang, Fritz (last name first)

Wenders, Wim


and more


Subject Browse for well-known authors, film directors, etc.

Adorno, Theodor W

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Aesthetics.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Ästhetische Theorie.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Correspondence.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Criticism And Interpretation.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Ethics.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Influence.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Negative Dialektik.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Noten Zur Literatur.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Philosophie Der Neuen Musik.

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Political And Social Views.

Adorno, Theodor W. (Theodor Wiesengrund), 1903-1969.


Perform an Advanced Keyword Search; limit the search results to the Germam language:


Note:

  • 1. "or" and ( ) to nest related/varied expressions;
  • 3. german* for all forms of the word: german, germany, etc..

arrow All Subjects

Academic OneFile  


arrow East European Studies

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies 1939 - present


arrow Collection of Journals

JSTOR (with omission of the current years)
Project Muse (with current years only)

arrow Search, individually or simultaneously, these two databases

ARTbibliographies Modern
Bibliography of the History of Art  

Enter your search terms:

arrow Search MLA (International Bibliography of Language & Literature)

Enter your search terms:

arrow Additional Databases

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Film & Television Literature Index
Women's Studies International

International Index to Music Periodicals

International Index to the Performing Arts 

ABI Inform (Business)  

Historical Abstracts

ATLA Religion Database

Philosopher's Index

Anthropology Plus

 

International Medieval Bibliography Online (400-1500)
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700)


ERIC (education)

Education Abstracts

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

 

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text  


Click on the number to pause the slide.

Some Database Characteristics


Each Database is selective

arrow Subject Matter—disciplinary perspective, period, geographical region, and more;
arrow Scope —types, number, and years of publications covered
arrow Depth (of indexing) —citation, ciabstracts, full texts, which determines their search capabilities.



Strategy in Selecting a Database


arrow First, run a relatively broad search in them to assess their relevance on a topic;
arrow Next, try out a variety of keyword, subject, and author searches in a chosen database.
arrow Last, use newly learned ideas and words in other databases.

About JSTOR and Project Muse (collections of journals)

1. JStor are likely to include seminal works on a subject, which are highly original and influential, and central to the development or understanding of a subject.

2. Must check for up-to-date information from other sources when using JSTOR.

Click to browse some journals here:

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Finding Full Texts

1. Click on the FindItAtTufts button to these three options:

  • a. link to the full text of the article when available digitally;
  • b. link to a Library Catalog search for the journal in print that contains your article.
  • c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

Current (United States and International)

  1. LexisNexis Academic (Foreign Language Sources)
  2. Factiva

Ethnic, Alternative and Independent Press

  1. Alt-PressWatch    
  2. Ethnic NewsWatch  from 1990 -
  3. Ethnic NewsWatch: A History  1960 -  1989

Historical

  1. Time Magazine (1923-Present)
  2. New York Times Online Archive
    (1851 - 3 years before current date)
  1. Times Digital Archive (1785 - 1985)

 


Factiva includes content in over 22 languages from over 150 countries and 350 geographic regions.


 

MLA style rules and examples
Chicago/Turabian style rules and examples

 

Citation Management Tool: RefWorks

  • 1. Store your records of books, articles, etc.
  • 2. Generate a bibliography in the style of your choice.
  • 3. Format in-text notes/footnotes while you write.

Learn how to use RefWorks
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last updated: 24/07/09