German

Giving to the German Studies Collection

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:49:09 -0700

Private donors are very important in sustaining the excellence of our collections and services.

The following types of gifts are available:

Book Donations: Gifts of scholarly materials and the results of research have historically represented a significant element in the development of our outstanding research collections. We welcome individual gifts, but due to space and staff limitations, we must be judicious in accepting large contributions. Contact James Spohrer, Librarian for the German Studies Collection, about the materials you wish to donate.

Donations of recently published books are also welcomed. New book purchases will be checked to ensure titles are not on order.

Memorial and Honorific Gifts: Contributions given in memory or in honor of a person are welcomed. For a gift of $1,000 or more, a named memorial book fund can be established. A special book plate will be created and placed in each book.

Named Endowment: Endowment funds may be established with a gift of $50,000 or more. These funds provide the library with an annual income in perpetuity and have a lasting impact on maintaining a world class collection within the Library's German Studies Collection. The University invests its endowments carefully to achieve a healthy rate of return that provides for both current needs and long-term growth. A special book plate will be created and placed in each book.

Cash Gifts for Book Purchases: Cash contributions of any amount are welcomed and can be made directly to the Library using the online form. In the section marked "special instructions or designations for this gift," specify "German Studies Collection."

If you prefer to send a check, make it payable to the UC Regents (indicate which collection it is for) and mail it to: James H. Spohrer, Librarian for the German Studies Collection, 438 Doe Memorial Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

About the German Studies Collection

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:16:34 -0700

The Library's support of German Studies at Berkeley includes campus programs covering all periods and aspects of German linguistics and literature; the history of the German-speaking peoples from the earliest period to the present; as well as the politics, philosophy, sociology and cultural achievements of these populations. Berkeley's German Studies programs have been consistently ranked in the top echelon of such programs in the United States, and the Library strives to collect broadly and deeply across disciplinary lines in support of them.

In addition to its general collections of German Studies materials in the Main Stacks, the Library also has numerous special collections from and about Germany. One such body of materials in The Bancroft Library is the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft collection, which documents the life and works of the members of Germany's first literary society.

Recent Acquisitions

A list of monographic titles cataloged or recataloged within the previous 60 days is available by clicking this link: Recent Acquisitions.

Purchase Recommendation Form

If you'd like to recommend an item to be added to the collection, please use the Purchase Recommendation Form.

Archives/Primary Resources

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:18:36 -0700

Germany

Deutsche Archive im Internet – Comprehensive gateway site from the Archivschule Marburg.
Archives in the Bundesrepublik – Gateway to state, private, business, military, church, and specialty archives.
Bundesarchiv Online - Government repository for documents, photos, film and recordings from 1495 to present.
Contacting Archives in Germany - Resource for finding archives in Germany.
Nazi and East German Propaganda Archive - Maintained by Professor Bytwerk at Calvin College.
Avalon Project – Documents in Law, History and Government compiled and translated at the Yale Law School.
Treaty of Westphalia - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
Communist Manifesto - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
Versailles Treaty of 1919 - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
The Munich Agreements - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
World War II documents - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939 - 1941 - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
The Potsdam Conference - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
Nuremberg War Crimes Trial - Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
EuroDocs/Germany – Important Historical Documents of Germany.
GermaNet - German lexical-semantic database.
Das Deutschland Portal - Official online gateway to Germany.
Virtual Library - Museums in Germany - Listing of museums in Germany.
Die Tageszeitung - Daily newspaper published in Berlin.
Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Daily newspaper published in Frankfurt.
Süddeutsche Zeitung - Daily newspaper published in Munich.
Die Zeit - Weekly newspaper published in Hamburg.

Austria

Austrian Press and Information Service - Embassy of Austria, Washington, D.C.
Austrian Federal Chancellery - Information about the work of the Austrian Federal Chancellor.
Austrian State Archives - Repository of documents for the Austrian federal government and the former Habsburg Empire.
EuroDocs/Austria - Important historical documents of Austria.
Virtual Library - Museums in Austria - Listing of Austrian museums.
Die Presse - Austrian newspaper.
Info Net Austria - Austrian Federal Department of Education, Art and Culture.

Switzerland

Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation - Official website of Switzerland's federal authorities.
Swiss Federal Archives - Source of government information from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
EuroDocs/Switzerland - Important historical documents of Switzerland.
Neue Züricher Zeitung - Swiss newspaper.

Liechtenstein

Fürstentum Liechtenstein - Official government website for Liechtenstein.
EuroDocs/Liechtenstein - Important historical documents of Liechtenstein.
Liechtensteiner Volksblatt - Daily newspaper published in Liechtenstein.

Article Databases

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:40:20 -0700

UC Berkeley Library Electronic Resources:

German Studies Article Databases

Other Online Resources:

Eppelsheimer Köttelwesch – The standard work for searching German literary academic Zeitschriften (coverage from 1985-2002).

Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum – Over 40 searchable digitized journals from the German Enlightenment.

Zeitschriftenfreihandmagazin – Searchable index of German historical journals.

International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR) – International bibliography of book reviews in scholarly literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ) - International bibliography of periodical literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Sehepunkt – A journal of reviews for the field of history.

Zeitschriftendatenbank - German periodical databank..

Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts - German language newspapers from the 18 and 19 centuries.

Deutsche Digitale Zeitschriftenarchiv - German digital periodical archive.

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Electronic journals library.

Library Catalogues

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:01:59 -0800

Germany

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – The German depository library for official government publications.

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Die Universitätsbibliothek Augsburg

Kataloge der Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin

Die Universitätsbilbiothek der Freie Universität Berlin

Directory of German-Language Catalogs

Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog – Gateway to numerous online catalogs in Germany and other European countries.

Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund

Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund – Libraries in Baden-Württemberg.

Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum (MDZ) - Digital Library of the Bavarian State Library.

Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum (GDZ) - Center for Digitization in Göttingen.

Austria

Universität Wien

Österreichischer Bibliotheksverbund

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - National Library of Austria.

Switzerland

Swiss National Library

Schweizer Virtueller Katalog - Swiss Virtual Catalogue.

Lichtenstein

Lichtensteinische Landesbibliothek - National Library of Lichtenstein.

Katalog der Lichtensteinischen Bibliotheken - National Library Catalogue of Lichtenstein.

Other Resources

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:39:39 -0700

Atlasas and Maps:

Austrian Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
Germany Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
Switzerland Maps – Country, city, historical and thematic maps.
Liechtenstein Map – A very basic country map.
Berkeley’s Maps Collection
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe from AD 1 - AD 2000
Institut für europäische Geschichte - Historical Maps from the Institute for European History in Mainz

Biographical Resources:

Neue Deutsche Biographie – Two comprehensive German biographical references (coverage from 1875-present).

Dictionaries:

PONS – English-German dictionaries from PONS (via Xipolis).
LEO – Online German-English dictionary from the Technische Universität München.
Deutsches Wörterbuch – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's classic, started in 1838.
Wörterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart – Digitized images of Johann Christoph Adelung's 1808 reference work for German (browsable, but not full-text searchable).
YourDictionary – Online German-English dictionary, plus links to German translation dictionaries in many languages.
Das Wörterbuch-net - Listing of specialty dictionaries.

Duden Dictionaries:

Duden: Die deutsche Rechtschreibung - German Orthographic Dictionary
Duden: Familiennamen - Origin and Meaning of over 20,000 Family Names
Duden: Geographische Namen in Deutschland – German Toponymy
Duden: Das Fremdwörterbuch – Dictionary of Foreign Loanwords
Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen – Lexicon of Given Names
Duden: Das Herkunftswörterbuch – German Etymological Dictionary
Duden: Das Synonymwörterbuch – German Thesaurus
Duden: Richtiges und gutes Deutsch – Practical guide to everyday questions of orthography, grammar, style and register.
Duden: Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke - German Medical Dictionary
Duden: Das große Buch der Zitate und Redewendungen – Dictionary of Quotes and Colloquial Expressions
Duden: Das Wörterbuch der Abkürzungen – Dictionary of Abbreviations
Duden: Das große Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache in 10 Bänden – Dictionary focusing on the contemporary German language and the literary language of the 18^th and 19^th centuries.
Duden: Deutsches Universalwörterbuch – Dictionary of Contemporary German
Duden: Das Große Fremdwörterbuch – Comprehensive Dictionary of Foreign Loanwords
Duden: Das neue Wörterbuch der Szenesprachen – Dictionary of Jargon
Duden: Recht A–Z – Dictionary of Legal Terminology.
Duden: Das Lexikon der Wirtschaft – Dictionary of terminology from business and economics.

Encyclopedias and Lexicons:

Brockhaus in 15 Bänden - German Encyclopedia.
Brockhaus Literatur: The authors, works, eras and technical terms of literature.
Alltagsbrockhaus: Das Lexikon der Alltagsfragen – Practical guide and possible starting point for exploring everyday problems in contemporary Germany.

Older German Typeface and Script:

BYU German Script Tutorial – Resource for leaning older German script (Fraktur) and handwriting.
Genwiki – Resource for learning older German script (Fraktur) and handwriting.
Sütterlinschrift Inhaltsverzeichnis – Resource for leaning older German handwriting.

Miscellaneous:

Zelder Universal-Lexikon – Digitalized version of the first major German encyclopedia, from the early 18th century.
Harenberg: Kulturführer Oper – Guide to over 500 operas.
Harenberg: Kulturführer Schauspiel – Guide to the world of theater.

michael-stclair@berkeley.edu (Mike St. Clair) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:17:39 -0800

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