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Research Tools for German
Use these research tools to find information related to German
Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Biographical Sources
Book and Film Review Sources
Country Data Sources
Cultural Resources and Museum Sources
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Directories
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Organizations
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Online Resources
- 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
- Contacting Archives in Germany
- Nazi and East German Propaganda Archive
- Historische Schriften – Rare historical documents from the 15th - 20th centuries covering Ideengeschichte, Rechtsgeschichte, politische Geschichte, Sozialgeschichte, and more.
- Avalon Project – Documents in Law, History and Government compiled and translated at the Yale Law School.
- Treaty of Westphalia
- Communist Manifesto
- Versailles Treaty of 1919
- The Munich Agreements
- World War II documents
- Nazi-Soviet Relations
- The Potsdam Conference
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials
- EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents – The section on Germany reproduces texts in German and English ranging from the 16th century to the present, and provides links to special collections in American and German archives.
- Wortnetz GermaNet
Article Databases for German
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include, or link to, the full text of articles.
Atlases, Maps and Gazetteers
Resources that provide maps or tools you can use to generate maps.
Gazetteers are geographical dictionaries, giving information about cities, mountains, rivers, etc.
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
Book and Film Review Sources
Listings of book and film reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
Country Data Sources
Sources of information about specific countries.
Cultural Resources and Museums
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Online Resources
- German Dictionaries – Contemporary
- Duden – Several standard works in German: Dudens Großes Wörterbuch, Großes Fremdwörterbuch, Abkürzungen, Geographische Namen, Szenesprache und Vornamen
- German Dictionaries – Historical
- 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).
- Multilingual Dictionaries
- PONS – English-German dictionaries from PONS (via Xipolis).
- LEO – Online German-English dictionary from the Technische Universität München.
- YourDictionary – Online German-English dictionary, plus links to German translation dictionaries in many languages.
- Das Wörterbuch-net
- Wörterbuch-netz Search page
- Specialized Dictionaries & Glossaries
- Music, Film and Theater dictionaries – Specialized reference works from Duden, Metzler and Rowohlt (via Xipolis).
- Topic Glossaries – Over 100 specialized wordlists and glossaries in German by subject area.
- Die neue Rechtschreibung – Duden’s useful summary of the new German spelling reforms.
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Online Resources
- Xipolis – A multi-work site, with Brockhaus, the standard German encyclopedia, the Fischer Weltalmanach and other works (via Xipolis)
- Zelder Universal-Lexikon – Digitalized version of the first major German encyclopedia, from the early 18th century.
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernemental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Image and Sound Databases
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the locations and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Statistics and Numeric Data
Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings where such information can be found.
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
- General search engines and portals
- Google.de
- Fireball
- LYCOS
- Yahoo Nachschlage-Site – Portal to numerous information sources in German.
- Germanistik
- German Studies Trails on the Web
- Fachzeitschriften – A comprehensive list of academic journal sites covering German literature and linguistics, from germanistik.net
- Goethe-Bilbiographie – The Weimar Goethe-Bibliography is a growing index of information on Goethe’s life and works.
- The Goethe Yearbook
- Index to Martin Luthers Works
- Literarisches Leben – Dokumentationsstelle zur deutschsprachigen Literatur seit 1945.
- Literatur im Netz
- Literaturkritik.de
- Literaturwelt – Kommentierte Links zur Literaturwissenschaft, zu Zeitschriften und Buchhandlungen, Institutionen, usw.
- Middle High German Interlinked – A collection of Middle High German texts, glossaries and dictionaries.
- Theodor Storm site
- Germanic Myths, Sagas and Legends
- German history
- H-German – "Serving historians of Germany around the world," this site offers book and article reviews, primary sources, and information about the H-German discussion list.
- Nachrichtendienst für Historiker – Numerous on-line resources including a discussion group and compilations of recent press clippings on various historical topics.
- Virtual Library for German History – An overview of sites with historical content.
- Weltchronik – Historical website, searchable by year or keyword.
- Germanistik im Netz
- Thomas Mann Figuren-Lexikon – This online lexicon contains brief descriptions of the characters of Thomas Mann’s works. Included in the descriptions are characteristics as well as a brief description of the characters background.
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