Subject Guide: German

The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.

German Department Homepage

Online Resources

Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.

• Browse German Databases
  

Reference Materials

Reference materials provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.

• Bibliographie der Deutschen Literaturwissenschaft, 1945-1969  Z2231 .B5 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Bibliographie der Französischen Literaturwissenschaft,1956-   Z 2171 .B56 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Humanities Index, 1974-1996  AI 3 .H8 (Annex Floor 1A)
• MLA Bibliography, 1921-1993  Z 7006 .M64 (Annex Floor 1A)
• Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture  DD290.26 E53 1999
• Encyclopedia of German Literature v.1-2  PT41 E63 2000
• Oxford Companion to German Literature  PT41 G3 1997
• Cambridge Klett Comprehensive German Dictionary  PF3640 .C36 2002
• The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
• Oxford German Dictionary and Grammar  PF3640 O95 2001
• Oxford Reference Books Online: Bilingual Dictionaries
  The online version; search many dictionaries at once, or choose one to search.

Web Resources

Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:

• Yahoo Babelfish Translation
• Ethnologue.com - Languages of the World
• Librarians' Index to the Internet: German Page.
  All kinds of resources related to Germany and the German language, including online dictionaries, cultural sites, and more; all selected for quality by librarians.
• German Language News & Magazines: an exhaustive list of publications on the Web. Assembled by MIT.