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Databases and Indexes for German Culture and History
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America: History and Life (EBSCOhost) |  |
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BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index ‡ | |
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CREDO Reference | |
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eHRAF World Cultures | |
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) | |
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCOhost) | |
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Humanities International Index (EBSCOhost) | |
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost) | |
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
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To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.
Databases and Indexes for German Language Materials
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| EBSCOhost Deutsch Interface is in German articles in English |
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LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Use the News tab to narrow to 'Deutsche Presse' |
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
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The following are selected resources for research on German language, literature, and culture. For more books on these topics, please use the Library Catalog.
To find books in other libraries, try using WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this library's catalog, but as another avenue of searching for books.
Contemporary German Culture
Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture (Reference Collection: DD 290.26 E 53 1999): This encyclopedia contains articles on architecture, politics, music, education, film, literature, language, religion, society, and more, as they pertain to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Indexed.
Dictionaries
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache (Reference Collection: PF 3580. K5 1989): This dictionary not only defines German words, but it also explains their origins and evolutions in the German language. This book is in German.
The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German (Reference Collection: PF 3640. O 94 1999): In addition to defining thousands of German words, this dictionary also provides notes on grammar and usage.
Literature
Encyclopedia of German Literature (Reference Collection: PT 91. E 53 2000): This two volume encyclopedia contains articles on German-language writers, their works, and important topics in the study of German literature. A comprehensive index can be found in the second volume.
Oxford Companion to German Literature (Reference Collection: PT 41.G 3 1997): This companion contains articles on German-language writers, their works, and important issues in the study of German literature.
Web Sites
German Language Resources: Maintained by Arts and Sciences staff at Harvard University, this streamlined site contains links to Web sites on German language and Literature.
German Resources: Created and maintained by staff at the Universität Karlsruhe (University of Karlsruhe), this index contains links to hundreds of sites on German language, history, culture, literature, and more. Many of the Web sites linked here are available only in German or default to German.
Internet Resources for German Language and Literature: This subject guide was created by the University of Delaware library and lists a number of Web sites about German language, literature, news, culture, and more.
Livemocha: Social Language Learning - Online! Livemocha is the world's largest language learning community with over 4 million members! Designed for all language goals and skill levels, Livemocha offers free and plus learning options that actually work - and make learning languages social and fun!
WESSWEB: German Studies Web: Created by staff at Dartmouth University, this sites indexes a number of useful German and German studies Web sites.
Language Learning Aids
German Exercises Interactive written quizzes on everything from conjugation to declension.
Super German Websites Indexes sites on the web for learning German.
Librarians
| Bibliographer & Reference Librarian for Foreign Languages | Reference Librarians for German | |
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| Sandra Shropshire
Dean/University Librarian (208) 282-2671 shrosand@isu.edu |
Jenny Lynne Semenza
Associate University Librarian for Public Services/Building Manager (208) 282-2581 semejenn@isu.edu |
Cheryl Sebold
LAIII-Reference & Collection Development (208) 282-3246 sebocher@isu.edu |
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