Recommended German Databases
These are the main databases for research in German. If your topic is multidisciplinary, please consult guides in other subject areas for additional databases.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowMLA is the primary research database for literary studies. It indexes books, journal articles, and other materials from 1963 to the present concerning literature, folklore, linguistics, modern languages, and the dramatic arts.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowProvides full text to nearly 200 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
- Central and Eastern European Library (C.E.E.O.L.)C.E.E.O.L. is an online archive which provides access to full text PDF articles from 406 humanities and social science journals and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics.
Suggested Primary Sources
- History of Germany -- Primary DocumentsA collection of links from various academic institutions that offer primary documents from many periods of German history.
- Deutsche Digitale BibliothekThe goal of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) is to offer everyone unrestricted access to Germany’s cultural and scientific heritage, that is, access to millions of books, archived items, images, sculptures, pieces of music and other sound documents, as well as films and scores, from all over Germany.
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News Sources
- ABYZ News Links - GermanyLinks to print and TV news sources throughout Germany.
- BYU -- German News SourcesA comprehensive list of German news sources, containing some historical sources.
German Reference Sources
Here you will find dictionaries and other resources that will help you with common German research and translation tasks.
- German Ready Reference CollectionFrom the Internet Public Library, a collection of links for all kinds of information about German language and culture.
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowLiterature reference database rich with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content about authors from all time periods and genres.
- Das Digitale Wörterbuch der deutschen SpracheGerman dictionary that contains definitions as well as word histories.