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German Language and
Literature
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This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on German
language and literature.
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Contents of this research guide
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Background Information | Facts & Figures | Find Articles | Find
Books | People
| Organizations | Web Resources | Additional
Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start
a research project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Der Brockhaus in Fünf Bänden (033 B782)
Cyclopedia of World Authors (R 809 C9924)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (928.1 D561)
Encyclopedia of German Literature (R 830.90003 En19)
European Writers (R 809.894 Eu74)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (R 809.203 M178)
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Facts & Figures (Fact Sources)
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Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and similar
works to find and check facts about topics, people, or events.
The Cambridge History of German Literature
(R 830.9 C144)
The
Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (English-German)
The
Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary (German-English)
Das Große Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache (R 433
G914)
The Oxford Companion to German Literature (R 830.3 G183o3)
The Oxford-Harrap Standard German-English Dictionary (R 433.21 Ox24)
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Find Articles
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Search indexes, abstracts, and databases to find journal, magazine, and
newspaper articles. For a complete list of Kent Library's online
indexes and databases, see the Find: articles
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source materials, such as newspaper and
magazine articles, use the following print sources:
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Humanities Index, 1974+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1966-1974)
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
International Index to Periodicals, 1907 - 1965
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
New York Times Index, 1851+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the
following online databases:
Academic Search Premier
ERIC
JSTOR
MLA
Project Muse
ProQuest Research Library
Wilson OmniFile
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Find General Collection Books
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Use the Kent
Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers), videos,
government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject headings.
Printed volumes of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on
the third floor.
Some German language and literature subject headings include:
German drama
German fiction
German language
German literature
German poetry
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Browse the shelves by call number. Use the
Dewey
Decimal chart (http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml)
to get you in the right subject areas or try the following:
German and related languages 430s
German and related literatures 830s
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People
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Learn about important people, such as authors, researchers &
historical figures related to this topic or field.
Biography Index (located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main
floor)
Contemporary Authors (928 C7672)
Dictionary of Literary Biography (928.1 D561)
Literature Resource Center
(http://library.semo.edu/find/db_az.asp#L)
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Organizations
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Professional organizations and/or societies often provide very useful
topic related information.
American Association of Teachers of
German
German Studies Association
(http://www.g-s-a.org)
Modern Language Association
(http://www.mla.org)
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Web Resources
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Foreign
Language News and Newspapers
(http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/types/flnews)
German
Language and Literature
(http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/german/german.shtml)
German
Resources
(http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary)
German Studies
Trails on the Web
(http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/german.html)
German Studies Web
(http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess)
Internet
Resources for German Language and Literature
(http:www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/lang/internet.htm)
Wörterbuch
(http://www.student-online.net/woerterbuch.shtml)
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For a list of Web searching tools, see the Find: web searching tools
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.shtml).
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Additional Resources
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Dissertation Abstracts
(http://library.semo.edu/find/db_az.asp#D)
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