Research Guides: *German: Getting Started in German

Humanities Librarian

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Contact:

Ladd Library 131
(207) 786-8323
mwillia8@bates.edu

I am usually at the Research Desk Mon. 6-9, Tues. 1-4, and Wed. 10-1

Subjects: Art and Visual Culture, Classical and Medieval Studies, English, European Studies, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, German, Greek (Ancient), Hispanic Studies, Languages and Literatures, Latin American and Latinx Studies, Russian

German Studies Web - ACRL
Created by the Association of College and Research Libraries, this is a very comprehensive research guide on research strategies for German studies, including extensive listings of national libraries and archives of German-speaking countries. An excellent resource for more advanced research in German.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern literature, language, linguistics, and folklore journal articles and books, including scholarship on German literature. Includes a language limiter in the search interface to find scholarship written in German, as well.

MLA International Bibliography Sample Search with German Language
This is a sample search with 'German' selected as the language, sorted by the most recent date. This is a good search strategy for finding scholarship in German.

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Topical bibliographies in the humanities and social sciences. Oxford Bibliography
Oxford Bibliographies offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on specific topics in a growing range of subject areas. There are at least 50 specific topical bibliographies in each subject area. Each of these features an introduction to the topic. Bibliographies are browsable by subject area and are keyword searchable.

Oxford Bibliographies Sample Search ("German" and Military History)
This is a sample search in Oxford Bibliographies, searching mentions in German in annotated bibliographies in Military History, as an example of how to use this resource.
Oxford Bibliographies Sample Search ("German Literature")
This is a sample search of "German Literature" in Oxford Bibliographies. There are a number of annotated bibliographies that mention German literature, it might be helpful to browse around these and find more information. Many of these bibliographies include scholarship in both English and German.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A great source with articles, book chapters, and books in the humanities, social sciences, and science. Includes 'German' as a language option in the search interface.

JStor Sample Search ("German literature" in Deustch OR German)
This is a sample search for the latest articles written about "German literature" in German in JStor.

Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly journals. Publication dates: mostly 1960 to present (some earlier)

Project Muse Sample Search for German Studies and German Literature
This is a sample search for journals in German Studies and German literature.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
A very good source for international news coverage by region and language. Many major newspapers of record in German and German-speaking countries are included.

Nexus Uni Sample Search (Der Spiegel)
This is a sample search for the latest news from the German newspaper Der Spiegel. This database has very good coverage of the latest and archived news, but no images.