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Web and print resources for language learning and literature research in German.
Last update: Nov 20th, 2009 URL: http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/german  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Texts on the Web

This searches some of the larger collections of German texts on the Web:

      

Google Book Search  includes many German works. Full text is usually available for works published up to 1909. Use Advanced Search to find a specific author or edition.
   Google Book Search
  • Zeno.org  
    The largest collection of German texts on the Web. Literature, philosophy, history, 19th century encyclopedias.
  • Projekt Gutenberg  
    Quality of texts is very variable - some are abridged - but a very large collection and useful for for finding things.
  • ALO-Austrian Literature Online  
    Austrian literature, including journals, usually in reliable editions.
  • Sophie  
    "A digital library of works by German-speaking women."
  • Ariadne - Dukumente Online  
    Literature by women and documents on women's history.
  • German Texts from the Library's Electronic Text Center  
    Many are available only for UVa and are not included in other Web collections. Some other German works (e.g., editions of Brecht, Goethe, and Kafka) are listed in Virgo.

Books in Other Libraries

  • OCLC WorldCat  
    Database listing books, print and online, journals, videos and other things libraries have. Covers most North American libraries and some libraries in Europe. Not all libraries have put in their older titles and the National Union Catalogue (Alderman -2nd Floor - Z881.A1U518 1968) can still be useful.
  • Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)  
    Search at the same time the various German regional catalogs and the union catalogs of other European countries.
 

About Titles and Editions

Wilpert, Gero von. Erstausgaben deutscher Dichtung

Alderman Reference Z2231.W74 1992

Goedeke, Karl. Goedekes Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung

Alderman Reference Z2231.G7 Use the Index (Ref Z2231.G74) and Hansel's Literaturrecherche für Germanisten (Ref Z2235.A2H24 2003) to find things in the various editions.

Brinker-Gabler, Gisela, et al. Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftstellerinnen 1800-1945

Alderman Reference PT167.B75 1986 Brief biographies, often with picture, and bibliographies of primary and secondary works.

Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur: KLG

Alderman Reference Z2230.K7 Inhalt = List of included authors. Looseleaf format with occasional updates. Lists not only books, but also their magazine and newspaper articles.

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI Jahrhunderts: VD16

Alderman Z1014.V47 1883. Use the list of microform collections of early printed books to find titles not listed in VIRGO.

Bircher, Martin. Deutsche Drucke des Barock 1600-1720 in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Alderman Z2222.W64 1972. Use the list of microform collections of early printed books to find titles not listed in VIRGO.

Gesamtverzeichnis des deutschsprachigen Schrifttums (GV)

List of books published in the German-speaking countries. 1700-1910 - Alderman Reference Z2221.G46. 1911-1965 - Alderman Microform Room microfiche 1399

Deutsches Titelbuch, ein Hilfsmittel zum Nachweis von Verfassern deutscher Literaturwerke

Alderman Reference Z2231.D4 1965

Dühmert, Anneliese. Von wem ist das Gedicht

Alderman Reference PT1188.D8

Manuscripts and Papers

 
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