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German History and Culture

Background Information

Allgemeine deutsche Biographie
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CT1053 .A3 1967
An encyclopedia featuring biographies of prominent Germans from the earliest period to the end of the 19th century. This set consists of a 45-volume original set and a 10-volume nachträge or supplemental set, along with a 1-volume general register. The text of this set is printed in fraktur, the classical German lettering style.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture
Location: JPL Reference Stacks DD290.26 E53 1999
Features signed essays by German, European, and U.S.  scholars on post-World War II art, culture, and society in the old West Germany and the new, post-reunification German Federal Republic, as well as East Germany (the former German Democratic Republic), Austria, Switzerland, and other German-speaking regions and communities. Specific subjects include architecture, cultural policies and institutions, economy, education, fashion and design, film, food and drink, literature, mass media and publishing, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, and sports and leisure, among many others.

Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Location: JPL Reference Stacks E184 .A1 G14 1995
Location: Downtown Library, Reference E184 .A1 G14 1995
Features discussion of and resources about German Americans, among many other groups.

The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Location: JPL Reference Stacks D114.E53 1999

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Location: Downtown Library, Reference D114 .D535 2000>

Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Europe, Vol. 4
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GN307 .E53 1991
Location: Downtown Library, Reference GN307 .E53 1991
Articles on Austrians, Germans, German Swiss, Swiss, and other related cultural and ethnic groups.

An Encyclopedia of World History:
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged
Location: JPL Reference Stacks D21.L27 1968

German Language and Literature
Free Website: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/germanlitguide.html
This UTSA Subject Guide describes how to find German language dictionaries, information about Germanic languages, and information about German literature and literary criticism.

Historischer Atlas Deutschland:
vom Frankenreich zur Wiedervereinigung in Karten, Bildern und Texten
Location: JPL Reference Stacks DD89 .S34 1997

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990
Location: JPL Reference Stacks DD14 .M64 1998
This unique 2-volume encyclopedia set approaches the history and culture of Germany and other German-speaking regions with an interdisciplinary approach, in an attempt to convey and comprehend "the richness of Germany's past, the country's contributions to many fields, and its complex path to the present." Featured are often extensive, signed essays on politics, history, personalities, events, institutions, and issues in such diverse fields as literature, music, art, religion, science, philosophy, economics, technology, media, society, government, and much more. The encyclopedia includes a broad subject guide to the set's contents, as well as a chronology of German history from early unification in 1871 to reunification with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990.

Neue deutsche Biographie
Location: JPL Reference Stacks CT1053 .N4
A 20-volume dictionary of German personages, this biographical encyclopedia is a work in progress. At present, it covers only personages with last names beginning with A-through Püt-.

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich
Location: JPL Reference Stacks G1912.21

Politischer Atlas Deutschland : Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Staat
Location: JPL Reference Stacks GF576 .S33 1997

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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Books and Materials Elsewhere

• UT Austin Library Catalog
  Free Website: http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu
  The University of Texas at Austin General Libraries online catalog, which includes citations to books in their research collection. Useful for locating books not held by UTSA but available through Interlibrary Loan or TexShare. Keyword searches can be limited to materials in German.
  
  
• WorldCat (UTSA subscription)
  Over 36 million records describing books, journals, manuscripts, multimedia and other materials housed in libraries around the world. Includes library holdings. Advanced search can be limited to materials in German. Updated daily.
  
  
• Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog (UTSA subscription)
  Includes approximately 500,000 bibliographic records for monographs, newspapers, serials, and archival materials in microform and microform sets. The materials are available for Interlibrary Loan. Searches may be limited by language.
  
  
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  Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

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Databases & Article Searching

Academic Universe (UTSA subscription)
Select News from the Academic Search Forms sidebar, then select Non-English Language News from the Step One: Select a News Category drop-down menu. Provides abstracts and/or full text to nearly 6,000 titles relating primarily to news, business, and legal information. Includes U. S. and foreign newspapers, wire services, government and political news, company profiles and financial reports, industry and market news, federal and state case law, law reviews, accounting and tax information, medical news and abstracts, and state and country profiles. Updated continuously.

There is a section devoted to German-language newspapers and magazines, including the full-text contents of Der Spiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Full Text

ArticleFirst (UTSA subscription)
Indexes table of contents pages from approximately 12,500 journals in all disciplines from 1990 to the present. A number of journals related to German literature and language are indexed, such as Die Unterrichtspraxis, German Life and Letters, The German Quarterly, and German Studies Review. Citations Only

JSTOR (UTSA subscription)
Full image access to a comprehensive archive to many scholarly journals. At least 12 subject areas are represented, primarily in the social sciences, with new subjects and titles added regularly. Relevant journals include MLN and Speculum. Full Image

PAIS International (UTSA subscription)
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical information in a variety of subjects including, agriculture, business, education, finance, health, political science, and the social sciences. Indexes the German news magazine, Der Spiegel. Corresponds to the last ten years of citations from the print indexes PAIS Bulletin, PAIS Foreign Language Index, and PAIS International in Print. Updated monthly.Citations Only

ProQuest Research Library (UTSA subscription)
Accesses more than 1,800 periodicals providing significant full-text as well as abstracts of journal articles on a wide range of topics, with primary focus in the humanities and social sciences. Relevant full-text publications with German language and literature content include the Journal of European Studies, the Germanic Review, and JEGP: The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. Full Text/Full Image

Periodicals Archive Online (UTSA subscription)
A major online periodical index that provides citations to nearly 14 million articles in the humanities and social sciences. Additionally, it makes available full-text articles from approximately 300 historically significant periodicals in disciplines such as anthropology, area studies, economics, education, history, linguistics and philology, literature, music and the performing arts, and sociology, among others. Includes full-text articles in languages other than English, with significant offerings in Spanish, French, and German. Dates of coverage vary but some content is available from the 19th century to the 1990s. Updated regularly. Full Text/Full Image

Project MUSE (UTSA subscription)
Full-text and full-image versions of several Johns Hopkins University Press's scholarly journals in math, science, humanities and the social sciences. Relevant full-text journals include MLQ-Modern Language Quarterly, Comparative Literature Studies, MLN, the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and the Journal of Modern Literature. Searchable by keyword and by journal. Full Image

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Film & Art

Chronik des deutschen Films, 1895-1994
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.5 .G3 P75 1995

Encyclopedia of European Cinema
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.5 .E8 E53 1995

Magill's Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.45 .M34 1985
Eight volumes.

Oxford History of World Cinema
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN1993.5 .A1 O96 1995

German Films at the UTSA Library
Free Website: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/germanfilmsguide.html
A sample of classic and contemporary German films available at the UTSA Library.

The Dictionary of Art
Location: JPL Reference Stacks N31 .D5 1996
Published in 34 volumes by Grove's Dictionaries. Articles on art in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as on artists and artistic movements.

Allgemeines lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der antike bis zur gegenwart
Location: JPL Reference Stacks N40 .T4 1970
A 37-volume German-language work, originally published in 1907, that provides biographical sketches of German and non-German artists.

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Browsing Newspapers & Journals

Just browsing?
This list is a sample of periodicals related to German history and culture available at the UTSA Library. Recent issues are located in the Current Periodicals area on the second floor of the John Peace Library (1604 campus).
Titles are arranged alphabetically.
For the location of older issues, search UCAT by journal title.

Der Spiegel (Hamburg)
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
A German newsweekly, featuring articles on German political, cultural, and economic issues, as well as international events.

Die Zeit (Hamburg)
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
A German newsweekly, featuring strong, in-depth coverage of German, European, and international news.Die Zeit covers news in the sciences and other academic areas, as well as articles on popular culture, book reviews, and features on the arts and literature.

German Life and Letters
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
In English and German. Since its postwar resurrection in 1947, German Life and Letters has presented a mix of literary and nonliterary articles covering all aspects of German studies since the Middle Ages, including literature, language, arts, culture, social history, and politics.

German Quarterly
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
Produced by the American Association of Teachers of German, this journal features articles in German and in English on German literature, history, and cultural studies.

German Studies Review
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
In German and English. Articles discuss the history, literature, culture, and politics of the German-speaking countries of Europe.

Germanic Review
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
In German and English. The Germanic Review focuses on scholarly research in the areas of German literature, German culture, and German theory.

Germanistik
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers

New German Critique
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
An interdisciplinary journal of German studies.

Die Neue Rundschau
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers

Seminar
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers
A journal of German studies produced by the University of Toronto.

Theater der Zeit
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers

Theater Heute
Location: JPL Current Periodicals and Newspapers

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German Resources on the Web

Berkeley German Collections: German Resources
University of California at Berkeley
Free Website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/german/l

Berlin Online
Free Website: http://www.berlinonline.de/

German Studies Trails on the Internet
Free Website: http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/german.html

German Studies Web
Free Website: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/
West European Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries

Germanistik.net: Internet Resources for Germanists
Free Website: http://www.germanistik.net/

Vienna Online
Free Website: http://www.vienna.at/

Internet Searching tips to retrieve pages in German:

• Many search engines allow you to limit your search by language.
• You can also specify the domain (country).   For example in Alta Vista the term "+url:.de" limits to documents on servers in Germany. (Check help sections of the search engine.) For other domain names see Domain Names by Country.
• Try entering your search terms in German.

Search Engines

• Abacho: Die Schnelle Suchmaschine
  Free Website: http://www.aladin.de
• Acoon
  Free Website: http://www.acoon.de/
• AltaVista
  Free Website: http://de.altavista.com/
• Fireball
  Free Website: http://www.fireball.de
• WEB.DE
  Free Website: http://web.de
• Yahoo! Deutschland
  Free Website: http://www.yahoo.de