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Dictionaries & Language

Brockhaus, die Enzyklopädie : in vierundzwanzig Bänden
Location: JPL Reference Stacks AE27 .B922 1996
The classic multi-volume German encyclopedia set that includes a picture dictionary of the German language, a German-to-English dictionary, a quotation and phrase dictionary, and a thorough German dictionary.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P29 .C64 1997

Der Duden in 12 Bänden
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PF3071 .D82
A multi-volume German-language reference set on language, grammar, language usage, quotations, antonyms, synonyms, and spelling.

Deutsch Plus
Location: JPL Multimedia Center, Video Cassette PF3112.5 .D48 1999
This 20-episode television drama (presented on 5 videocassettes) tells the story of Nicolai Antonescu. Nico, a refugee from Romania, goes to live and work in Cologne without speaking any German and gets a job at a television station working on a daytime magazine program. The drama allows you to learn step-by-step along with Nico as he tries to pick up the German he needs for work and for his private life.

Fokus Deutsch
Location: JPL Multimedia Center, Video Cassette PF3066 .F64 1998
A German language telecourse that weaves together dramas set in Germany, documentaries of contemporary German life, interviews with native speakers, and historical and archival footage to teach the German language. Thirty-six episodes are presented on 12 videocassettes.

German and German-English Dictionaries
Location: JPL Reference Stacks, JPL Stacks and Downtown Library, Reference PC 4580 through PC 4971.
Types of dictionaries available include bilingual, single language, and synonyms/antonyms dictionaries.
Search UCAT by LC Subject Headings:

german language--dictionaries--english
german language--dictionaries--german
german language--synonyms

Note: Omit the hyphens (--) when searching by subject in UCAT; capitalization is not necessary in UCAT.

International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks P29 .I58 1991
A four-volume set.

Metzler Literatur Lexikon: Begriffe und Definitionen
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN41 .M43 1990

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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

• UTNetCAT
  Free Website: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/
  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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Literature

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Location: JPL Reference Stacks D114 .D5 1982
Multiple-volume set with articles about subjects pertaining to the Middle Ages. Includes information about literary allusions and concepts from that time period.

The Cambridge History of German Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT91 .C36 1997

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PS21 .D5
Multi-volume set containing articles about writers and their works. Of particular interest in German studies are Vol. 138: German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages, 1170-1280, Vol. 148: German Writers and Works of the Early Middle Ages, 800-1170 and Vol. 164: German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660.
Also available online through Literature Resource Center.(UTSA subscription)

The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT41 .F46 1997

Handbook of Austrian Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT155 .U5
Short biographical and critical sketches of Austrian German writers. Each entry lists the author's major works and offers bibliographies for further research. Most of the articles were originally published in Handbuch der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur.

Hauptwerke der deutschen Literatur
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT41 .K64 1978

Kindlers neues Literatur Lexicon
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PN44 .K55 1988
This 20-volume, German-language encyclopedia set features descriptions of stories, plots, characters, and themes in works of world literature. Many German-language literary works are featured.

Literature Resource Center (UTSA subscription)
A full-text literature reference database rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. The Literature Resource Center allows you to search by author, title, literary theme, and literary movement or time period, among other methods. For example, for a search on German literary movements, you can select &German baroque literature,& &German enlightenment,& &German humanism,& and more. You can also search for specific authors, such as Walther von der Vogelweide or Martin Luther, or specific works, such as Faust, Hildebrandslied, or Das Nibelungenlied. Full Text

Metzler Autoren Lexikon : deutschsprachige Dichter und Schriftsteller vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT155 .M48 1994

Modern German Literature: A Library of Literary Criticism
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT401 .D6
Two volumes.

The Oxford Companion to German Literature
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT41.G3 1997

Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT41 .R435
A 5-volume encyclopedic dictionary of German literary history.

Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT41 .R432

Schweizer Schriftsteller der Gegenwart
Location: JPL Reference Stacks PT3874 .S3
A dictionary of Swiss writers of German, French, Italian, and Romansch descent.

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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.

Not so useful for the study of German literature per se; however, 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

MLA International Bibliography (UTSA subscription)
Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations for literary criticism, linguistics, and rhetoric. 1963 - Current. Earlier years covered by paper files available in JPL Reference Stacks PB6 .M67 (1921 - 1993). 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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German Web Resources

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

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.

German History and Culture
Free Website: http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/germancultureguide.html
This UTSA Subject Guide describes how to find information about German history and culture.

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/
From the West European Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries.

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

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

• Aladin
  Free Website: http://www.aladin.de
• Fireball
  Free Website: http://www.fireball.de
• WEB.DE
  Free Website: http://web.de
• Yahoo! Deutschland
  Free Website: http://www.yahoo.de