Research Guides: German Studies: Reference Works

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A selection useful reference sources - there are many more available in McKeldin Library.

Germanistik
Call Number: Periodical Stacks | Z2235 .G4
Germanic philology bibliography
Women writers of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: an annotated bio-bibliographical guide. by Frederiksen, Elke
Call Number: Stacks | PT167 .W65 1989
Historical dictionary of German literature to 1945 by Grange, William
Call Number: Reference Stacks | PT41 .G73 2011
Lexikon der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur seit 1945 by Kunisch, Hermann et al.
Call Number: Reference Stacks | PT401 .N48 2003
A user’s guide to German cultural studies by edited by Scott Denham, Irene Kacandes, and Jonathan Petropoulos
Call Number: Stacks | DD67 .U74 1997
The Oxford companion to German literature by Garland, Henry B.
Call Number: Reference Stacks | PT41 .G3 1997
Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLG) by Heinz Ludwig Arnold
Call Number: Reference Stacks | PT401 .K7
A bio-bibliographical dictionary of contemporary (post-1945) German-speaking authors. Partial online access at http://www.nachschlage.net/search/query?query.id=query-16.

Electronic Reference Sources

Selected electronic reference sources; more are accessible under the Reference subject category in Database Finder. Individual electronic reference titles are also included in the main catalog.

Gale Literature Criticism
Electronic version of 12 titles in Gale's popular Literature Criticism reference series, including Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Drama Criticism.

German Studies

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