Research Guides: German Studies: Getting Started

Welcome

This guide is intended to help you find resources for research and learning about German language, literature, and culture. If you need additional assistance, please schedule a consultation with Amauri Serrano, subject specialist for Modern Languages.

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Goethe in Campagna, 1787
Johann H.W. Tischbein

Key Resources

Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
A bibliography and index of German publications pertaining to German language and literature.

MLA International Bibliography*
The MLA International Bibliography provides a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Works of interest to scholars are included whether they are written for a scholarly or a more general audience, provided that the content or its treatment places them within the scope of the bibliography. Masters' theses, guides that are essentially plot summaries, and other apprentice or simplified works are excluded.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts*
Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. This database abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.

Subject coverage
Anthropological linguistics
Applied linguistics
Descriptive linguistics
Discourse analysis
Language - pathological and normal
Learning disabilities
Nonverbal communication
Phonetics
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Literature Resource Center*
Includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism Select Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.