GERMAN REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
University of Washington Libraries
Alvin Fritz
German Literature and Language Librarian
University of Washington
alvin@u.washington.edu
9-20-11
note: This source guide includes major reference works (printed and
electronic) in the German language and major reference works and
bibliography (printed and electronic) on German subjects held or
accessible in the University of Washington Libraries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:
GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND
DICTIONARIES
ART
BIOGRAPHY
CINEMA
HISTORY
LINGUISTICS
LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE AND GENERAL
LITERATURE: GERMAN
MUSIC
PHILOSOPHY
POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT
RELIGION
GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY (JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER
ARTICLES)
- Academic
OneFile.
A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format
from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive
coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences,
the arts, theology, literature, and other subject; intended primarily for
academic researchers. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and
transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text of the New
York Times from 1985, the Times (London) from 1985 and the Financial Times
from 1996.
- ANNO. AustriaN Newspapers
Online. Historische Österreichische Zeitungen und Aeitschriften
Online.
note: more than 70 digitized fulltext Austrian newspapers and journals,
1716-1936, e.g., Wiener Zeitung; a project of the Austrian National
Library, in progress.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
1975+
Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.
note: Electronic version covers 1975+ and is restricted to UW users; click
on: Log on to ISI Web of Science Databases; then select full search; then
select Arts & Humanities Citation Index and click on: General Search
note: Covers all subjects in the arts and the humanities and includes
articles in German as well as English and some other languages; this is
the only database that shows references cited and where subsequently cited
in later articles; also includes book reviews. The Arts and Humanities
Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index may be searched at
the same time.
- Digizeitschriften.
note: a full-text of backfiles of more than 110 German-language journals;
all fields (sciences, social sciences, humanities) represented; similar to
the English-language JSTOR. Search may be limited to a particular academic
field or to a particular journal.
- Index
deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften. IDZ. 1750-1815. Index of German Journals.
1750-1815.
note: index to approx. 100,000 articles from 195
German-language journals, 1750-1815.
- International Medieval Bibliography
Online. 1967-
note: indexes articles in journals, collections, Festschriften, and
proceedings; German language resources well-represented
- Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher
Literatur. International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly
Literature. Jahrg. 1-13 (1971-1983). Jahrg. 14-26 (1984-1996).
Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen geisteswissenschaftlicher
Literatur. International bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly
LIterature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social
Sciences. Jahrg. 27+ 1997+
SuzStx Z5051 .I64 v.1-13 (1971-1983)
SuzStx Z5051 .I642 v. 14-26 (1984-1996)
SuzRef Z5051 .I642 v. 27- (1997-
- Internationale
Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur. International Bibliography of
Periodical Literature. (IBZ) Osnabruck: F. Dietrich, 1963+
SuzRef
AI 9 I5
SuzRef AI 9 B5 (1911-1962)...note: predecessor, German
coverage only
SuzRef AI 9 B7 (1896-1963)...note: predecessor,
non-German coverage only
note: often referred to as: "Dietrich."
note: electronic version covers 1983+ and is restricted to UW users;
select Databases, then select Bibliographies IBR, IBZ,..., then select
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature. IBZ.
note: index
of journal articles from all fields of knowledge to 1999; from 1999,
social sciences and humanities; multilingual; international scope; indexes
a significant proportion of the journals published in Europe.
note:
merger of Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur (1896-1962)
and Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur (1911-1962);
SuzRef AI 9 B5 and AI 9 B7, respectively.
note: as of 1999, entitled
Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen
Zeitschriftenliteratur.
- JSTOR.
note: JSTOR is an aggregate of fulltext online journals in a broad
spectrum of subjects (including German literature) that is fully
searchable; does not include the most recent years, but often includes
lengthy historical runs
- Lexis-Nexis
note 1: full text newspaper sources including French, German, Spanish,
Italian, and Dutch newspapers; covers the New York Times from 1980 to the
present; select "News" to search newspapers; select "Legal" to search
full text federal, state & international legal materials; full text legal
news and law journals; federal code, federal regulations, state codes, tax
regulations; Canadian legislation and laws; EU law; patents (1971+);
details on lawyers and law firms and U.S. law schools; accessible only by
University of Washington users
note 2: To search the German language newspapers, select "News"; then, in
the "select sources" field, select "Deutsche Presse"; to limit your search
to a particular newspaper, scroll down and mark newspaper desired.
- Social Sciences Citation Index.
note: Electronic version covers 1975+ and is restricted to UW users; click
on: Log on to ISI Web of Science Databases; then select full search; then
select Social Sciences Citation Index and click on: General Search
note: Covers all subjects in the social sciences and includes articles in
German as well as English and some other languages; this is the only
database that shows references cited and where subsequently cited in later
articles; also includes book reviews. The Social Sciences Citation Index
and the Arts and Humanities Index may be searched at the same time.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(BOOKS): CURRENT
BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS, DISSERTATIONS, NEWSPAPERS,
JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, MANUSCRIPTS, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS):
RETROSPECTIVE
GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND
DICTIONARIES
- Die deutsche Wikipedia.
note: "eine freie Enzyklopädie...seit Mai 2001...350883 Artikel in
deutscher Sprache"; searchable; also A-Z approach available
- Metzler Lexikon Kultur der Gegenwart: Themen und Theorien, Formen und
Institutionen seit 1945. Herausgegeben von Ralf schnell.
SuzRef HM 621 .M48 2000
note: an excellent encyclopedia for cultural studies, Kulturwissenschaften
(genres, concepts, themes and institutions of particular cultural
significance)
- Österreich
Lexikon. ?sterreich von A bis Z.
note: 14,000 keywords (entries) and 2000 pictures to Austrian history,
geography, politics, economy, people, art and music in the Encyclopedia of
Austria; other databases- history of music (with sound examples), music
lectures online, picture album, video album, stamp album, photo album; the
databases are searchable (by entry word or full text) singly or multiply;
search engine; searchable in English
http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop
- Schlauweb.de Das Lexikon im
Internet.
note: an online encyclopedia in German; browsable by various disciplines;
searchable; lengthy well-developed articles with internal links to topics
which have independent online articles; an online sister (parallel in
format and information, but not a translation of) to the online
encyclopedia in English, The
Wordbook.com The Encyclopedia of the Internet.
ART
- Metzler Lexikon Kustwissenschaft: Ideen, Methoden, Begriffe.
Herausgegeben von Ulrich Pfisterer.
Stuttgart: Metzler, c2003.
SuzRef N7475 .M489 2003
BIOGRAPHY
- Allgemeine deutsche
Biographie...auf Veranlassung...seiner Majestaet des Königs von
Bayern... hrsg. durch die Historische Commission bei der Königl.
Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1975-1912. 56 vols.
note: The ADB includes influential persons in German-speaking
lands; only persons deceased before 1900; see the Neue deutsche
Biographie for updates and persons deceased later than 1899.
note: The
ADB is also available ONLINE; the fulltext online version also includes
the index to the Neue deutsche Biographie (NDB).
SuzRef CT 1053 .A5 v.1-56
- Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration
nach 1933.
Leitung und Bearbeitung, Werner Roder, Herbert A. Strauss,
unter Mitwirkung von Dieter Marc Schneider, Louise Forsyth; Autoren, Jan
Foitzik ... [et al.]; Redaktion, Sybille Claus und Beatrix Schmidt.
Munchen; NY: K.G. Saur, 1980-1983. 3 vols.
note: International
biographical dictionary of central European emigres, 1933-1945.
SuzRef
DD 68 .B52 1980
- Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie: (DBE).
Herausgegeben von Walther Killy; unter Mitarbeit von Dietrich von
Engelhardt ... [et al.]
München; New Providence: K.G. Saur,
1995-2000. 12 vols.
SuzRef CT 759 .D8 1995
- Deutsches
biographisches Archiv [microform]: eine Kumulation aus 254 der wichtigsten
biographischen Nachschlagewerke für den deutschen Beriech bis zum
Ausgang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Herausgegeben von Bernhard Fabian,
bearbeitet unter der Leitung von Willi Gorzny.
Munchen; NY: K. G.
Saur, c1982.
note: also known as German biographical archive.
MicNews Microfiche M-3094 1444 microfiche
- Deutsches biographisches
Archiv. Neue Folge bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts [microform: eine
Kumulation aus 284 der wichtigsten biographischen Nachschlagewerke
für den deutschsprachigen Berieich. Herausgegeben von Willi
Gorzny.
[Munchen; NY]: K. G. Saur, [1990?-1993]
note: also known
as German biographical archive.
MicNews Microfiche M-3205 1457
microfiche
- German Studies in North America. Compiled and Edited by
Keith Alexander and Annemarie Sammartino.
Washington, D.C.: German
Historical Institute, c2004.
note: scholar's addresses, websites,
education, bibliography, current projects and interests
SuzRef PF 3068
.U6 G476 2004
- Neue deutsche Biographie. Herausgegeben von der Historischen
Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, c1953- .
note: The NDB updates the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie and includes
persons deceased after 1899.
note: The index to
the NDB is available ONLINE along with the fulltext and index of the
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.
SuzRef CT 1053 .N48 v.1-22 (as of July 2004 complete through Schinkel)
- Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon, 1815-1950, Hrsg. von der
Österreichischen Adademie der Wissenschaften unter der Leitung von
Leo Santifaller, bearb. von Eva Obermayer-Marnach. 10+ vols
Graz: H. Böhlaus, [c1957-
note: biographical dictionary of Austria and former Austria-Hungary
SuzRef CT 912 .O45
-
World Biographical Information System.
note: major online biographical
resource; well over two million entries; indexes numerous German
biographical resources; contains biographical profiles of people from all
centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide. Compiles
biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th
to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile
images on the screen.
CINEMA
- Deutsches
Filmmuseum.
note: under the auspices of the Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF), collects
films, fotos, posters, technical equipment, music, scriptbooks, advertisements,
and special collections; sponsors exhibits and film series; online
catalog of its and the Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF) library's books, journals, gray literature, microforms, and digital media (CD's, DVD's,
videos); reference and copy
services.
- The DEFA Film Library. Cinema of East
Germany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
note:
filmography of DEFA films for rent and sale; related information and
links.
- FIAF International Film Archive Database
note: International Index to Film Periodicals, International Index to
Television Periodicals, list of periodicals indexed; Treasures from the
film archives, a directory of film and TV documentation collections, and a
bibliography of FIAF members' publications
FIAF=Federation International des Archives du Film. International
Federation of Film Archives.
- Filmregisseure: Biographien, Werkbeschreibungen, Filmographien.
Herausgegeben von Thomas Koebner.
Stuttgart: Reclam, 1999.
note: international coverage of film directors: biographies, descriptions
of work, filmographies, and bibliography of related secondary
literature
Suz PN 1998.2 .F55 1999
- Das grosse Lexikon der DEFA-Spielfilme: [die vollständige
Dokumentation aller DEFA-Spielfilme von 1946 bis 1993]
F.-B. Habel; mit Inhaltsangaben von Renate Biehl.
Berlin: Schwarzkopf& Schwarzkopf, 2000.
SuzRef PN 1999 .D4 G76 2000
- Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films: die Schauspieler, Regisseure,
Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten,
Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und
Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kay Weniger. 8 vols.
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001.
note: international coverage;
entries for all manner of persons in filmmaking, such as, actors,
directors, producers, composers, editors, set designers, costume
designers, script writers; with filmographies
SuzRef PN 1993.45 .W44 2001
- Reclams deutsches Filmlexikon: Filmkünstler aus Deutschland,
Österreich und der Schweiz. Herbert Holba, Günter Knorr, Peter
Spiegel.
Stuttgart: P. Reclam, 1984.
note: actors, directors, script writers, composers, and other film
artists
SuzRef PN 1993.45 .H57 1984
- Reclams Lexikon des deutschen Films. Herausgegeben von
Thomas Kramer.
Stuttgart: Reclam, 1995.
note: in two sections: films by title; directors
SuzRef PN 1993.45 .R43 1995
- Reclams Sachlexikon des Films. Hrsg. von Thomas Koebner.
Stuttgart: Reclam, c2007.
SuzRef PN 1993.45 .R39 2007
HISTORY
- Biographical Dictionary
of World War I. Holger H. Herwig and Neil M. Heyman.
Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1982.
SuzRef, UglRef D507 .H47 1982
- Biographical Dictionary of World War II. Christopher Tunney.
London: Dent, 1972.
SuzRef D736 .T85
- Bibliographie zur deutschen Geschichte im Zeitalter der
Glaubensspaltung, 1517-1585. Karl Schottenloher. 7 vols.
Stuttgart, A. Hiersemann, 1956-
note: massive bibliography of German history during the Reformation
SuzRef Z2237 .S37
- Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der
böhmischen Länder. Hrsg. im Auftrag des Collegium Carolinum von
Heribert Sturm.
München: R. Oldenbourg, 1974- 3+ vols.
note: biographical dictionary of Bohemian (Czech) lands
SuzRef CT 933 .B56
- Biographisches Wörterbuch zur deutschen Geschichte.
Begründet von Hellmuth Rössler und Günther Franz.
Bearbeitet von Karl Bosl et al. 2., völlig neubearb. u. stark erw.
Aufl.
München: Francke, [1973-c1975] 3 vols.
note: biographical dictionary of persons in German history
SuzRef DD 85 .R6 1973
- Dahlmann-Waitz. Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte;
Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur deutschen Geschichte.
Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1969-
note: massive bibliography of primary
and secondary sources on German histroy
SuzRef Z2236 .D14 1969
- Documents of German History. Louis Leo Snyder.
New Brunswick,
N.J,: Rutgers University Press, 1958.
note: documents in English
translation SuzRef DD 3 S55
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary German
Culture. Edited by John Sandford.
London; NY: Routledge, 1999.
SuzRef, BotRef DD 290.26 .E53 1999
- The Encyclopedia of the
Holocaust. Israel Gutman, editor in chief.
NY: Macmillan, c1990. 4
vols.
SuzRef D804.3 .E53 1990
- Encyclopedia of the Third Reich.
Edited by Christian Zentner and Friedemann Bedurftig; English translation
edited by Amy Hackett.
NY: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan,
c1991. 2 vols.
note: translation of Das grosse Lexikon des dritten
Reiches
SuzRef, UglRef, BotRef DD 256.5 .G76313 1991
- Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang
Benz, Hermann Graml und Hermann Weiss.
Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, c1997.
note: encyclopedia of national socialism
SuzRef DD 256.5 .E52 1997
- The European Powers in the First World War: an Encyclopedia. Edited by
Spencer C. Tucker; associate editors, Laura Matysek Wood, Justin D.
Murphy.
NY: Garland Pub., 1996.
SuzRef D510 .E97 1996
- Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: a
Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Edited by Thomas Adam. 3 vols.
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
note: all aspects of German-American (North, Central and South American)
relations and German cultural influences on and influential immigrants to
the Americas; includes person, city, country, organization, and topic
entries.
SuzRef E18.75 .G48 2005
- Historical Abstracts
note: indexes journals and books (1954 to the present); worldwide topical
coverage (other than the U.S. and Canada), 1450 to the present; includes
non-English resources; German resources well-represented; accessible only
to computers with University of Washington affiliates.
-
Historical Dictionary of Germany. Wayne C. Thompson, Susan L. Thompson,
Juliet S. Thompson.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
SuzRef, UglStx DD 84 .T48 1994
- A Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. C.
Paul Vincent; Harry Ritter, advisory editor.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
SuzRef DD 84 V56 1997
- International Medieval Bibliography.
1967- indexes articles in journals, collections, Festschriften, and
proceedings; German language resources well-represented.
- Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte. 1927-
Leipzig:
K.F. Koehler, 1927+ 1 Jahrg.+
note: annual index on German history
SuzRef Z2236 .J26
- Lexikon Nationalsozialismus: Begriffe, Organisationen und
Institutionen. Hilde Kammer, Elisabet Bartsch; unter Mitarbeit von Manon
Eppenstein-Baukhage. Überarb. u. erw. Neuausg.
Reinbek: Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 1999.
note: dictionary of National Socialism
Suz DD 256.5 .K246 1999
- Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Edited by John M. Jeep.
NY: Garland Pub., 2001.
SuzRef DD 157 .M43 2001
- ?sterreichische Historische
Bibliographie (?HB)
A current, searchable bibliography of historical publications appearing in
Austria since 1945; includes books, journal articles, Festschriften articles,
articles in collections, sets, tranactions, dissertations, and
bibliographies; under the auspices of the Institut f?r Geschichte
(Klagenfurt).
- Ploetz Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte.[Texterfassung: Ploetz-Redaktion]
Freiburg: Ploetz, 1990.
note: dictionary of German history
SuzRef DD 84 .P56 1999
- Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. Begründet von
Johannes Hoops.
2. völlig neu bearb. und stark erw. Aufl., unter
Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgelehrter...Hrsg. von Heinrich Beck [et
al.]
Berlin, NY: W. De Gruyter, 1973-
note: massive encyclopedia of the Germanic peoples to the 11th
century.
SuzRef DD51 .R4 1973
- World
Biographical Information System.
note: major online biographical
resource; well over two million entries; indexes numerous German
biographical resources; contains biographical profiles of people from all
centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide. Compiles
biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th
to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile
images on the screen.
- World war II in Europe: an Encyclopedia.
Editor, David T. Zabecki; assistant editors, Carl O. Schuster, Paul J.
Rose, William H. Van Husen. 2 vols.
NY: Garland Pub., 1999.
SuzRef
D740 .W67 1999
LINGUISTICS
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA. 1973+
note: abstracts of the world's literature in linguistics &
language-related research; abstracts of books, journal articles; book
review listings; enhanced bibliographic citations of dissertations. German
language resources well-covered. The electronic version is restricted to
UW users. Previously entitled Language and Language Behavior Abstracts;
electronic version covers 1973+; printed version, 1967+
SuzRef P1 L53
1967+
LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE AND GENERAL
- Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Thomas O. Sloane,
editor in chief.
Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 2001.
SuzRef
PN172 .E52 2001
- Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850.
Christopher John Murray, general editor. 2v.
NY: Fitzroy Dearborn,
2004.
SuzRef NX 452.5 .R64 E53 2004
- Frauenliebe,
Männerliebe: eine lesbisch-schwule Literaturgeschichte in Portrats.
Herausgegeben von Alexandra Busch und Dirck Linck; redaktionelle
Mitarbeit, Heide Kuhlmann.
Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c1997.
note:
international coverage; authors of gay/lesbian/homosexual/queer
literature
SuzRef PN 56 .H57 F721 1997
- Grundbegriffe der
Literaturwissenschaft. Heike Gfrereis (Hrsg.)
Stuttgart: J. B.
Metzler, c1999.
note: dictionary of terms and concepts in
literature
Suz PN 44.5 .G78 1999
- Historisches Wörterbuch
der Rhetorik. Herausgegeben von Gert Ueding; Redaktion, Gregor Kalivoda,
Franz-Hubert Robling.
Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, 1992- 4+ vols.
note: massive encyclopedia of rhetoric; all matters concerning rhetorical
devices, figures of speech, argumentation, debate, written/spoken
forms/genres of discourse, communication & persuasion, and the parts
thereof; theory of rhetoric. All entries with significant
bibliography.
SuzRef PN 172 .H57 1992
- Kindlers neues Literatur Lexikon. Chefredaktion: Rudolf Radler.
München: Kindler, c1988- 22 vols.
note: an encyclopedia of literary works; arranged by author, then by work
with bibliographical notes on editions, translations, and criticism
SuzRef PN 41 K53 1988
- Lexikon der phantastischen Literatur. Rein A. Zondergeld, Holger E.
Weidenstried.
Stuttgart: Weitbrecht, [1998]
note: international coverage; science fiction, gothic, and magic and
supernatural literature
SuzRef PN 56 .F34 Z63 1998
- Lexikon literaturtheoretischer Werke. Hrsg. von Rolf
Günter Renner und Engelbert Habekost.
Stuttgart: A. Kröner,
c1995.
note: dictionary of important writings on literary theory, by
title in original language; primarily German, English, French, Italian,
Russian, Spanish; concept index
SuzRef PN 81 .L425 1995
- Der
Literatur Brockhaus. Herausgegeben von Werner Habicht et al.
Mannheim:
B.I.-Taschenbuchverlag, c1995. 8 vols.
note: literary persons,
literatures, and concepts
SuzRef PN 41 .L43 1995
- Medieval Folklore: an Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs,
and Customs.
Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John Lindow, editors. 2 vols.
Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
SuzRef GR 35 .M43 2000
- Metzler
Autorinnen Lexikon. Herausgegeben von Ute Hechtfischer ... [et al.]...
Stuttgart: Metzler, c1998.
note: women authors, world-wide coverage
SuzRef PN 479 .M48 1998
- Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie: Ansätze, Personen,
Grundbegriffe. 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage.
Herausgegeben von Ansgar Nünning.
Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c2001.
note: encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory...tendencies, persons,
concepts; bibliography with each entry
SuzRef PN 81 .M515 2001
-
MLA international bibliography....1921/25+
New York: Modern Language Association of America
note: covers journal articles, Festschriften, dissertations for general
and comparative literature, linguistics, and Western European languages
and literatures in those languages.
note: the electronic version is restricted to UW users.
note: MLA has had variant titles and publisher's since its inception.
- Motive der Weltliteratur: ein Lexikon
dichtungsgeschichtlicher Längschnitte.
Elisabeth Frenzel. 3., überarb. und erw. Aufl.
Stuttgart: Kroner, 1988.
note: encyclopedia of themes (topics and character types) in world
literature; indexed; index includes authors and work titles mentioned in
the articles. For specific persons and characters, see Stoffe der
Weltliteratur.
SuzRef PN 43 .F7 1988.
- Mythenrezeption: die antike Mythologie in Literatur, Musik und Kunst
von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Maria Moog-Grünewald
(Hrsg.)
Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c2008.
note: ancient mythology in the literature, music, and art of the
present
SuzRef DE 5 .N48 1996 suppl. v.5
- The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory. David Macey.
London: Penguin, 2000.
SuzRef PN 98 .S6 M33 2000
- Sachwörterbuch der Literatur. Gero von Wilpert. 6., verb. u. erw.
Aufl.
Stuttgart: Korner, 1979.
note: dictionary of literary
phenomena, concepts, genres, and periods
SuzRef PN 41 .W5 1979
- Stoffe der Weltliteratur: ein Lexikon dichtungsgeschichtlicher
Längschnitte. 7., verb. und erw. Aufl.
Stuttgart: Alfred
Kröner, c1988.
note: persons and characters as themes in world
literature; for topics and character types, see Motive der
Weltliteratur
SuzRef PN 56.4 .F7 1988.
- Themen und Motive in
der Literatur: ein Handbuch. Horst S. und Ingrid Daemmrich.
Tübingen: Francke, 1995.
note: encyclopedia arranged by
theme/motive with bibliography of 1) works using the theme/motive and 2)
criticism of the theme/motive; international coverage
SuzRef PN 43
.D33 1995
- Wörterbuch der Literaturwissenschaft. Herausgegeben
von Claus Träger.
Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut,
1986.
note: dictionary of literary phenomena, genres, concepts, and
periods
SuzRef PN 41 .W67 1986
- Writers and Philosophers: a
Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on Literature. Edmund J. Thomas and
Eugene G. Miller.
NY: Greenwood Press, 1990.
note: major
philosophical influences on literary authors, by author
SuzRef, BotRef
PN 49 .T447 1990
LITERATURE:
GERMAN
http://www.washington.edu/alvin/gerbib.htm
MUSIC
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie
der Musik. Begründet von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearbeitete Ausg.
Hrsg. von Friedrich Finscher.
Kassel; NY: Bärenreiter; Stuttgart: Metzler, c1994-
Music Reference ML 100 .M92 1994
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
note: Repertoire International de Litterature Musical; International Index
to Music Literature; online 1969+
Music Reference ML 113 .R18
-
RIPM - Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
note: Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale. International
Inventory of the Musical Press
- RISM series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600.
note: A comprehensive annotated index and guide to music manuscripts
produced after 1600. The database has more than 585,559 records by over
20,500 composers and is linked to three other databases providing
additional information to specific content: Composer, Library Sigla and
Bibliographic Citations
PHILOSOPHY
- Biographische
Enzyklopädie der deutschsprachigen Aufklärung. Herausgegeben von
Rudolf Vierhaus und Hans Erich Bödecker.
München: K.G. Saur,
2002.
note: biographic encyclopedia of German Enlightenment
philosophers
SuzRef B 2621 .B56 2002
- Handbuch der Geschichte
der Philosophie. Unter Mitarbeit von Helmut Schroer.
Frankfurt am
Main: Klostermann [1964- 2vols.
note: dictionary with relatively brief
definitions, each with very lengthy bibliography
SuzRef B82 .T6
- Handbuch philosophischer Grundbegriffe. Hrsg. von Hermann Krings et
al.
München: Kösel-Verlag, [1973- 3 vols.
note: major
encyclopedia of philosophical concepts
SuzRef B43 .K75
- A Hegel Dictionary. Michael Inwood.
Oxford: Blackwell; Cambridge,
MA: Three Cambridge Center, 1992.
SuzRef B2901 .I58 1992
- A Heidegger Dictionary. Michael Inwood.
Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
SuzRef B3279 .H48 Z44 1999
- Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie. Unter Mitw. von mehr als
700 Fachgelehrten in Verb. mit Günther Bien [u.a.] Hrsg. von Joachim
Ritter.
Völlig neubearb. Ausg. des Wörterbuchs der philosophischen
Begriffe von Rudolf Eisler.
Basel, Stuttgart: Schwabe[1971- 10 vols.
note: massive encyclopedia of philosophical concepts
SuzRef B43 .R59
- A Kant Dictionary. Howard Caygill.
Oxford; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1995.
SuzRef B2751 .C38 1995
- Past Masters
note: searchable online collection of classical texts in philosophy,
political science and economics; includes the works of Nietzsche, Hegel,
Kant, and Wittgenstein.
- Philosopher's Index
note: indexes journal articles in over 270 philosophy journals (1940 to
the present for U.S. journals, 1967 to the present for U.S., international,
and non-English language resources; excellent inclusion of German language
resources), books, and essays; accessible only to University of Washington
computers.
POLITICS, LAW AND GOVERNMENT
- Austria. Federal
and State Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
http://gksoft.com/govt/en/at.html
- Auswärtiges Amt
Foreign Office, Germany
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de
- Biographisches Handbuch der österreichischen Parlamentarier,
1918-1998. Hrsg. von der Parlamentsdirektion.
Wien: Die Direktion, 1998.
note: biographical dictionary of the Austrian Parliament, 1918-1998
SuzRef JN 2023 .A2 B56 1998
- Bundesgerichtshof.
Federal Court of Justice.
note: full text searchable judgments, 2000+; click on Entscheidungen
http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de
- Bundesrat.
Federal Council of Germany
http://www.bundesrat.de
- Bundesregierung
Deutschland. Federal Government of Germany
http://www.bundesregierung.de
- Bundesverfassungsgericht. Federal
Constitutional Court.
note: full text searchable judgments, 1998+, click on Entscheidungen;
press releases; judges c.v.'s; organizational and statistical data
http://www.bverfg.de
- Deutscher Bundestag
German Parliament
http://www.bundestag.de
- German Law
Archive
note: translated into English- full text German law judgments, cases,
statutes, literature, and bibliographies; searchable; numerous German Law
links
http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/index.html
- German Law:
Resources in English
note: full text sources in English of the constitution and other basic
legal documents, numerous court reports and statutes; articles and reviews;
and information on government organization, German lawyers, studying law in
Germany; numerous links
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/english/glsindex.html
German Reunification: a Reference Guide and Commentary. [Edited] by
Jonathan Osmond ... [et al.]
Harlow, Essex, U.K.: Longman Current Affairs; Detroit, MI: Distributed in
the U. S. and Canada by Gale Research, c1992.
SuzRef DD 290.25 .G47 1992
- Germany. Federal and State
Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
http://gksoft.com/govt/en/de.html
Handbuch der deutschen Bundesländer. Jürgen Hartman, hg.
Frankfurt; NY: Campus, c1997.
SuzRef DD 258.3 .H35 1997
-
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
note: indexes over 450 non-English legal periodicals, 1985 to the present;
includes many German language law journals.
- Legal Research in
Germany
note: a well-organized site to German and English sources on all aspects
of German law: the German legal system, the legislative process, law, court
practice and decisions, legal literature, citations to German legal sources,
translations into English, and numerous links; by a German and U.S.-educated
librarian.
Lexikon der Christlichen Demokratie in Deutschland. Hrsg. v. Winfried
Becker ... [et al.]; wissenschaftliche Koordination: Hans-Otto Kleinmann;
[hrsg. Im Auft. der Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung e.V.]
Paderborn: Schöningh, c2002.
note: dictionary of the Christian Democrats (political party) in
Germany
SuzRef JN 3971 .A98 C446 2002
Lexikon Opposition und Widerstand in der SED-Diktatur.
Herausgegeben von Hans-Joachim Veen ... [et al.]
Berlin: Propyläen, c2000.
note: dictionary of opposition and resistance in the Socialist Unity Party
dictatorship
SuzRef DD 287.6 .L49 2000
The Longman Companion to Germany since 1945. Adrian Webb.
London; NY: Longman, 1998.
SuzRef DD 257 .W39 1998
Modern Germany: an Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture,
1871-1990. Editors, Dieter K. Buse, Juergen C. Doerr. 2 vols.
NY: Garland Pub., 1998.
SuzRef DD 14 .M64 1998
- P.A.I.S. Public Affairs Information Service. 1915+
note: for UW users only
note: indexes journal articles (English, German, French, Spanish,
Italian), books, and selected government documents in the areas
of public affairs, policy, and politics; brief annotations, but no full
text.
Das Politiklexikon. Klaus Schubert, Martina Klein. 3., aktualisierte
Aufl.
Bonn: Dietz, 2003.
SuzRef JA 63 .S35 2003
Prominente ohne Maske DDR. Gerhard Frey, Herausgeber.
München: FZ-Verlag, c1991.
SuzRef DD 281.5 .P76 1991
The State of Germany Atlas. Bernhard Schafers, ... [et al.]
London; NY: Routledge, 1998.
note: translation of Politischer Atlas Deutschland; a political,
economic, and social atlas
SuzRef G 1912.2 .S3 1998
- Switzerland. Federal and
State Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
http://gksoft.com/govt/en/ch.html
Vademekum der DDR-Forschung: ein Leitfaden zu Archiven,
Forschungseinrichtungen, Bibliotheken, Einrichtungen der politischen
Bildung, Vereinen, Museen und Gedenkstätten. Hrsg. von Ulrich
Mählert.
Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1997.
SuzRef DD 280 .M3 1997
Wer War Wer in der DDR?: ein Biographisches Lexikon. Helmut
Müller-Enbergs et al., eds.
Berlin: Ch. Links, 2000
SuzRef DD 281.5 W47 2000
Wörterbuch der Staatssicherheit: Definitionen zur
"politisch-operativen Arbeit." Herausgegeben von Siegfried Suckut.
Berlin: Ch. LInks, 1996.
note: dictionary of state security, East Germany
SuzRef HV 8210.5 .A3 W672 1996
- Yahoo!
Deutschland
note: all subjects related to German government and politics,
with search engine
http://de.dir.yahoo.com/Gesellschaft_und_Politik
RELIGION
- ATLA
Religion Database. American Theological Library
Association.
note: index, 1949+; much German language material
- Internationaler biographischer Index der Religion: Theologen,
Prediger, Rabbiner und Ordensleute = World biographical index of religion:
theologians, preachers, rabbis and members of a religious order.
Munchen: K. G. Saur, 1997. 5 vols.
SuzRef BL 72 .I58 1997
- Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart; Handwörterbuch fur
Theologie und Religionswissenschaft. 3., völlig neu bearbeitet Aufl.,
in Gemeinschft mit Hans Frhr. v. Campenhausen [et al.] hrsg. von Kurt
Galling.
Tübingen: Mohr, 1957-1965. 7 vols.
note: major encyclopedia of religion and theology
Suz BL 31 .R42 1957
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