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German Language Humanities : Encyclopedias & Handbooks
A guide to research materials in the areas of Germanic languages and literature
Online Encyclopedias & Handbooks
- Brockhaus Konversationslexikon(14. Auflage, 1894-1896)
16 vols. Late 19th-century edition - Cambridge Companions OnlineScroll down to: Companions to Literature and Classics
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary German CultureClick on link under "Online Access"
- Encyclopedia of German LiteratureEssays on German literature, its authors, and its various contexts
- Das Lexikon aus ÖsterreichProvides culturally relevant information about Austria, including Austrian literary figures
- Literary Reference CenterReference resource for literature, authors, literary criticism, and literary works across disciplines and time frames, containing plot summaries, synopses, and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, book reviews, author biographies and interviews, poems, and short stories
- Literature Resource CenterInformation on a large number of authors and literary works taken from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and other sources. In addition to biographical information, LRC includes full-text articles from more than 130 literary journals, a dictionary of literary terms, and links to 5,000 relevant Web sites and special collections
- Merck's Warenlexikon(3. Auflage, 1884)
- Meyers Konversationslexikon(4. Auflage, 1885-1892)
19 vols. Major competitor to the Brockhaus encyclopedia until their merger in 1986 - Zedlers Grosses Universal-LexikonA 68-volume German encyclopedia published by Johann Heinrich Zedler between 1731 and 1754. It was the first encyclopedia to include biographies of living people
Print Encyclopedias & Handbooks
- A Companion to German Literature from 1500 to the PresentCall number: PT236 S55 1997
- Daten deutscher Dichtung. Chronologischer Abriss der deutschen LiteraturgeschichteLocation: Memorial Library Reference Non-current (Basement North)
Call number: PT1136 A2 E82 1988 (5 vols.)
Non-Circulating - Deutsches Literatur-LexikonLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT401 D453 2000
Non-Circulating - Deutsches Schriftsteller-Lexikon, 1830-1880 (1995-)Location: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT341 D48 1995
Non-Circulating - Encyclopedia of Contemporary German CultureLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: DD290.26 E53 1999
Non-Circulating - Encyclopedia of German LiteratureLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks, Floor 2 South
Call number: PT41 E53 2000
Non-Circulating - Fakten und Fiktionen : Werklexikon deutschsprachiger Schlüsselliteratur, 1900-2010Call number: PT747 R75 F35 2011
- German Literature: An Annotated Reference Guide (1979)Call number: PT85 F38
- Grundbegriffe der Kulturtheorie und KulturwissenschaftCall number: PN41 G78 2005
- Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen DichtungLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT85 G72
Non-Circulating - Handbuch LiteraturwissenschaftCall number: PN45 H362 2007 (3 vols.: Gegenstände und Grundbegriffe / Methoden und Theorien / Institutionen und Praxisfelder)
- Informationshandbuch deutsche LiteraturwissenschaftBlinn, Hansjürgen, 1994
Location: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT85 Z99 B54 1994
Non-Circulating (but earlier editions available in general shelving) - Kindlers Literatur LexikonLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PN44 K54 1988
Non-Circulating - Lexikon deutschsprachiger Epik und Dramatik von Autorinnen: 1730-1900Location: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT167 L48 2006
Non-Circulating - Literaturrecherche für Germanisten. StudienausgabeLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT85 H357 2003
Non-Circulating - Literaturwissenschaftliches LexikonLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT41 L52 2006
Non-Circulating - Metzler Literatur ChronikLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT85 M44 1993
Non-Circulating - Metzler Literatur Lexikon. Begriffe und DefinitionenCall number: PN41 M43 1990
- A New History of German LiteratureCall number: PT91 N49 2004
- Oxford Companion to German LiteratureLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT41 G3 1997
Non-Circulating - Reallexikon der deutschen LiteraturwissenschaftLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PT41 R42 1997
Non-Circulating - Sachwörterbuch der LiteraturLocation: Memorial Library Reference Stacks (2 South)
Call number: PN41 W5 1989
Non-Circulating
Black Central Europe
- Black Central Europe1000 years of Black history in German-speaking lands, and why it matters