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German Language Humanities : Tips and Tools

A guide to research materials in the areas of Germanic languages and literature

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Graduate Research This micro-course is composed of five lessons that introduce you to resources and services that can help you conduct your research efficiently, engage with scholarly conversations in your field, and share your contributions with the world.

Library Research Tutorials Research Basics, Finding Articles, Finding Books, Evaluating Sources, Citing Sources, Research Life Cycle, Scholarship as Conversation, and more.

Requesting materials not available on campus

Writing a literature review: UC Santa Cruz | University of Toronto

Individual writing assistance (UW-Madison) / Online Writing Lab (Purdue University)

Keeping Current

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An app for iPads and Android tablets, lets you browse, read, and monitor scholarly journals in your subject areas on your tablet device. Best of all, the Libraries have picked up the cost!

Keeping Current in the Literature
A research guide related to the Graduate Support Series workshop of the same name to help you stay up-to-date with new publications in your field. 

JournalTOCs: Largest searchable collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs) -- contains articles' metadata of TOCs for over 18,380  journals directly collected from over 1025 publishers. Find and follow journals in your subject area! 

Literature and Book Market in Germany: Selected Links (via the Goethe Institut)

Neuerscheinungen (Germanistik-im-Netz, weekly updates)

ZEIT ONLINE: Neues aus der Literatur

 

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Graduate Support Series Workshops

The Graduate Support Series is a special set of free workshops offered by the UW-Madison Libraries in conjunction with the Graduate School's Professional Development opportunities. The library workshops in the Graduate Support Series are specially tailored to those engaged with graduate study, and cover pertinent topics such as:

  • Finding external funding for graduate study
  • Organizing your research materials with citation managers (such as Mendeley, EndNote, or Zotero)
  • Researching the literature in different subject areas, from life sciences to the arts and humanities

Finding German Literature in the Library

Books of German-language literature and translations into English, as well as criticism, analysis, etc. of German literature, are all located in the same general area, in the call numbers PT1 - PT4897. Unless the materials are Reference, Microform, or Oversize, you will find this collection on 4M South of Memorial Library.

  • PT1 - PT80 - Literary History and Criticism
  • PT83 - PT871 - History of German Literature
    • PT175 - PT230 - Medieval
    • PT236 - PT405 - Modern
    • PT500 - PT597 - Poetry
    • PT605 - PT709 - Drama
    • PT711 - PT871 - Prose
  • PT1100 - PT1479 - Collections of German Literature
  • PT1501 - PT2728 - Individual authors or works
    • PT1501 - PT1695 - Authors and works, Middle High German, ca. 1050
    • PT1701 - PT1797 - Authors and works, 1500 - ca. 1700
    • PT1799 - PT2592 - Authors and works, 1700 - ca. 1860/1870
    • PT2600 - PT2653 - Authors and works, 1860/1870 - 1960
    • PT2660 - PT2688 - Authors and works, 1961 - 2000
    • PT2700 - PT2728 - Authors and works, 2001-
  • PT3701 - PT3971 - German Literature: Provincial, Local, Colonial, Etc.
    • PT3701 - PT3746 - East Germany
  • PT4801 - PT4897 - Low German Literature


Books on German cinema will be found on 2M North with the call numbers:

  • PN1993.5 G3 - PN1993.5 G4

Related areas of interest include:

  • PT5001 - PT5980 - Dutch Literature
  • PT6000 - PT6467.36 - Flemish Literature since 1830

Special Collections and Microforms

Our Special Collections contain a wealth of rare books, pamphlets, and documents, most of which can be identified through the Library Catalog

Learn more about using UW-Madison's Special Collections here -- examine collection strengths here

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Many significant collections of primary research materials may be found in non-print formats such as microfilm or microfiche.
Learn more about Memorial Library's Microform/Media Center here

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