Library Resources for German language and literatures
The CAT | Finding & requesting materials | Online Reference Sources | Selected Reference Works | Journal Articles | German-language newspapers | German-language news online
The CAT: Penn State 's online library catalog
Find books and other materials at Penn State by searching in the CAT (the online catalog). Begin your search by choosing the BROWSE page to search by title, or the KEYWORD page to search for books on your topic. For more info on searching the CAT, click here .
Finding and requesting materials from other libraries
- CIC University Libraries (Big Ten) (Search all the library catalogs of the Big Ten)
- WorldCat : Holdings of over 65,000 libraries worldwide
- EZ Borrow (PALCI) : combined catalogs of Pennsylvania academic and research libraries
- ILLiad: University Libraries' online Interlibrary Loan system at https://ill.libraries.psu.edu/
Online reference sources
Reference Guide to World Literature 3rd ed., 2003 (in Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Oxford Duden German-English Dictionary. Online via Past Masters
Selected reference works (click the title for copies in other locations)
- The Bedford glossary of critical and literary terms. A&H Ref PN44.5.M86 2003
- A companion to German literature: from 1500 to the present. A&H Ref PT236.S55 1997
- Encyclopedia of German literature. A&H Ref PT41.E53 2000 v.1-2
- Literaturlexikon: Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache. A&H Ref PT41.L57 1988 Bd.1-15
- Nineteenth-century German writers to 1840. A&H Ref PS221.D5
- Oxford companion to German literature, 3rd ed. A&H Ready Ref PT41.G37 1997
- The Oxford-Duden German dictionary: German-English, English-German, 2nd ed. A&H Ready Ref PF3640.O94 1999
- Sachwörterbuch zur deutschen Literatu. A&H Ref PT41.M45 1999
Locating Journal Articles and Other Resources
- FRANCIS 1984-present.
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- Covers range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities and social sciences
- Strong in religion, the history of art, psychology, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature.
- Wide range of materials, including serials, journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, French dissertations, exhibition catalogs, legislation, teaching materials, and reports
- IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur 1984-present
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- Indexes multidisciplinary journals with a strong European content
- Indexes European-language journals in the humanities and social sciences
- JSTOR
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- Full-text, full-image archive of journals in a various humanities and social sciences disciplines, including many journals in classical literature and archaeology
- Some content back to the nineteenth century
- Content excludes the most recent three to five years
- Linguistics and language behavior abstracts 1973-present
- Covers the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics
- Abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.
- “Get It” feature will retrieve full text online
- MLA Bibliography 1963-present
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- Worldwide index of references to journal articles, dissertations, books, and parts of books pertaining to all literatures, folklore, film, drama, language, and linguistics
- Covers over 300 sources in both English and foreign languages
- “Get It” feature will retrieve full text online
German-language newpapers
Berliner Zeitung ( Berlin ). News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), newspaper area. Current month only.
Frankfurter Allgemeine (Frankfurt am Main). Microfilm E226 (1966-.) Current issues in News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), newspaper area.
Frankfurter Rundschau (Frankfurt am Main). News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), newspaper area. Current month only.
Der Spiegel (Hamburg). Microfilm F2090 (1989-.) Current issues in News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), O'Toole News Magazine Collection.
Süddeutsche Zeitung ( Munich ). News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), newspaper area. Current month only.
Die Zeit: Wochenzeitung für Politik, Wirtschaft, Handel und Kultur. ( Hamburg ). News and Microforms Library (Ground Floor, West Pattee ), newspaper area. Current month only.
German-language news online
- LexisNexis Academic
(Select World News under Step One in "Guided News Search". The Source List for each region provides a brief description of each title and coverage details.) - Newsbank Electronic Image Newspapers
Current issues of key international newspapers in digital format - World News Connection
Full-text daily summaries translated from many newspapers around the world, provided by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
This site is under development. Send questions, comments, and requests to
William S. Brockman, Paterno Family Librarian for Literature, at uxb5@psu.edu .