German Studies
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Background Information
General Interest Dictionaries:
Brockhaus Wahrig Deutsches Worterbuch in sechs Banden. - PF3031 .B7 Main Ref.
A comprehensive dictionary of the German language as it is written and spoken in the second half of the 20th century.
Das Deutsche Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm
Grimm's well-known dictionary, now available for free on the internet.
The Oxford Duden German dictionary : German-English, English-German. - PF3640 .O94 1997 Main Ref.
A bilingual dictionary featuring up- to-date vocabulary.
Specialized Dictionaries:
Dictionary of German synonyms - PF3591 .F37 1977 Main
An alphabetical listing by English keyword and consisting of German equivalents.
Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. -PF3580 .E896 1989 Main (3 volumes)
A German word family dictionary: together with English equivalents. -PF3640 .K38 Main
A Glossary of German literary terms. -PN44.5 .G56 1992 Main
An historical dictionary of German figurative usage. -PF3440 .S7 Main Ref (serial)
Encyclopedias:
Der Grosse Brockhaus : in 12 Bd. - AE27 .G67 1977 Main Ref.
A general multi-volume German encyclopedia with supplements.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. - DD290.26 .E53 1999 Main Ref.
Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus. -DD256.5 .E59 1997 Main.
The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. - DD256.5 .G76313 1991 Main Ref.
Medieval Germany : an encyclopedia. - DD157 .M43 2001 Main Ref.
Handbooks, guides:
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.
German literature : an annotated reference guide. -Z2231 .F38 PT85 Main Ref
Handbook of German Etymology. PD580 .O74 2003 Main Ref.
Introduction to library research in German studies - PF3051 .R53 1984 Main Ref.
In addition to coverage of research on German, language, literature and civilization features a section on German reference works.
Lexikon der germanistischen Linguistik. - PF3071 .A5 1980 Main Ref.
Covers historical and descriptive linguistics as well as the history of the German literary language.
The Oxford companion to German literature. - PT41 .G3 1997 Info Commons Ref.
Entries include biographies, major works and characters as well as literary terms and movements.
Videos/DVDs/Films:
German Documentaries in the U of A Library / German Feature Films in the U of A Library — These lists of films were collected from our library catalog. They are updated manually, so may not always be completely up to date. However, it should be more comprehensive than any list you will retrieve from any simple (or complex) catalog search. Please let me know if there are errors or omissions.
Internet Database of German Films — A nice source for verifying the existence of or information on particular German films.
German Documentary films — A nice source for verifying the existence of or information on particular German documentary films.
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