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German Literature

how to find research materials at JHU, Web resources, how to do research at other institutions, research guides, and contacts


How to Find:

Specialized Research Guides

Finding Secondary Literature
Finding Primary Literature
Using Periodicals in Research
Literary Theory
Archival Research
E-Texts in German
German language and dictionaries
Microform Resources for German Studies
The Academic Job Search


Web Links

Gateway Web Sites for Germanistik
KVK: Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog. A meta-catalog that allows simultaneous searching of many library catalogs, German and international.
Das Wörterbuch-Netz. Search across many important German dictionaries
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Department of German and Romance Languages & Literature


Helpful Research Handouts

MLA International Bibliography Tips (pdf)
provides tips on using this essential database, including how to use limits, how to set up alerts, and how to download to RefWorks

Tips for Starting Literary Research (pdf)
General tips and suggestions on how to begin research  

How to Find Foreign Newspapers (pdf)
Hints on how to find articles in foreign newspapers in the JHU Libraries' collections, or elsewhere

Resource Guides: Describe resources in Special Collections, in the stacks, and online.

How to Find Current Fiction in the Library (pdf)

How to read a Library of Congress call number (pdf)
Find out why PT 212 .L231 comes before PT 212 .L4


Current Web Research Guides for Classes

Request a Web page for your class

Seminar in Schelling's System of Transcendental Idealism (Fall 2007)

German Literature 1900 to 1945 (Fall 2007)

Advanced Conversation and Compsition  (Fall 2007)


Librarians 

Sue Waterman:
Contact for requests for class Web pages, purchases

German Literature
Romance Languages and Literature
Humanities Center
Jewish studies

Curator of Rare Books (in Special Collections)

Don Juedes

Classics
Philosophy
History of Art
Near Eastern Studies

Leigh Anne Palmer

Film and Media Studies
English and American Literature

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