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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:	Books Old books (rare books) Journal Articles Background Information (Reference resources) Videos and DVD's Book Reviews Dissertations Grants and Fellowships

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. Manuscript books in Hopkins libraries Early Modern Women Encyclopedism in the 17th and 18th Centuries The Scholars Bookshelf in the Middle Ages French Theater Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary 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)

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Sue Waterman: Contact for requests for class Web pages, purchases	German Literature Romance Languages and Literature Humanities Center Jewish studies
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