GERMAN REFERENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• BIBLIOGRAPHY (JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES)
  

• BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS): CURRENT, IN PRINT
  

• BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS, DISSERTATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, MANUSCRIPTS, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS): RETROSPECTIVE
  

GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

ART

BIOGRAPHY

CINEMA

HISTORY

LINGUISTICS

LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE AND GENERAL

LITERATURE: GERMAN

MUSIC

PHILOSOPHY

POLITICS, LAW, AND GOVERNMENT

RELIGION

GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

• BIBLIOGRAPHY (JOURNAL AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES)

  • Academic OneFile.
    A collection of peer-reviewed, full-text articles in HTML and PDF format from the world's leading journals and reference sources, with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subject; intended primarily for academic researchers. It also contains hundreds of podcasts and transcripts from NPR, CNN, and the CBC, as well as full-text of the New York Times from 1985, the Times (London) from 1985 and the Financial Times from 1996.

  • ANNO. AustriaN Newspapers Online. Historische Österreichische Zeitungen und Aeitschriften Online.
    note: more than 70 digitized fulltext Austrian newspapers and journals, 1716-1936, e.g., Wiener Zeitung; a project of the Austrian National Library, in progress.

  • Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975+
    Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.
    note: Electronic version covers 1975+ and is restricted to UW users; click on: Log on to ISI Web of Science Databases; then select full search; then select Arts & Humanities Citation Index and click on: General Search
    note: Covers all subjects in the arts and the humanities and includes articles in German as well as English and some other languages; this is the only database that shows references cited and where subsequently cited in later articles; also includes book reviews. The Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index may be searched at the same time.

  • Digizeitschriften.
    note: a full-text of backfiles of more than 110 German-language journals; all fields (sciences, social sciences, humanities) represented; similar to the English-language JSTOR. Search may be limited to a particular academic field or to a particular journal.

  • Index deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften. IDZ. 1750-1815. Index of German Journals. 1750-1815.
    note: index to approx. 100,000 articles from 195 German-language journals, 1750-1815.

  • International Medieval Bibliography Online. 1967-
    note: indexes articles in journals, collections, Festschriften, and proceedings; German language resources well-represented

  • Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen wissenschaftlicher Literatur. International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature. Jahrg. 1-13 (1971-1983). Jahrg. 14-26 (1984-1996). Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen geisteswissenschaftlicher Literatur. International bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly LIterature Chiefly in the Fields of Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences. Jahrg. 27+ 1997+
    SuzStx Z5051 .I64 v.1-13 (1971-1983)
    SuzStx Z5051 .I642 v. 14-26 (1984-1996)
    SuzRef Z5051 .I642 v. 27- (1997-

  • Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur. International Bibliography of Periodical Literature. (IBZ) Osnabruck: F. Dietrich, 1963+
    SuzRef AI 9 I5
    SuzRef AI 9 B5 (1911-1962)...note: predecessor, German coverage only
    SuzRef AI 9 B7 (1896-1963)...note: predecessor, non-German coverage only
    note: often referred to as: "Dietrich."
    note: electronic version covers 1983+ and is restricted to UW users; select Databases, then select Bibliographies IBR, IBZ,..., then select International Bibliography of Periodical Literature. IBZ.
    note: index of journal articles from all fields of knowledge to 1999; from 1999, social sciences and humanities; multilingual; international scope; indexes a significant proportion of the journals published in Europe.
    note: merger of Bibliographie der deutschen Zeitschriftenliteratur (1896-1962) and Bibliographie der fremdsprachigen Zeitschriftenliteratur (1911-1962); SuzRef AI 9 B5 and AI 9 B7, respectively.
    note: as of 1999, entitled Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur.

  • JSTOR.
    note: JSTOR is an aggregate of fulltext online journals in a broad spectrum of subjects (including German literature) that is fully searchable; does not include the most recent years, but often includes lengthy historical runs

  • Lexis-Nexis
    note 1: full text newspaper sources including French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch newspapers; covers the New York Times from 1980 to the present; select "News" to search newspapers; select "Legal" to search full text federal, state & international legal materials; full text legal news and law journals; federal code, federal regulations, state codes, tax regulations; Canadian legislation and laws; EU law; patents (1971+); details on lawyers and law firms and U.S. law schools; accessible only by University of Washington users
    note 2: To search the German language newspapers, select "News"; then, in the "select sources" field, select "Deutsche Presse"; to limit your search to a particular newspaper, scroll down and mark newspaper desired.

  • Social Sciences Citation Index.
    note: Electronic version covers 1975+ and is restricted to UW users; click on: Log on to ISI Web of Science Databases; then select full search; then select Social Sciences Citation Index and click on: General Search
    note: Covers all subjects in the social sciences and includes articles in German as well as English and some other languages; this is the only database that shows references cited and where subsequently cited in later articles; also includes book reviews. The Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Index may be searched at the same time.

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• BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS): CURRENT

  • Amazon Online German Books Available
    http://www.amazon.de

  • Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher. German Books in Print.
    note: also includes Audio Books, DVD's, and software
    http://www.buchhandel.de

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• BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS, DISSERTATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, MANUSCRIPTS, ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS): RETROSPECTIVE

  • Allgemeines Bücher-Lexikon, oder Vollständiges alphabetisches Verzeichnis der von 1700 bis zu Ende...[1892] erschienen Bücher, welche in Deutschland und in den durch Sprache und Literatur damit verwandten Ländern gedruckt worden sind. Nebst Angabe der Druckorte, der Verleger und der Preise. Von Wilhelm Heinsius. 28 vols.
    note: National & Supranational German bibliography, 1700-1892.
    SuzRef Z2221 .H47 ....

  • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Inkunabelkatalog. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. 5 vols.
    Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, 1988-
    note: bibliography of incunabula in the Bavarian State Library
    Suz Z240 .A1 B39 1988

  • Die Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt. DDB. The German National Library.
    note: click on Kataloge + Datenbanken, then click on Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main. The catalog includes all publications in Germany, German-language publications outside Germany; publications of German authors in exile 1933-1945; since 1945. As of Sept. 1998, 7.4 million volumes.

  • Deutsche Bibliographie. Hochschulschriften-Verzeichnis.
    Frankfurt am Main: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1972-1990
    [and] Deutsche Nationalbibliographie....Reihe H, Hochschulschriften...
    Frankfurt am Main: Buchhändler-Vereinigung, 1991+
    note: dissertations in Germany and German-language dissertations 1972+; for dissertations before 1972, see Jahresverzeichnis der deutschen Hochschulschriften in this list (below).
    SuzRef Z5055 .G29 D47 (1972-1990)
    SuzRef Z5055 .G29 D472 (1991+

  • Die Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig. DBL. The German National Library.
    note: click on Kataloge + Datenbanken, then click on Die Deutsche Bucherei Leipzig. DBL. The catalog includes all publications in Germany and German-publications outside Germany since 1913. As of the end of 1998, 8.9 million volumes. Eventually all publications since 1913 will be in the electronic catalog.

  • Deutsches Bücherverzeichnis. 90 vols.
    Leipzig: VEB Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen.
    note: national German bibliography and all works published in German, 1911-1985; eventually online with Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig (see previous record)
    SuzRef Z2221 .D48

  • Deutschsprachige Verlagsalmanache des 20. Jahrhunderts: eine Bibliographie: mit einer Auswahl von Sortimenter-Almanachen. Ulrike Erber-Bader. 2 vols.
    Marbach am Neckar: Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, c2001.
    (Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Verzeichnisse, Berichte, Informationen, 26)
    note: bibliography of 20th century German publisher almanacs; full citation for each year of each almanac; title, author, editor, artist, and chronological indexes
    SuzRef Z2223 .E73 2001

  • Dissertations.
    note: for dissertations, consult:

    Jahresverzeichnis der deutschen Hochschulschriften. (1885-1973)
    SuzRef Z5055 .G39 .B5
    and
    Deutsche Bibliographie. Hochschulschriften-Verzeichnis. (1972-
    SuzRef Z5055 .G29 D47 and Z5505 .G29 D472

  • Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke. Herausgegeben von der Kommission fur den Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.
    note: world catalog of incunabula; full description; location
    Leipzig: K. W. Hiersemann, 1925-
    SuzRef Z240 .G39

  • Inkunabeln des Deutschen Buch- und Schriftenmuseums. Incunabula of the German Book Museum.
    note: 1081 entries as of Dec. 1999.
    

  • Jahresverzeichnis der deutschen Hochschulschriften.
    Leipzig: Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler.
    note: dissertations in Germany and German-language dissertations, 1885-1973 (v.1-85); for dissertations 1972+, see Deutsche Bibliographie. Hochschulschriften-Verzeichnis. (above)
    SuzRef Z5055 .G39 .B5

  • Kalliope. Verbundkatalog Nachl?sse und Autographen.
    Under the aegis of the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, this online catalog lists, locates and describes over 1,300,000 manuscripts by 442,700 persons in over 21,600 holdings. See also Die Zentrale Datenbank Nachl?sse (ZDN) for additional collections.

  • Libraries on the Web: Europe.
    note: links to European Libraries, by country; many of these libraries now have online catalogs
    http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/Europe_main.html

  • Medem Library. Bibliothèque Medem. (Paris)
    note: the largest Yiddish library in Europe; 20,000 books and serials
    http://www.yiddishweb.com/medem/

  • Mikrofilmarchiv der deutschsprachigen Presse (MFA). Microfilm Archives of the German Language Press.
    note: searchable databank of German language newspapers, magazines, and journals available on master microfilm; holdings locations (more than 80 institutional libraries, archives, and academic institutions) with duplication and lending information indicated.
    note: click on Mikrofilm-Bestandsverzeichnis.
    http://www.mfa-dortmund.de

  • Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The National Library of Austria.
    The online catalog includes all books, journals, newspapers, serials, and audio-visual materials in the library; with additional catalogs to various special collections, such as manuscripts, posters, and graphics.
    http://www.onb.ac.at/

  • Short-title catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking countries and German books printed in other countries from 1455 to 1600 now in the British Museum.
    London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1962
    London: British Library, 1990. (supplement) SuzRef Z2222 .B73 and suppl.

  • Vollständiges Bücher-Lexicon enthaltend alle von 1750 bis zu Ende des Jahres 1832 [-1910] in Deutschland und in den angrenzenden Ländern gedruckten Bücher. Christian Gottlob Kayser.
    Leipzig, 1834-1912. 36 vols.
    note: often referred to as "Kayser."
    note: National and supranational German bibliography
    SuzRef Z2221 .K23

  • Die Wiegendrucke der Leipziger Sammlungen und der Herzoglichen Bibliothek in Altenburg, ein Verzeichnis. Otto Günther.
    Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz, 1909.
    note: index to incunabula in the Leipzig collection and the ducal library in Altenburg.
    AuxStx 020.5 ZE suppl. v.35

  • Die Zentrale Datenbank Nachl?sse (ZDN).
    Under the aegis of the Bundesarchiv, this online catalog lists, locates and describes over 25,000 archival and manuscript collections in more than 1,000 German and foreign archives; originally appeared in print form by Wolfgang Mommsen. See also Kalliope for additional collections.

GENERAL AND MULTI-TOPIC ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

• Die deutsche Wikipedia.
  note: "eine freie Enzyklopädie...seit Mai 2001...350883 Artikel in deutscher Sprache"; searchable; also A-Z approach available

• Metzler Lexikon Kultur der Gegenwart: Themen und Theorien, Formen und Institutionen seit 1945. Herausgegeben von Ralf schnell.
  SuzRef HM 621 .M48 2000
  note: an excellent encyclopedia for cultural studies, Kulturwissenschaften (genres, concepts, themes and institutions of particular cultural significance)

• Österreich Lexikon. ?sterreich von A bis Z.
  note: 14,000 keywords (entries) and 2000 pictures to Austrian history, geography, politics, economy, people, art and music in the Encyclopedia of Austria; other databases- history of music (with sound examples), music lectures online, picture album, video album, stamp album, photo album; the databases are searchable (by entry word or full text) singly or multiply; search engine; searchable in English
  http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop

• Schlauweb.de Das Lexikon im Internet.
  note: an online encyclopedia in German; browsable by various disciplines; searchable; lengthy well-developed articles with internal links to topics which have independent online articles; an online sister (parallel in format and information, but not a translation of) to the online encyclopedia in English, The Wordbook.com The Encyclopedia of the Internet.

ART

• Metzler Lexikon Kustwissenschaft: Ideen, Methoden, Begriffe. Herausgegeben von Ulrich Pfisterer.
  Stuttgart: Metzler, c2003.
  SuzRef N7475 .M489 2003

BIOGRAPHY

• Allgemeine deutsche Biographie...auf Veranlassung...seiner Majestaet des Königs von Bayern... hrsg. durch die Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, 1975-1912. 56 vols.
  note: The ADB includes influential persons in German-speaking lands; only persons deceased before 1900; see the Neue deutsche Biographie for updates and persons deceased later than 1899.
  note: The ADB is also available ONLINE; the fulltext online version also includes the index to the Neue deutsche Biographie (NDB).
  SuzRef CT 1053 .A5 v.1-56

• Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933.
  Leitung und Bearbeitung, Werner Roder, Herbert A. Strauss, unter Mitwirkung von Dieter Marc Schneider, Louise Forsyth; Autoren, Jan Foitzik ... [et al.]; Redaktion, Sybille Claus und Beatrix Schmidt.
  Munchen; NY: K.G. Saur, 1980-1983. 3 vols.
  note: International biographical dictionary of central European emigres, 1933-1945.
  SuzRef DD 68 .B52 1980

• Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie: (DBE). Herausgegeben von Walther Killy; unter Mitarbeit von Dietrich von Engelhardt ... [et al.]
  München; New Providence: K.G. Saur, 1995-2000. 12 vols.
  SuzRef CT 759 .D8 1995

• Deutsches biographisches Archiv [microform]: eine Kumulation aus 254 der wichtigsten biographischen Nachschlagewerke für den deutschen Beriech bis zum Ausgang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Herausgegeben von Bernhard Fabian, bearbeitet unter der Leitung von Willi Gorzny.
  Munchen; NY: K. G. Saur, c1982.
  note: also known as German biographical archive.
  MicNews Microfiche M-3094 1444 microfiche

• Deutsches biographisches Archiv. Neue Folge bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts [microform: eine Kumulation aus 284 der wichtigsten biographischen Nachschlagewerke für den deutschsprachigen Berieich. Herausgegeben von Willi Gorzny.
  [Munchen; NY]: K. G. Saur, [1990?-1993]
  note: also known as German biographical archive.
  MicNews Microfiche M-3205 1457 microfiche

• German Studies in North America. Compiled and Edited by Keith Alexander and Annemarie Sammartino.
  Washington, D.C.: German Historical Institute, c2004.
  note: scholar's addresses, websites, education, bibliography, current projects and interests
  SuzRef PF 3068 .U6 G476 2004

• Neue deutsche Biographie. Herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, c1953- .
  note: The NDB updates the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie and includes persons deceased after 1899.
  note: The index to the NDB is available ONLINE along with the fulltext and index of the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.
  SuzRef CT 1053 .N48 v.1-22 (as of July 2004 complete through Schinkel)

• Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon, 1815-1950, Hrsg. von der Österreichischen Adademie der Wissenschaften unter der Leitung von Leo Santifaller, bearb. von Eva Obermayer-Marnach. 10+ vols
  Graz: H. Böhlaus, [c1957-
  note: biographical dictionary of Austria and former Austria-Hungary
  SuzRef CT 912 .O45

• World Biographical Information System.
  note: major online biographical resource; well over two million entries; indexes numerous German biographical resources; contains biographical profiles of people from all centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide. Compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile images on the screen.

CINEMA

• Deutsches Filmmuseum.
  note: under the auspices of the Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF), collects films, fotos, posters, technical equipment, music, scriptbooks, advertisements, and special collections; sponsors exhibits and film series; online catalog of its and the Deutsches Filminstitut (DIF) library's books, journals, gray literature, microforms, and digital media (CD's, DVD's, videos); reference and copy services.

• The DEFA Film Library. Cinema of East Germany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  note: filmography of DEFA films for rent and sale; related information and links.

• FIAF International Film Archive Database
  note: International Index to Film Periodicals, International Index to Television Periodicals, list of periodicals indexed; Treasures from the film archives, a directory of film and TV documentation collections, and a bibliography of FIAF members' publications
  FIAF=Federation International des Archives du Film. International Federation of Film Archives.

• Filmregisseure: Biographien, Werkbeschreibungen, Filmographien. Herausgegeben von Thomas Koebner.
  Stuttgart: Reclam, 1999.
  note: international coverage of film directors: biographies, descriptions of work, filmographies, and bibliography of related secondary literature
  Suz PN 1998.2 .F55 1999

• Das grosse Lexikon der DEFA-Spielfilme: [die vollständige Dokumentation aller DEFA-Spielfilme von 1946 bis 1993] F.-B. Habel; mit Inhaltsangaben von Renate Biehl.
  Berlin: Schwarzkopf& Schwarzkopf, 2000.
  SuzRef PN 1999 .D4 G76 2000

• Das grosse Personenlexikon des Films: die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Kay Weniger. 8 vols.
  Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2001.
  note: international coverage; entries for all manner of persons in filmmaking, such as, actors, directors, producers, composers, editors, set designers, costume designers, script writers; with filmographies
  SuzRef PN 1993.45 .W44 2001

• Reclams deutsches Filmlexikon: Filmkünstler aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Herbert Holba, Günter Knorr, Peter Spiegel.
  Stuttgart: P. Reclam, 1984.
  note: actors, directors, script writers, composers, and other film artists
  SuzRef PN 1993.45 .H57 1984

• Reclams Lexikon des deutschen Films. Herausgegeben von Thomas Kramer.
  Stuttgart: Reclam, 1995.
  note: in two sections: films by title; directors
  SuzRef PN 1993.45 .R43 1995

• Reclams Sachlexikon des Films. Hrsg. von Thomas Koebner.
  Stuttgart: Reclam, c2007.
  SuzRef PN 1993.45 .R39 2007

HISTORY

• Biographical Dictionary of World War I. Holger H. Herwig and Neil M. Heyman.
  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
  SuzRef, UglRef D507 .H47 1982

• Biographical Dictionary of World War II. Christopher Tunney.
  London: Dent, 1972.
  SuzRef D736 .T85

• Bibliographie zur deutschen Geschichte im Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung, 1517-1585. Karl Schottenloher. 7 vols.
  Stuttgart, A. Hiersemann, 1956-
  note: massive bibliography of German history during the Reformation
  SuzRef Z2237 .S37

• Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte der böhmischen Länder. Hrsg. im Auftrag des Collegium Carolinum von Heribert Sturm.
  München: R. Oldenbourg, 1974- 3+ vols.
  note: biographical dictionary of Bohemian (Czech) lands
  SuzRef CT 933 .B56

• Biographisches Wörterbuch zur deutschen Geschichte. Begründet von Hellmuth Rössler und Günther Franz. Bearbeitet von Karl Bosl et al. 2., völlig neubearb. u. stark erw. Aufl.
  München: Francke, [1973-c1975] 3 vols.
  note: biographical dictionary of persons in German history
  SuzRef DD 85 .R6 1973

• Dahlmann-Waitz. Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte; Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur deutschen Geschichte.
  Stuttgart: A. Hiersemann, 1969-
  note: massive bibliography of primary and secondary sources on German histroy
  SuzRef Z2236 .D14 1969

• Documents of German History. Louis Leo Snyder.
  New Brunswick, N.J,: Rutgers University Press, 1958.
  note: documents in English translation SuzRef DD 3 S55

• Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Edited by John Sandford.
  London; NY: Routledge, 1999.
  SuzRef, BotRef DD 290.26 .E53 1999

• The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Israel Gutman, editor in chief.
  NY: Macmillan, c1990. 4 vols.
  SuzRef D804.3 .E53 1990

• Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Edited by Christian Zentner and Friedemann Bedurftig; English translation edited by Amy Hackett.
  NY: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, c1991. 2 vols.
  note: translation of Das grosse Lexikon des dritten Reiches
  SuzRef, UglRef, BotRef DD 256.5 .G76313 1991

• Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus. Herausgegeben von Wolfgang Benz, Hermann Graml und Hermann Weiss.
  Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, c1997.
  note: encyclopedia of national socialism
  SuzRef DD 256.5 .E52 1997

• The European Powers in the First World War: an Encyclopedia. Edited by Spencer C. Tucker; associate editors, Laura Matysek Wood, Justin D. Murphy.
  NY: Garland Pub., 1996.
  SuzRef D510 .E97 1996

• Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: a Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Edited by Thomas Adam. 3 vols.
  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.
  note: all aspects of German-American (North, Central and South American) relations and German cultural influences on and influential immigrants to the Americas; includes person, city, country, organization, and topic entries.
  SuzRef E18.75 .G48 2005

• Historical Abstracts
  note: indexes journals and books (1954 to the present); worldwide topical coverage (other than the U.S. and Canada), 1450 to the present; includes non-English resources; German resources well-represented; accessible only to computers with University of Washington affiliates.

• Historical Dictionary of Germany. Wayne C. Thompson, Susan L. Thompson, Juliet S. Thompson.
  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
  SuzRef, UglStx DD 84 .T48 1994

• A Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. C. Paul Vincent; Harry Ritter, advisory editor.
  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
  SuzRef DD 84 V56 1997

• International Medieval Bibliography. 1967- indexes articles in journals, collections, Festschriften, and proceedings; German language resources well-represented.

• Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte. 1927-
  Leipzig: K.F. Koehler, 1927+ 1 Jahrg.+
  note: annual index on German history
  SuzRef Z2236 .J26

• Lexikon Nationalsozialismus: Begriffe, Organisationen und Institutionen. Hilde Kammer, Elisabet Bartsch; unter Mitarbeit von Manon Eppenstein-Baukhage. Überarb. u. erw. Neuausg.
  Reinbek: Rowohlt Taschenbuch, 1999.
  note: dictionary of National Socialism
  Suz DD 256.5 .K246 1999

• Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Edited by John M. Jeep.
  NY: Garland Pub., 2001.
  SuzRef DD 157 .M43 2001

• ?sterreichische Historische Bibliographie (?HB)
  A current, searchable bibliography of historical publications appearing in Austria since 1945; includes books, journal articles, Festschriften articles, articles in collections, sets, tranactions, dissertations, and bibliographies; under the auspices of the Institut f?r Geschichte (Klagenfurt).

• Ploetz Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte.[Texterfassung: Ploetz-Redaktion]
  Freiburg: Ploetz, 1990.
  note: dictionary of German history
  SuzRef DD 84 .P56 1999

• Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. Begründet von Johannes Hoops.
  2. völlig neu bearb. und stark erw. Aufl., unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgelehrter...Hrsg. von Heinrich Beck [et al.]
  Berlin, NY: W. De Gruyter, 1973-
  note: massive encyclopedia of the Germanic peoples to the 11th century.
  SuzRef DD51 .R4 1973

• World Biographical Information System.
  note: major online biographical resource; well over two million entries; indexes numerous German biographical resources; contains biographical profiles of people from all centuries as well as all countries and regions worldwide. Compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 20th century, and reproduces these original documents as facsimile images on the screen.

• World war II in Europe: an Encyclopedia. Editor, David T. Zabecki; assistant editors, Carl O. Schuster, Paul J. Rose, William H. Van Husen. 2 vols.
  NY: Garland Pub., 1999.
  SuzRef D740 .W67 1999

LINGUISTICS

• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: LLBA. 1973+
  note: abstracts of the world's literature in linguistics & language-related research; abstracts of books, journal articles; book review listings; enhanced bibliographic citations of dissertations. German language resources well-covered. The electronic version is restricted to UW users. Previously entitled Language and Language Behavior Abstracts; electronic version covers 1973+; printed version, 1967+
  SuzRef P1 L53 1967+

LITERATURE: COMPARATIVE AND GENERAL

• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. Thomas O. Sloane, editor in chief.
  Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 2001.
  SuzRef PN172 .E52 2001

• Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850. Christopher John Murray, general editor. 2v.
  NY: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
  SuzRef NX 452.5 .R64 E53 2004

• Frauenliebe, Männerliebe: eine lesbisch-schwule Literaturgeschichte in Portrats. Herausgegeben von Alexandra Busch und Dirck Linck; redaktionelle Mitarbeit, Heide Kuhlmann.
  Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c1997.
  note: international coverage; authors of gay/lesbian/homosexual/queer literature
  SuzRef PN 56 .H57 F721 1997

• Grundbegriffe der Literaturwissenschaft. Heike Gfrereis (Hrsg.)
  Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, c1999.
  note: dictionary of terms and concepts in literature
  Suz PN 44.5 .G78 1999

• Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik. Herausgegeben von Gert Ueding; Redaktion, Gregor Kalivoda, Franz-Hubert Robling.
  Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, 1992- 4+ vols.
  note: massive encyclopedia of rhetoric; all matters concerning rhetorical devices, figures of speech, argumentation, debate, written/spoken forms/genres of discourse, communication & persuasion, and the parts thereof; theory of rhetoric. All entries with significant bibliography.
  SuzRef PN 172 .H57 1992

• Kindlers neues Literatur Lexikon. Chefredaktion: Rudolf Radler.
  München: Kindler, c1988- 22 vols.
  note: an encyclopedia of literary works; arranged by author, then by work with bibliographical notes on editions, translations, and criticism
  SuzRef PN 41 K53 1988

• Lexikon der phantastischen Literatur. Rein A. Zondergeld, Holger E. Weidenstried.
  Stuttgart: Weitbrecht, [1998]
  note: international coverage; science fiction, gothic, and magic and supernatural literature
  SuzRef PN 56 .F34 Z63 1998

• Lexikon literaturtheoretischer Werke. Hrsg. von Rolf Günter Renner und Engelbert Habekost.
  Stuttgart: A. Kröner, c1995.
  note: dictionary of important writings on literary theory, by title in original language; primarily German, English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish; concept index
  SuzRef PN 81 .L425 1995

• Der Literatur Brockhaus. Herausgegeben von Werner Habicht et al.
  Mannheim: B.I.-Taschenbuchverlag, c1995. 8 vols.
  note: literary persons, literatures, and concepts
  SuzRef PN 41 .L43 1995

• Medieval Folklore: an Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John Lindow, editors. 2 vols.
  Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2000.
  SuzRef GR 35 .M43 2000

• Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon. Herausgegeben von Ute Hechtfischer ... [et al.]...
  Stuttgart: Metzler, c1998.
  note: women authors, world-wide coverage
  SuzRef PN 479 .M48 1998

• Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie: Ansätze, Personen, Grundbegriffe. 2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage.
  Herausgegeben von Ansgar Nünning.
  Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c2001.
  note: encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory...tendencies, persons, concepts; bibliography with each entry
  SuzRef PN 81 .M515 2001

• MLA international bibliography....1921/25+
  New York: Modern Language Association of America
  note: covers journal articles, Festschriften, dissertations for general and comparative literature, linguistics, and Western European languages and literatures in those languages.
  note: the electronic version is restricted to UW users.
  note: MLA has had variant titles and publisher's since its inception.

• Motive der Weltliteratur: ein Lexikon dichtungsgeschichtlicher Längschnitte.
  Elisabeth Frenzel. 3., überarb. und erw. Aufl.
  Stuttgart: Kroner, 1988.
  note: encyclopedia of themes (topics and character types) in world literature; indexed; index includes authors and work titles mentioned in the articles. For specific persons and characters, see Stoffe der Weltliteratur.
  SuzRef PN 43 .F7 1988.

• Mythenrezeption: die antike Mythologie in Literatur, Musik und Kunst von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Maria Moog-Grünewald (Hrsg.)
  Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, c2008.
  note: ancient mythology in the literature, music, and art of the present
  SuzRef DE 5 .N48 1996 suppl. v.5

• The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory. David Macey.
  London: Penguin, 2000.
  SuzRef PN 98 .S6 M33 2000

• Sachwörterbuch der Literatur. Gero von Wilpert. 6., verb. u. erw. Aufl.
  Stuttgart: Korner, 1979.
  note: dictionary of literary phenomena, concepts, genres, and periods
  SuzRef PN 41 .W5 1979

• Stoffe der Weltliteratur: ein Lexikon dichtungsgeschichtlicher Längschnitte. 7., verb. und erw. Aufl.
  Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner, c1988.
  note: persons and characters as themes in world literature; for topics and character types, see Motive der Weltliteratur
  SuzRef PN 56.4 .F7 1988.

• Themen und Motive in der Literatur: ein Handbuch. Horst S. und Ingrid Daemmrich.
  Tübingen: Francke, 1995.
  note: encyclopedia arranged by theme/motive with bibliography of 1) works using the theme/motive and 2) criticism of the theme/motive; international coverage
  SuzRef PN 43 .D33 1995

• Wörterbuch der Literaturwissenschaft. Herausgegeben von Claus Träger.
  Leipzig: VEB Bibliographisches Institut, 1986.
  note: dictionary of literary phenomena, genres, concepts, and periods
  SuzRef PN 41 .W67 1986

• Writers and Philosophers: a Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on Literature. Edmund J. Thomas and Eugene G. Miller.
  NY: Greenwood Press, 1990.
  note: major philosophical influences on literary authors, by author
  SuzRef, BotRef PN 49 .T447 1990

LITERATURE: GERMAN
http://www.washington.edu/alvin/gerbib.htm

• Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Begründet von Friedrich Blume. 2., neubearbeitete Ausg. Hrsg. von Friedrich Finscher.
  Kassel; NY: Bärenreiter; Stuttgart: Metzler, c1994-
  Music Reference ML 100 .M92 1994

• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
  note: Repertoire International de Litterature Musical; International Index to Music Literature; online 1969+
  Music Reference ML 113 .R18

• RIPM - Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
  note: Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale. International Inventory of the Musical Press

• RISM series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600.
  note: A comprehensive annotated index and guide to music manuscripts produced after 1600. The database has more than 585,559 records by over 20,500 composers and is linked to three other databases providing additional information to specific content: Composer, Library Sigla and Bibliographic Citations

• Biographische Enzyklopädie der deutschsprachigen Aufklärung. Herausgegeben von Rudolf Vierhaus und Hans Erich Bödecker.
  München: K.G. Saur, 2002.
  note: biographic encyclopedia of German Enlightenment philosophers
  SuzRef B 2621 .B56 2002

• Handbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie. Unter Mitarbeit von Helmut Schroer.
  Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann [1964- 2vols.
  note: dictionary with relatively brief definitions, each with very lengthy bibliography
  SuzRef B82 .T6

• Handbuch philosophischer Grundbegriffe. Hrsg. von Hermann Krings et al.
  München: Kösel-Verlag, [1973- 3 vols.
  note: major encyclopedia of philosophical concepts
  SuzRef B43 .K75

• A Hegel Dictionary. Michael Inwood.
  Oxford: Blackwell; Cambridge, MA: Three Cambridge Center, 1992.
  SuzRef B2901 .I58 1992

• A Heidegger Dictionary. Michael Inwood.
  Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
  SuzRef B3279 .H48 Z44 1999

• Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie. Unter Mitw. von mehr als 700 Fachgelehrten in Verb. mit Günther Bien [u.a.] Hrsg. von Joachim Ritter.
  Völlig neubearb. Ausg. des Wörterbuchs der philosophischen Begriffe von Rudolf Eisler.
  Basel, Stuttgart: Schwabe[1971- 10 vols.
  note: massive encyclopedia of philosophical concepts
  SuzRef B43 .R59

• A Kant Dictionary. Howard Caygill.
  Oxford; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Reference, 1995.
  SuzRef B2751 .C38 1995

• Past Masters
  note: searchable online collection of classical texts in philosophy, political science and economics; includes the works of Nietzsche, Hegel, Kant, and Wittgenstein.

• Philosopher's Index
  note: indexes journal articles in over 270 philosophy journals (1940 to the present for U.S. journals, 1967 to the present for U.S., international, and non-English language resources; excellent inclusion of German language resources), books, and essays; accessible only to University of Washington computers.

• Austria. Federal and State Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
  http://gksoft.com/govt/en/at.html

• Auswärtiges Amt Foreign Office, Germany
  http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de

• Biographisches Handbuch der österreichischen Parlamentarier, 1918-1998. Hrsg. von der Parlamentsdirektion.
  Wien: Die Direktion, 1998.
  note: biographical dictionary of the Austrian Parliament, 1918-1998
  SuzRef JN 2023 .A2 B56 1998

• Bundesgerichtshof. Federal Court of Justice.
  note: full text searchable judgments, 2000+; click on Entscheidungen
  http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de

• Bundesrat. Federal Council of Germany
  http://www.bundesrat.de

• Bundesregierung Deutschland. Federal Government of Germany
  http://www.bundesregierung.de

• Bundesverfassungsgericht. Federal Constitutional Court.
  note: full text searchable judgments, 1998+, click on Entscheidungen; press releases; judges c.v.'s; organizational and statistical data
  http://www.bverfg.de

• Deutscher Bundestag German Parliament
  http://www.bundestag.de

• German Law Archive
  note: translated into English- full text German law judgments, cases, statutes, literature, and bibliographies; searchable; numerous German Law links
  http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/index.html

• German Law: Resources in English
  note: full text sources in English of the constitution and other basic legal documents, numerous court reports and statutes; articles and reviews; and information on government organization, German lawyers, studying law in Germany; numerous links
  http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/english/glsindex.html

  German Reunification: a Reference Guide and Commentary. [Edited] by Jonathan Osmond ... [et al.]
  Harlow, Essex, U.K.: Longman Current Affairs; Detroit, MI: Distributed in the U. S. and Canada by Gale Research, c1992.
  SuzRef DD 290.25 .G47 1992

• Germany. Federal and State Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
  http://gksoft.com/govt/en/de.html

  Handbuch der deutschen Bundesländer. Jürgen Hartman, hg.
  Frankfurt; NY: Campus, c1997.
  SuzRef DD 258.3 .H35 1997

• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.
  note: indexes over 450 non-English legal periodicals, 1985 to the present; includes many German language law journals.

• Legal Research in Germany
  note: a well-organized site to German and English sources on all aspects of German law: the German legal system, the legislative process, law, court practice and decisions, legal literature, citations to German legal sources, translations into English, and numerous links; by a German and U.S.-educated librarian.

  Lexikon der Christlichen Demokratie in Deutschland. Hrsg. v. Winfried Becker ... [et al.]; wissenschaftliche Koordination: Hans-Otto Kleinmann; [hrsg. Im Auft. der Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung e.V.]
  Paderborn: Schöningh, c2002.
  note: dictionary of the Christian Democrats (political party) in Germany
  SuzRef JN 3971 .A98 C446 2002

  Lexikon Opposition und Widerstand in der SED-Diktatur. Herausgegeben von Hans-Joachim Veen ... [et al.]
  Berlin: Propyläen, c2000.
  note: dictionary of opposition and resistance in the Socialist Unity Party dictatorship
  SuzRef DD 287.6 .L49 2000

  The Longman Companion to Germany since 1945. Adrian Webb.
  London; NY: Longman, 1998.
  SuzRef DD 257 .W39 1998

  Modern Germany: an Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990. Editors, Dieter K. Buse, Juergen C. Doerr. 2 vols.
  NY: Garland Pub., 1998.
  SuzRef DD 14 .M64 1998

• P.A.I.S. Public Affairs Information Service. 1915+
  note: for UW users only
  note: indexes journal articles (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian), books, and selected government documents in the areas of public affairs, policy, and politics; brief annotations, but no full text.

  Das Politiklexikon. Klaus Schubert, Martina Klein. 3., aktualisierte Aufl.
  Bonn: Dietz, 2003.
  SuzRef JA 63 .S35 2003

  Prominente ohne Maske DDR. Gerhard Frey, Herausgeber.
  München: FZ-Verlag, c1991.
  SuzRef DD 281.5 .P76 1991

  The State of Germany Atlas. Bernhard Schafers, ... [et al.]
  London; NY: Routledge, 1998.
  note: translation of Politischer Atlas Deutschland; a political, economic, and social atlas
  SuzRef G 1912.2 .S3 1998

• Switzerland. Federal and State Government Institutions and Agencies on the Web.
  http://gksoft.com/govt/en/ch.html

  Vademekum der DDR-Forschung: ein Leitfaden zu Archiven, Forschungseinrichtungen, Bibliotheken, Einrichtungen der politischen Bildung, Vereinen, Museen und Gedenkstätten. Hrsg. von Ulrich Mählert.
  Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1997.
  SuzRef DD 280 .M3 1997

  Wer War Wer in der DDR?: ein Biographisches Lexikon. Helmut Müller-Enbergs et al., eds.
  Berlin: Ch. Links, 2000
  SuzRef DD 281.5 W47 2000

  Wörterbuch der Staatssicherheit: Definitionen zur "politisch-operativen Arbeit." Herausgegeben von Siegfried Suckut.
  Berlin: Ch. LInks, 1996.
  note: dictionary of state security, East Germany
  SuzRef HV 8210.5 .A3 W672 1996

• Yahoo! Deutschland
  note: all subjects related to German government and politics, with search engine
  http://de.dir.yahoo.com/Gesellschaft_und_Politik

• ATLA Religion Database. American Theological Library Association.
  note: index, 1949+; much German language material

• Internationaler biographischer Index der Religion: Theologen, Prediger, Rabbiner und Ordensleute = World biographical index of religion: theologians, preachers, rabbis and members of a religious order.
  Munchen: K. G. Saur, 1997. 5 vols.
  SuzRef BL 72 .I58 1997

• Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart; Handwörterbuch fur Theologie und Religionswissenschaft. 3., völlig neu bearbeitet Aufl., in Gemeinschft mit Hans Frhr. v. Campenhausen [et al.] hrsg. von Kurt Galling.
  Tübingen: Mohr, 1957-1965. 7 vols.
  note: major encyclopedia of religion and theology
  Suz BL 31 .R42 1957