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Books & Media
Search the Library Catalog to find books, video's, government publications and journal titles. The catalog can be searched by author, title, keyword or subject and contains the holdings of Connecticut College as well as Trinity College and Wesleyan University. To search for books and media outside of the local catalog, use WorldCat.

Books in the Library are arranged by Library of Congress (LC) subject headings.  Examples of LC subject headings that may be useful for locating books and videos relating to German studies follow:

Reference books can be a useful starting point for your research. Some examples of German Studies reference resources available in Shain Library follow.  Additional lists of reference books, government documents and websites can be found at Reference Resources on World Countries.

Brockhaus Enzyklopadie: in Vierundzwanzig Banden (1986)
AE27 B77 v.1-24 [Reference]

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990 (1998)
DD14 M64 v.1-2 [Reference]

Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde  (1973-)
DD51 R42 v.1- 23 [Reference]

Biographisches Worterbuch zur Deutschen Geschichte (1973)
DD85 R572 v.1-3 [Reference]

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture (1999)
DD290.26 E63 [Reference]

A Practical Dictionary of German Usage (1996)
PF3460 B35 [Reference]

Deutsches Worterbuch (1854)
PF3625 G7 v.1-16(incomplete) [Reference]

The Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-German (1997)
PF3640 O87 [Reference]

The BFI Companion to German Cinema (1999)
PN1993.5 G3 B45 [Reference]

Encyclopedia of German Literature (2000)
PT41 E53 v.1-2 [Reference]

Reallexidon der Deutschen Literatur Wissenscdhaft (1997)
PT41 R42 v.1-3 {Reference]

Women Writers in German-Speaking Countries: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (1998)
PT167 W65 [Reference]

German Theatre: A Bibliography from the Beginning to 1995 (1996)
Z2234 D7 P34

Dahlmann-Waitz. Quellenkunde der Deutschen Geschichte, Bibliographie der Quellen und der Literatur zur Deutschen Geschichte
Z2236 D14 v.1-6, 10-11 [Reference]

Other resources for locating information on books and media include:
Books in Print
Book Review Digest

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Style Manuals
A collection of style manuals and writing guides are kept on the shelf behind the reference desk. Information is also available from the Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources page.

Databases & Indexes
A full listing of all scholarly databases is available grouped by subject or listed alphabetically.

Art Index Retrospective (via WilsonWeb)
A bibliographic database that cumulates citations to Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929-1984. The database cites articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Dutch. In addition to articles, Art Index Retrospective indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals.

Arts & Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals covering articles, bibliographies, editorials, letters, reviews, and more. Also indexes selected articles from social science and science journals .

Historical Abstracts
An index to journal articles, book and video reviews, and dissertations covering world history from 1450 to the present. Historical Abstracts does not cover the United States and Canada, that is covered in America: History and Life.

Humanities Index (via FirstSearch)
Indexes feature articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs. Coverage is 1984-present.

International Political Science Abstracts
Produced since 1951 by the International Political Science Association, IPSA is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Coverage is 1989 forward.

Iter Bibliography
A bibliography of close to 500,000 records for articles, essays, books, and reviews. Updated daily and with thousands of new records added annually, this powerful research tool will be of great use to scholars interested in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).

MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials. The database includes all records indexed from 1963 to the present.

Internet Resources
WESSWEB:  Western European Specialists - German Studies Web
Produced by the Association of College and Research Libraries, this website provides access to scholarly resources in Italian studies

German Studies Trails on the Web
Links to interdisciplinary German resources on the World Wide Web authored by Andreas Lixl of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

German Information Center– produced by the German Embassy, the German Information Center, and the Consulates General in the United States, this site includes links to information on politics, business, and German culture.

EuroDocs:
Primary historical documents from Western Europe, from Brigham Young University. 

German Language and Literature- An annotated directory of web resources for German Language and literature from St. John’s University in Minnesota.  Includes dictionaries, literary and cultural resources and German-language news sources.

Voice of the Shuttle -- German Literature well reviewed site from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Foreign Language Newspapers
Die Zeit (retain current 3 months)
Newspapers Online
World News (UT Library)
Internet Public Library Reading Room

e-Journals
A complete listing of full text electronic journals is located on the Library homepage under the Journal Locator link.

Assistance
For assistance in locating or using these or other sources, please contact the Reference Desk or schedule an appointment for a Personalized Research Session.

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