The most important databases:
- Bibliography of German Literature and Literary Studies (BDSL)
- MLA International Bibliography
- Bibliography of Linguistic Literature
- Online Contents German Studies
More:
The most important full-text collections:
The most important reference works available electronically:
- Literary Studies Portal (e.g. "Kosch", "Killy", Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales)
- Kindler’s Literary Encyclopedia
- Killy Lexicon of Literature
- Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLG)
- Encyclopedia of German Literary Studies
- Germanische Altertumskunde (Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde inkl.Ergänzungsbände)
- Linguistics Portal (e.g. „Kluge“, Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft)
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas
The most important dictionaries available electronically:
In the Central Library, you can find German Studies under the classification number 15 in the textbook collection as well as under G (new since 2023) and GERM in the reading room.
In the Humanities Library you will find German Studies I in rooms 01/800, 01/812 and 01/814 as well as German Studies II in rooms 02/800, 02/812 and 02/523.
The journals of the years 2005 and older can be found in the journal magazine Humanities in the Central Library.
Cataloging systems at our locations
All new acquisitions have been shelved in the Central Library since 2023 and in the Humanities Library since 2024 using the RVK system. The classification number for German Studies begins with the letter G.