The most important databases:
- Bibliography of German Literature and Literary Studies (BDSL)
- MLA International Bibliography
- Bibliography of Linguistic Literature
- Online Contents German Studies
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The most important full-text collections:
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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.