Carolina-Duke Program in German Studies 

This guide is an introduction to the rich library resources environment for German Studies at Duke University Libraries and UNC University Libraries. The guide presents a selection of standard works and databases for first year graduate students, and lists contact information for help with library related inquiries for graduate student research.

1. WELCOME
2. CATALOGS for finding books: a list of local catalogs, union catalogs, international catalogs, and resources for finding online texts
3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES & INDEXES: an introduction to databases that provide citations, abstracts and full-text articles in scholarly publications about Germanic literatures
4. ENCYCLOPEDIAS, Dictionaries and Handbooks: a list of standard reference works for German Studies
5. LITERARY HISTORY: a list of literary histories for German Studies for all periods
6. REVIEWS OF BOOKS: resources for finding reviews of scholarly publications and secondary literature
7. HUMANITIES JOURNALS: a list of selected general humanities journals
8. GERMAN STUDIES JOURNALS: a list of selected German Studies journals
9. PRIMARY TEXTS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: starting points on the Internet and in subscription databases
10. MORE HELP: includes some examples of how a librarian can help with your literature search and with getting copies of hard to locate materials

At this time, all URLs point to Duke holdings, the symbol "*" behind a link means that you will be asked to login with your Duke ID and password. A mirror site with UNC specific holdings information is under construction.

Heidi Madden, PhD
Duke University,  234 Bostock
Email: heidi.madden@duke.edu

John B. Rutledge, PhD
University of North Carolina, Davis Library
Email: john_rutledge@unc.edu  

Duke and UNC are part of the Triangle Research Libraries Network. The goals of the TRLN Cooperative Collection Development Program are to enhance the collections of member libraries and provide better service to users by sharing access to specialized and expensive resources that do not need to be duplicated on individual campuses. By building interlocked collections that maximize the number of unique research titles, the four libraries have increased the breadth and depth of their collections in ways that would otherwise be physically and fiscally impossible, given the increasing number of titles published around the world each year and the rising costs of books, serials, and electronic resources.

Anz, Thomas. ED. Handbuch Literaturwissenschaft. Perkins/Bostock Reference: PN45 .H362 2007

Blinn, Hansjürgen. Informationshandbuch Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft. Perkins/Bostock Reference: Z2231 .B57 2005

Germanistik im Netz Informationen und Nachschlagewerke für Germanisten: Tagungen, Universitäten, Forschungsthemen und Fachzeitschriften

Hansel, Johannes. Literaturrecherche für Germanisten : Studienausgabe. 2003. Perkins/Bostock Library  Z2235.A2 H24 2003 

Klausnitzer, Ralf. Literaturwissenschaft : Begriffe, Verfahren, Arbeitstechniken. 2004. UNC Davis Library PN441 .K59 2004

Mediaevum.de: Mediavistik im Internet

MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 2009. Perkins/Bostock Library Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 2009
                                Find more books like this in Perkins/Bostock on Report writing--Handbooks manuals etc

Moennighoff, Burkhard.  Arbeitstechniken Literaturwissenschaft. 2001. UNC Davis Library PT45 .M496 2001

Raabe, Paul. Einführung in die Bücherkunde zur deutschen Literaturwissenschaft. 1975. Library Service Center  016.8309 R111, E35, 1975

Zelle, Carsten. Kurze Bücherkunde für Literaturwissenschaftler. 1998. Library Service Center  016.8 Z51, K96, 1998