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This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on German available at Concordia Libraries. It includes material held in the Webster Library (WEB) on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching CLUES, the library catalogue.

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Encyclopedias

• Brockhaus Enzyklopädie in zwanzig Bänden: REF AE 27 G7 1966 VAN WEB
• Encyclopedia of German literature - 2 vol.: REF PT 91 E53 2000 VAN
• Feminist encyclopedia of German literature: REF PT 41 F46 1997 VAN

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Dictionaries

• Beyond the dictionary in German (1968): REF PF 3640 A48 WEB
• Cambridge-Eichborn German dictionary. Economics, Law, Administration, Business...: REF H 45 E36 1983 VAN
• Cassell's German-English, English-German dictionary: REF PF 3640 B453 1978 VAN WEB
• Collins German-English, English-German dictionary: REF PF 3640 C68 1997 VAN
• Collins German-English, English-German dictionary: REF PF 3640 C68 1991 VAN WEB
• Dictionary of German synonyms: REF PF 3591 F37 1977 VAN WEB
• Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (Kluge): REF PF 3580 K5 1989 VAN
• 501 German verbs, fully conjugated: REF PF 3271 S85 1982 VAN
• German-English dictionary of idioms: REF PF 3460 S345 1996 VAN
• Grand dictionnaire allemand-français et français-allemand: REF PF 3643 D395+ 1979 VAN
• Grimm. Deutsches Wörterbuch: REF PF 3625 G7 1984 VAN
• Grimm. Deutsches Wörterbuch: REF PF 3625 G7 WEB
• Harrap's standard German and English dictionary (1963):REF PF 3640 H3 VAN WEB
• Oxford-Duden German dictionary: REF PF 3640 O94 1997 VAN
• Oxford-Duden pictorial German-English dictionary: REF PF 3629 O9 1994 VAN
• Practical dictionary of German usage: REF PF 3460 B35 1996 VAN/2001 WEB
• 750 German verbs and their uses: REF PF 3271 Z27 1992 VAN WEB
• Der Sprach Brockhaus: deutsches Bildwörterbuch: REF PF 3628 S7 1981 VAN

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Biographies

• Austrian fiction writers after 1914: REF PS 128 D49+ v. 85 VAN WEB
• Companion to twentieth-century German literature: REF PT 401 F87 1997 VAN
• Contemporary German fiction writers. First series. (1988): REF PS 128 D49+ v. 69 VAN WEB
• Daten deutscher Dichtung: REF PT 103 F7 1971 VAN
• Daten deutscher Dichtung: REF PT 103 F7 1962 WEB
• Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon: REF PT 41 K67+ 1966 VAN WEB
• German fiction writers, 1885-1913: REF PS 128 D49+ v. 66 VAN WEB
• German fiction writers, 1914-1945: REF PS 128 D49+ v. 56 VAN WEB
• Lexikon deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller: REF PT 155 A4 1972 VAN WEB
• Nineteenth-century German writers, 1841-1900 : REF PS 128 D49+ v. 129 VAN WEB
• Oxford companion to German literature: REF PT 41 G3 1997 VAN
• Oxford companion to German literature: REF PT 41 G3 1986 WEB
• Twentieth-century German dramatists, 1919-1992 : REF PS 128 D49+ v. 124 VAN
• Women writers of Germany, Austria and Switzerland : REF PT 167 W64 1989 VAN WEB

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Bibliographies

• Bibliographisches Handbuch des deutschen Schrifttums: REF PT 1101 K67+ 1966 VAN
• Bibliographisches Handbuch des deutschen Schrifttums: REF Z 2231 K6 1966 WEB
• Germanistik: REF Z 2235 A2G4 VAN
• MLA international bibliography 1921/25-1998: Indexes PB 35 M57 WEB
• MLA international bibliography: ONLINE
• Stoff-und Motivgeschichte der deutschen Literatur: REF PT 85 S35+ 1976 VAN

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Bibliographies: Author

• Fifty years of Thomas Mann studies: REF Z 8547.41 J6 1969 VAN WEB
• Günter Grass: a bibliography, 1955-1975: REF Z 8366.48 O53 VAN WEB
• A Kafka bibliography, 1908-1976: REF Z 8459.28 F63 VAN WEB

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Databases

• Academic Search Complete
• Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
• Francis
• Humanities Abstracts
• MLA International Bibliography

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Web Sites

• German Studies Web
  Offers access to scholarly resources in such areas as: libraries, reference sources, newspapers, publishers, literature, the performing arts, etc.All German-speaking countries are included.
• germanistik.net: Internet Resources for Germanists
  Coverage includes German literature and linguistics, and Germanic philology. Provides links to: a conference calender, job openings, scholarly journals, organizations and institutes, German departments around the world, etc. Includes a good collection of links to information on specific authors.
• Goethe Institut, Montreal
  A non-profit organization, the Goethe Institut has 127 branches in 76 countries. Its objective is to promote the German language and to foster international cultural cooperation.

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