Germanic Studies: Reference Materials and Websites

Connecting people to a broader world through German language and culture.

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German Studies
Scholarly resources in German Studies, including all German-speaking countries. The resources organized here are all freely available and have undergone a selection and evaluation process.

Comprehensive source, but note that you may rarely encounter some of the resources may be out of date or have broken links.

Swiss multilingual international news and information

a Swiss association that advocates cultural heritage conservation in Switzerland.

Die Zeno.org-Bibliothek umfasst unter der Rubrik Literatur Werke von mehr als 700 Autoren. Es sind die bedeutendsten Werke der Weltliteratur von der Antike bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert versammelt. Darüber hinaus gibt es eine Vielzahl von Texten fast vergessener Autoren, die seit Jahrzehnten kaum mehr gedruckt werden und heute oft nur noch Spezialisten geläufig sind.

book digitization project

from Brigham Young University

This index to German-language newspaper access in North America is a project of the Collection Development Working Group
of the Center for Research Libraries' German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) in cooperation with the European Studies Section (ESS).


The scope includes German-language newspapers regardless of geographic location. The emphasis is on historical newspaper holdings; lists of current online editions can be found in the Internet Public Library and elsewhere. General news is the main focus; specialized, narrow, trade or niche newspapers are not well represented. As a complement you can also consult the International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) and the News webpage on the ESS German Studies guide. For access to German-language newspapers published in the United States, see Library of Congress' Chronicling America: Historical American Newspapers.

Use these reference sources to get you started on your topic. Look through them for terms/keywords (people, places, concepts, ideas, etc.) to use in your searches through databases and catalogs. Additionally, look at their bibliographies then track down those sources.