German
230
Professor
Evers
Fall 2006
Sheila
Smyth
German
Librarian
Langson
Library
(949)
824-47021
German
Studies Subject Guide:
http://www.lib.uci.edu/online/subject/subpage.php?subject=german
Guides to
the Literature, Indexes, Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, and Other Reference
Works
Guides,
indexes, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works
often provide the researcher with a basic introduction to a topic. They
may be a useful first step in beginning research, helpful both in
acquainting the researcher with key terminology, concepts and critical
sources in the field. The lists below are just a sampling of titles
available in the Reference Collection, Langson Library, first
floor. Browse in these call number areas and/or search ANTPAC to identify other
useful reference works for your topic.
Reference Sources
Kritisches Lexikon
zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLG). Multi vols-2006. Langson
Reference: PT155 .K74.
Bibliographie der
deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft. Multi vols.
Encyclopedia
of German Literature. 2 vols.
Deutsche Literatur.
Multi vols.
Grundrisz zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung
aus den Quellen. Multi
vols. Nendeln;
Reallexikon der
deutschen Literaturgeschichte. 6 vols.
Deutsche Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts im Spiegel der
Kritik. 4 vols.
Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft : Neubearbeitung des Reallexikons der deutschen Literaturgeschichte. 3
vols.
The
German literature collections in
California Libraries: a guide.
Finding Books
ANTPAC: Catalog
of books, government documents and journals available at UCI.
MELVYL: Catalog of books, government
documents and journals available at all the UC campuses. Use the
"Request" button to request books not at UCI.
http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b
WorldCat: Catalog of books,
government documents and journals available at many major libraries around the
world. If UCI does not own the publications cited that you might need,
check Melvyl/WorldCat or create an interlibrary loan
request via ANTPAC.
Die Deutsche Bibliothek:
"National library
and national bibliographic information center for the Federal Republic of
Germany. Material collected includes: publications in
Gabriel: Gateway to Europe’s National Libraries:
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html
Look at the LCSH (Library of
Congress Subject Headings). This will help you
identify
specific subject headings used to describe the book. You can click on
those and
then this will create a new search with those words.
A
Selection of Subject Headings:
German literature
-- History and criticism
German literature
-- Bibliography
Authors, German -- 20th century -- History
and criticism
Böll,
Heinrich, 1917-
Politics and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th
century
Authors, German -- 20th century --
Political and social views
Motion pictures -- Germany -- History --
20th century
Documentary films -- Germany
-- History and criticism
Group identity -- Germany -- History --
20th century
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1945-
Germany -- Politics And Government
-- 1945-
Conservatism -- Germany
-- History -- 20th century
Social Movements -- Germany (West) -- History -- 20th
Century
Protest Movements -- Germany (East)
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1945-
Holocaust,
Jewish (1939-1945) –
For
extra help consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings
listed in four red volumes located at the reference desk in the Langson
Library.
Databases
for Locating Journal Articles, Book Reviews, and literary
criticism.
Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur:
http://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.4/LNG=EN/
Universal index of periodical
literature covering basic research from all fields of knowledge, and is
particularly strong in the humanities and the social sciences. Over 11,000
periodicals are indexed by this multilingual database, now containing over 1.7
million records. It is international in scope, and indexes a significant
proportion the periodicals published on the European continent.
Internationale Bibliographie der
Rezensionen:
http://gso.gbv.de/DB=2.14/LNG=EN/
A good place to
search to find reviews of works in languages other than English. Contains over 6,000 academic journals
mainly in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Historical
Abstracts:
http://serials.abc-clio.com/active/start?_appname=serials&initialdb=HA
Premier index to articles about
the history of the world, except for
Web of Science:
http://portal.isiknowledge.com/portal.cgi/wos?Init=Yes&SID=B4Mf5egIG85H@C7mc5e
Multidisciplinary
index to scholarly articles and publications. In addition to
citation and abstract, the bibliography of the cited articles is supplied,
often with links to that article citation.
JSTOR:
http://uclibs.org/PID/1980
Provides
image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals
in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other
fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of
contents for holdings, as coverage varies for each title.
Project
Muse: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861
To
eventually provide full-text online access to all journals published by the
Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics. A brief bibliographic description of each title is
given.
PCI Full
Text: http://pcift.chadwyck.com/
Indexes
periodicals from the humanities and social sciences. To search, enter the title
of the book in the "Article title keyword" field. N.B. this database
stops coverage in 1995. Contains several Jewish
journals such as Jewish Historical
Studies, Jewish History, Jewish Studies Quarterly, and The Jewish Quarterly Review etc. .
FRANCIS: http://uclibs.org/PID/9572
A multilingual multidisciplinary database indexing books and
journal articles in the humanities social sciences and economics It is strong
in religion the history of art and literature with particular emphasis on current
trends in European and world literature Most items have abstracts
MLA Bibliography:
This
database covers language and literature publications dating from 1963 forward.
This is not a full text database. Avoid using punctuation such as hyphens and
apostrophes, or results may be inaccurate. However, do use a when searching a
person’s name (e.g. Proust, Marcel) as author or
subject.
Humanities Index: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?&prod=HUMIN
Contains
citations to articles and book reviews in approximately 500 well-known
scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the humanities. Subjects covered include
archaeology, area studies, art, classics, dance, film, folklore, history,
linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, and
theology. Articles are primarily English language
Dissertations:
Submitting Dissertations: Go to the library homepage and click on the “Collections &
Archives” link. Then on the next page click on the special
collections and archives link (in blue). On the next
page go to the section for UCI Theses and Dissertations.
Dissertations at UCI: In ANTPAC use the
subject heading:
Dissertations,
Academic -- University Of California, Irvine -- German
For more
German dissertations search the dissertations in subjects such as History.
Dissertations,
Academic -- University Of
Digital Dissertations: http://uclibs.org/PID/11984
Provides subject, title, and
author access to almost all American dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Masters theses have been
selectively indexed since 1962. Abstracts are included for doctoral
dissertation records from July 1980 to the present. In addition, the database
serves to disseminate citations for thousands of Canadian dissertations and an increasing number of papers accepted in
institutions abroad. Professional (e.g., M.D., LL.D.) and honorary degrees are
not included. UCI dissertations can be searched for in ANTPAC using LD 791.9
and the subsequent numbers relate to the main subject area of the thesis and a
table of these numbers is located on the Special Collections and Archives page: http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/tdcallnumber.html
Combining Search terms: Using AND between term will give you a smaller
set of retrievals, while using OR will give you more retrievals.
Use
available search options to combine terms and/or limit terms (to date,
language, format, etc.). Use available output options e.g. ,
email? Download? print? .
If
necessary use any help screens to learn more about the features of a database.
If you are using a databases
and the UC-elink button does not indicate whether UCI
has the publication, then you would need to search either ANTPAC or MELVYL to
locate a copy that is readily available. If not there, try and
Interlibrary Loan Request via ANTPAC. Do also check if the item has a fulltext symbol which links directly to the desired
article.
Primary Resources
Primary sources are firsthand testimony or direct evidence
concerning a topic under investigation. The nature and value of a source
cannot be determined without reference to the topic and questions it is meant
to answer. The same document, or other piece of evidence, may be a
primary source in one investigation and secondary in another. The search
for primary sources does not, therefore, automatically include or exclude any
format of research materials or type of records, documents, or publications.
Primary sources typically can include archives and manuscript material, photographs,
letters and diaries, scrapbooks, newspapers and clippings, government
publications, oral histories, magazines, published books, printed ephemera, and
video and audio recordings.
UCI Special Collections:
Special Collection is on the 5th floor of the
Langson Library. Monday to Friday 8-5; Saturday 1-5. The books that are in Special Collections can be located through
your searches of ANTPAC. The location would indicate Special
Collections. A keyword search under
The Hans Waldmüller Collection on Thomas Mann contains almost 2,000 works by and about Thomas
Mann. The Mann Collection, acquired in 1987, was amassed by Mann scholar Hans Waldmüller beginning in 1929. His collection grew to
include over 9,000 volumes. The collection in Special Collections and Archives
provides a comprehensive survey of Mann’s work. It includes most first editions
of his books, many of his publications in the original literary journals, and
some correspondence and family materials. Also included are essays, works
edited by Mann, translations of his works, biographical and critical studies,
and voluminous German-language periodicals and articles related to Mann and his
work. Treasures include first and later editions of important books such as Buddenbrooks, Der Zauberberg (The
Orange County Holocaust Oral
History Project interviews, 1992-1994.
Langson SpecColl:
MS-M 011
Guide
and description of this collection is available via the Online Archive of
California:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/oac/uci/spcoll/m22
Langson
SpecColl: MS-M 022
Microforms:
There are microfilms having to do with
Confidential
Confidential
U.S. military intelligence reports, Germany, 1919-1941. Microfilm M 000402
Newspapers:
Access World News: http://uclibs.org/PID/98452
Access World News from NewsBank provides full text information and perspectives
from over 600 U S and over 700 international sources each with its own
distinctive focus offering diverse viewpoints on local regional and world
issues Date coverage varies with individual newspaper.
Historical Newspapers:
http://historynews.chadwyck.com/noframesx/search
Online indexing of the Times London from 1790 1980 and the
New York times from 1851 September 1922 Indexes can be searched individually or
in combination by names events and subjects with Boolean proximity wildcard and
truncation search operators.
Videos:
Videos at UCI are located in the Multimedia resource center across from
the reference desk on the first floor of the Langson Library. Many videos
located at other institutes can not be loaned to UCI due to restrictions set by
the producers.
A simple way to locate microfilms at UCI is to search for your topic in the ANTPAC catalog advanced search mode and limit your search to location: Langson - Multimedia resource center and/or Material type: film/video.
Film Index international: http://fii.chadwyck.com/quick/search
German Films:
http://www.german-cinema.de/
http://www.deutsches-filminstitut.de/dframe12.htm
Websites:
Beware make sure the information
you find on the internet is authoritative.
Center for Research Libraries: http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/
Online Archive of
This archive covers all the UC
special collection archives plus those of many other institutions in
Library of Congress finding aids:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/faid/
The German
Historical Institute is an independent research institute dedicated to the
promotion of historical research in the
Archive in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland:
http://home.bawue.de/%7Ehanacek/info/darchive.htm
Historical Research in Europe: A
Guide to Archives and Libraries:
This database is intended
to assist researchers who are planning to use European libraries and archives.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/HistResEur/
Repositories of
Primary Resources:
A
listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives,
rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research
scholar. All links have been tested for correctness and appropriateness. Links
added or revised within the last thirty days or so are marked {New}. Please use
this form or e-mail to add entries, provide corrections, or make comments on
its utility. Those who have recently submitted new and revised entries are
acknowledged. Guidelines for the inclusion of sites on this list are available.
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Heinrich-Böll-Archiv:
Materials by and about
Heinrich Böll in the archive at StadtBibliothek Köln in
http://www.stbib-koeln.de/boell/
German Studies Association:
https://thegsa.org/
Modern Language
Association (MLA): http://www.mla.org/
Pacific
Ancient and Modern Language Association: http://www.pamla.org/
Google (German): http://www.google.de