I. Language Dictionaries

PF3625.G7 1965 (in progress)
Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl. Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm. New edition. 1965- .

The great dictionary of the German language. Etymologies are given and the evolution of word meanings is traced via quotations from various literary texts. The newer edition takes into account results of recent research.

PF3625.G8
Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl. Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm. 1854-1960.

Older edition of the above title.

PF3580.K5 1995 (Main Ref)
Kluge, Friedrich. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 23., erw. Aufl. 1995.

PD3580.K594 (Main Ref)
Köbler, Gerhard. Gotisches Wörterbuch. 1989.

PD2379.C623i 1957 (Main Ref)
Cleasby, Richard. An Icelandic-English dictionary. 2d ed. 1957.

PF3975.G7 (Main Ref)
Graff, Eberhard Gottlieb. Althochdeutscher Sprachschatz; oder, Wörterbuch der althochdeutschen Sprache. 1963. 7 volumes.

PF4327.L4 1872a (Main Ref)
Lexer, Matthias. Mittelhochdeutsches Handworterbuch. 1872.

PF4591.F78 1986 (Main Ref)
Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch. 1986- (In progress)

PE1625.O87 1989 (Main Ref)
Simpson, J.A. Oxford English dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989.

Also available via the worldwide web on GALILEO (see VII).

II. Linguistics
LLBA: Language and language behavior abstracts. 1967-

Abstracts books and articles from journals dealing with a wide variety of topics in linguistics. Appears quarterly. Available online as a Silver Platter database from the Libraries' Homepage (see VII).

Z7001.P4 (Main Ref)
Permanent International Committee of Linguists. Linguistic Bibliography for the year...(Bibliographie linguistique) 1939/47-

A comprehensive annual bibliography of linguistics covering every aspect of the field, indexing a wide variety of periodicals from all over the world.

III. Classics

PA31.H69 1989 c.2 (Main Ref)
Howatson, M. C. The Oxford companion to classical literature. 2nd ed. 1989.

Z7016.A61 (Main Ref)
L'Année philologique: Bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité greco-latine. 1928-

The standard bibliography for classical studies. Appears annually. Also available on-line on a computer workstation separate from GALILEO. Called Database of Classical Bibliography.

IV. Philosophy

Philosopher's index. 1967-

Quarterly bibliography of philosophical studies, indexing journals monographs, Festschriften, etc. Available on-line via LIBRA from the Libraries' Homepage (see VII).

B43.R59 (Main Ref)
Ritter, Joachim. Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie. Völlig neubearb. 1971-

B82.T6 (Main Ref)
Totok, Wilhelm. Handbuch der Geschichte der Philosophie. 1964- 1986. 6 volumes.

V. Theology/Religion

Religion Index One: Periodicals. 1978- (Continues American Theological Library Association. Index to religious periodical literature. 1949/52-1977.)

Quarterly publication indexing journals, monographs, Festschriften, etc. Available via LIBRA from the Libraries' Homepage (see VII).

BL31.E46 1986 (Main Ref)
The Encyclopedia of religion. 1987. 16 volumes.

BL310.G853 (Main Ref)
Larousse encyclopedia of mythology. 1959

BR95.T47 (Main Ref)
Theologische Realenzyklopädie. 1977- . 28 volumes to date.

Lengthy articles and bibliographies on all aspects of religion.

VI. Biography

CT1053.A435 (4th floor Main)
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. 1875-1912. 56 volumes.

Contains long articles with bibliographies on individuals from early times to the end of the 19th century. Many volumes include supplements, making it necessary to use the index (vol. 56) to locate entries.

CT1053.N4 (4th floor Main)
Neue deutsche Biographie. 1953-1985. 16 volumes.

Covers persons who have died since the Allgemein deutsche Biographie (see above) was published, as well as selected persons included in that work. Each volume contains an index of inviduals cited along with references, where applicable, to Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.

CT1054.K550 1988 (Folio Main Ref)
Koch, Hans Albrecht. Deutscher Biographischer Index. 1986.

Serves as an index to the microfiche collection of the Deutsches Biographisches Archiv (not owned by UGA), which cumulates biographical entries from a number of biographical dictionaries. The index is a reference work on its own, since it refers the reader to the various biographical dictionaries.

VII. Aspects of German culture

DD51.H6 1967 (4th floor Main)
Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. 2. völlig neu bearb. u. stark erw. Aufl. 1968- (In progress)

GR166.B25 (6th floor Main) Bächtold-Stäubli, Hanns. Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens. 1927-1942. 10 volumes.

Covers German superstitions and popular sayings.

GR550.E60 (6th floor Main)
Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. 1975- (In progress)

Includes types, motifs, figures, biographies. Lengthy articles with bibliographies.

VIII. General encyclopedia

Meyers Lexikon - Das Wissen A-Z.

Web version of the encyclopedia, with the complete text for ca. 44,000 articles and 12,000 references. Experimental and limited to three users at any one time: http://www.iicm.edu/ref.m10