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- Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.History of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. This authoritative database provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. In addition, full-text coverage is provided for more than 300 journals and over 130 books. History and social science researchers have used Historical Abstracts to discover significant and groundbreaking work for more than 50 years. No other history research tool matches its scholarly standards or comprehensive coverage.
- Coverage Dates: Selective coverage back to 1955
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Languages: English and non-English
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- JSTOR
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- JSTOR provides electronic access to back issues (from the date of first publication) of selected, core journals. The goal of the project is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. The journals are organized into the Arts and Sciences Collections I & II, the General Sciences Collection, the Ecology and Botany Collection, the Business Collection, the Language and Literature Collection, the Mathematics and Statistics Collection, and the Music Collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1800s- (dates vary)
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: jstor
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- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.On the nature and use of language.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts focuses on the nature and structure of human speech, research in speech sounds, sentence and word structure, meaning in language, spelling, phonetics and the pathology of speech, and hearing. This database provides bibliographic citations. Over 2600 journals from 50 nations are reviewed for inclusion, as well as selected books, book chapters, and dissertations.
- Coverage Dates: 1973-
- Updated: Quarterly
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- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: ProQuest-CSA
- 4 concurrent users
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xllb-uga1
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- Literary Reference Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Literary criticism, author biographies, full-text articles, poems, and short stories.
- Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of over 300 literary journals; book reviews; 25,000 classic and contemporary poems; 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories; full text of over 7,500 classic novels; author interviews; and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
Reference sources include:
- Beacham's Research Guide to Biography and Criticism (six volumes)
- Bloom Series of over 500 books from Chelsea House Publishers edited by Harold Bloom
- The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story
- Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
- Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
- Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
- The Literary Encyclopedia
- The complete MagillOnLiterature Plus
- Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
- The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
- The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Generally, 1984 to the present for indexing & abstracts and 1990 to the present for full text & image. Some publications starting in the 1960s and 1970s are included.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zblr
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- Literary Reference Center is a full-text database that combines information from major respected reference works, books, literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; articles of literary criticism; author biographies; full text of over 300 literary journals; book reviews; 25,000 classic and contemporary poems; 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories; full text of over 7,500 classic novels; author interviews; and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
- Literature Resource Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.A complete literature reference database featuring biographical, bibliographical, and critical content.
- Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database, rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. It features:
- Contemporary Authors: selected entries
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Select since vol. 95, plus 266 most studied authors from editions prior to vol. 95
- Dictionary of Literary Biography: selected entries
- Twayne's Author Series
- Scribners Writers Series
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
- Chadwyck-Healey's Literature Online (LION) full-text collection
- current, full-text critical essays on major authors from more than more than 130 prominent literary journals
It also contains selections from these publications: Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Novels for Students, Poetry Criticism, Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary
- Updated: Ongoing
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- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xglr-uga1
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- Literature Resource Center is a complete literature reference database, rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. It features:
- MLA International Bibliography (literature and language)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index to articles and books on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
The MLA Directory of Periodicals is now part of the MLA International Bibliography. Included is information on the periodicals that are indexed in the database, plus many more. The Directory of Periodicals data is updated annually.
- Coverage Dates: 1926 to the present
- Updated: Ten times per year
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbml
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- The MLA International Bibliography indexes are critical in literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Approximately 45,000 records are added annually. Classical Greek and Latin literature are not covered. This database is produced by the Modern Language Association. The print edition counterpart to this database began in 1921.
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- Goethes Werke im WWW
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.German text and illustrations of the 143 volumes of the definitive Weimar Edition.
- Goethes Werke im WWW contains the complete German text and illustrations of the 143 volumes of the definitive Weimar Edition for the corpus (literary, scientific works, diaries, and letters) of work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Also included are Goethes Gespraeche, edited by Woldemar Freiherr von Biedermann, Leipzig, 1889-96, and Goethes Werke: Nachtraege aus Weimarer Ausgabe edited by Paul Raabe, Munich, 1990 (including all Goethe's letters discovered since the Weimar Edition published).
- Languages: German
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xgoe-uga1
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- History Reference Center
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles, books, images, and video on U.S. and world history.
- History Reference Center is a full-text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features full text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, as well as full text for more than 120 history periodicals. Further, the database contains 59,640 historical documents; more than 50,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 110,200 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbhr
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- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text (IBTD)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text research tool for the study of theater and the performing arts.
- International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD) contains articles, essays and book chapters mined from internationally selected publications in drama, dance, media, mime, mixed entertainment, storytelling, music-drama, and puppetry. Many are in full text. International Bibliography of Theater & Dance with Full Text includes nearly 100 journal titles and over 120 full-text books not included in Academic Search Complete.
- Coverage Dates: 1984-
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbth
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- LexisNexis Academic
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
- Title List
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
- The Literary Encyclopedia
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Encyclopedia of authors, works, and historical context.
- The Literary Encyclopedia has a growing list of entries on authors, literary works, and related historical events. The authors covered either write in English or have been translated into English, so the subject scope is global. Entries are written by scholars and often include bibliographies of recommended secondary sources. Timelines and author chronologies provide historical and cultural context, and reference groups bring together authors and works by genre, time period, or literary movement.
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: The Literary Dictionary Company
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=litv-uga1
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- The Making of the Modern World
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850.
- The Making of the Modern World replaces the The Making of the Modern Economy. It provides full text page image access to more than 61,000 historical works of economic and business literature contained in the Goldsmiths' Library (University of London) and the Kress Library of Economic Literature (Harvard University) and other sources. The database comprises primarily works published between 1450 and 1850 but also a few works published after 1850 and includes many works in French and other European languages. Treatises cover commerce, finance, history, politics, social conditions, trade and transport and focus variously on Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Spain and other countries.
- Coverage Dates: 1450 - 1850 and beyond
- Updated: Ongoing
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: gale
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=mako-uga1
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- SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index and abstracts to articles in sociology.
- SocINDEX with Full Text features more than 2,066,400 records with subject headings from a 19,750+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 777 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 820 books and monographs, and full text for 13,947 conference papers.
- Coverage Dates: 1880-present
- Updated: Monthly
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=son9-uga1
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- Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Index and abstracts to articles in sociology.
- Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. International in scope, over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations are covered. Records added after 1974 contain nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
Included in the database is the searchable Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms.
- Coverage Dates: 1963 to the present
- Updated: Monthly
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- Database Provider: cambridge
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=sooi-uga1
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- Sociological Abstracts is a primary resource for accessing research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. International in scope, over 2,600 journals and other serials publications, plus conference papers, books, and dissertations are covered. Records added after 1974 contain nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.
- World History Collection
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full-text content covering cover a wide range of historical topics from all continents.
- World History Collection contains cover-to-cover full text for more than 130 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals. Full text dates as far back as 1964. These hand-selected information sources cover a wide range of historical topics including anthropology, art, culture, economics, government, heritage, military, politics, regional issues, and more. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for all journals in the collection.
- Coverage Dates: 1964 onwards
- Title List
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbwh
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Broader Databases
- Academic Search Complete
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Articles from some peer-reviewed journals as well as monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and other sources.
- Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database is updated daily and features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full-text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for nearly 1,000 journals.
- Coverage Dates: Dates vary. Some content goes as far back as 1865.
- Updated: Daily
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- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zbac
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- Factiva
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.The Wall Street Journal. Other U.S. and foreign newspapers, magazines and trade journals. Company financials.
- Factiva combines Dow Jones and Reuters content from over 8,000 publications:
- 1,000 U.S. and foreign newspapers
- 6,500 news magazines and trade journals
- 270 newswires - Dow Jones, Reuters, AP, Asia Pulse
- Transcripts of leading media news broadcasts - BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR
- Company profiles and reports
- European Union official documents
Factiva is the only database that provides the full text of the Wall Street Journal, 1984-present.
Limiting to the Wall Street Journal:
- Add and rst=j at the end of your search statement. For example: federal reserve and rst=j
- Leave the Search for free-text terms in box set at the default Full Article. Otherwise you will get a 0 hits result.
The truncation symbol is an *. Adding it to the end of a search term will find any term with that basic stem. For example: bank* will find bank, banks, banker, banking, etc.
- Coverage Dates: Varies
- Updated: Daily
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- Languages: English and various foreign languages
- Database Provider: Dow Jones & Reuters
- 19 simultaneous users allowed, shared with Georgia Tech and Georgia State University.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=faci-uga1
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- Factiva combines Dow Jones and Reuters content from over 8,000 publications:
- Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to medium for this database to function properly.Index to articles from diverse humanities subject areas.
- Humanities International Complete is a database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), Humanities International Index provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals and contains more than 2.71 million records. Formerly the American Humanities Index, this database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international publications. Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.
- Coverage Dates: 1909-present
- Title List
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: ebsco
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=hump-uga1
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Bibliographies
- Germanistik
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online pdf access to the bibliography Germanistik, covering German language and literature.
Germanistik is an international bibliography, appearing quarterly, which surveys scholarly publications in the field of German literature and language. Journal articles as well as monographs are cited.
We have access to the online pdf versions of the articles in the print bibliography, within the database 'Communication and Mass Media Complete', from EBSCO. This link takes you to the page for the publication Germanistik. You can click on a volume number to browse issues and articles, or click on 'Search within this publication' on the right to search for bibliographies on a specific topic.
Earlier years of Germanistik are available in print: see GIL Catalog
- Coverage Dates: 2009 onwards
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://proxy-remote.galib.uga.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&jid=BK6&site=ehost-live
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- Germanistik: internationales Referatenorgan mit bibliographischen Hinweisen
Call Number: Z7037.G37 [latest year in Reference Collection]Bibliography of scholarly publications in German literature and language.
An international bibliography, appearing quarterly, which surveys scholarly publications in the field of German literature and language. Journal articles as well as monographs are cited. The fourth number of each volume concludes with an index of names cited and an index of subjects.
See the GIL Catalog for full holdings information.
- Coverage Dates: vol. 1 (1960) - vol. 51 (2010) in print; 2009 onwards online
- Updated: Quarterly
- Location: Main Library Only
Biographical Sources
- Allgemeine deutsche Biographie
Call Number: CT1053.A435- This 56 volume work, published between 1875 and 1912, and contains long articles with bibliographies on individuals important in all aspects of German cultural and political life 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.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Deutscher biographischer Index, compiled by Hans Albrecht Koch
Call Number: CT1054.K550 1988 (FOLIO)- This four volume work serves as an index to the Deutsches Biographisches Archiv, which cumulates entries from a number of biographical dictionaries. The index is a reference work on its own, since it refers the reader to the various German biographical dictionaries.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Marquis Who’s Who on the Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Biographies from various Who's Who publications.
- Current biographies of all individuals who appeared in any one of the following Marquis print titles since 1985: Who�s Who in America, Who�s Who in the East, Who Was Who in America, Who�s Who in the Midwest, Who�s Who in the World, Who�s Who in the South & Southwest, Who�s Who of American Women, Who�s Who in the West, Who�s Who in Science & Engineering, Who�s Who in Media & Communications, Who�s Who in American Law, Who�s Who in Entertainment, Who�s Who in Medicine & Healthcare, Who�s Who in American Education, Who�s Who in Finance & Business (Formerly Who's Who in Finance & Industry), Who�s Who in American Nursing, Who�s Who in Religion, Who�s Who in 20th Century America, Who�s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who�s Who Among Human Services Professionals; profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more.
- Coverage Dates: 1985-
- Updated: Daily
- Languages: English
- Database Provider: Marquis
- One user allowed at a time.
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=whos-uga1
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- Neue deutsche Biographie
Call Number: CT1053.N4- Complements the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (above). Many of the same names appear in both. Added are persons who have died since the earlier work was published, as well as some who were excluded from it. Articles are signed, with bibliographies at the end of each. The index to each volume includes references to entries in the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Wer ist wer
Call Number: Main Ref DD85.W483- The German Whos Who, now published annually.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Book Reviews
- Innsbrucker Zeitungsarchiv zur deutsch- und fremdsprachigen Literatur
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Since 1960, the Innsbrucker Zeitungsarchiv has collected journal and newspaper articles on all aspects of literary life in German-speaking countries. Articles from Oct. 2000 onward are available from their online database. (E-mail inquiry is necessary for articles before that time.)
- URL: http://iza.uibk.ac.at
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- Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen geisteswissenschaftlicher Literatur (IBR)
Call Number: Z5051.I64- Book review index for the arts and humanities and the social sciences. Includes 5 sections--A: Autoren-Index/Author index, B: Rezensenten-Index/Reviewer index, C: Titel-Index/Title index, D: Sachgebiets-Index/Classified subject index, E: Zeitschriften-Index/Periodicals indexed. Each part issued in multi-volumes. Appears semi-annually. Tri-lingual.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Periodicals Index Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.
Internet Explorer Users: cookies must be set to low for this database to function properly.Index to 18th-20th century periodicals in the humanities and social sciences.
- Periodicals Index Online similar in purpose to JSTOR, is an index to the back runs of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences. Unlike JSTOR, however, this database is not full text. Bibliographic citations from 2400 journals are added each year.
- Coverage Dates: 1770 - 1990/91
- Updated: Ongoing
- Title List
- Languages: English and non-English
- Database Provider: chadwyck_healey
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=xpci-uga1
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- Perlentaucher
Online Access: On/Off Campus- This online journal contains reviews of cultural interest from leading newspapers. Updated daily.
- URL: http://www.perlentaucher.de
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Books
- GIL Library Catalog
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Search the UGA Libraries catalog for books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other media. Use title, author or subject searches, or perform a keyword search.
- URL: http://gil.uga.edu
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Business Sources
- Manual of Business German : a comprehensive language guide
Call Number: PF3120.C7 H38 1996- A multi-faceted resource containing sections on Business Situations and Business Correspondence (English/German equivalents on facing pages), Business Practice, Reference Grammar, and a brief Business Glossary (English-German and German-English).
- Location: Main Library Only
- Wileys English-German, German-English business dictionary
Call Number: HF1359.B75 1995- A good, basic dictionary.
- Location: Main Library Only
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
- Deutsches Dichterlexikon: biographisch-bibliographisches Handwörterbuch zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte, by Gero von Wilpert.
Call Number: PT155 .W48 1988- An alphabetical listing of authors and titles by anonymous authors whose major contribution was made in German or while living in a German-speaking area. Each entry contains a biographical sketch, appraisal of achievement, and a bibliography of works followed by secondary literature.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon (DLL). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Handbuch, begun by Wilhelm Kosch.
Call Number: Z2230.D42 1966- An extensive author lexicon with emphasis on literary authors, but also including historians, philosophers, theologians, etc. The work offers biographical and bibliographical information (both primary and secondary literature), covering all periods of German literature. This is the greatly revised 3rd edition, with 21 volumes + 6 supplements thus far, and not yet complete.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm
Call Number: Main Ref Folio PF3625.G7 1965- In many ways this is the German counterpart to the Oxford English Dictionary. One hundred years in the making, this 16 volume work gives word histories, etymologies, and examples of word usage through time for the literary language from the 15th century onwards.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Deutsches Wörterbuch/ Gerhard Wahrig
Call Number: PF3625.W2 1997- Authoritative dictionary, in German. Also available online at: http://www.wissen.de
- Location: Main Library Only
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture
Call Number: DD290.26.E53 1999- An alphabetical listing of entries (including people) on all aspects of German culture since 1945. To facilitate the exploration of a particular area, entries are cross-referenced, and the volume begins with a list of entry titles arranged under the cultural area to which they belong.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Encyclopedia of German Literature
Call Number: PT41.E63 2000- Critical essays written by Anglo-American scholars followed by brief biographies and a selective bibliographies of secondary literature. 2 volumes.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- LEO, Link Everything Online
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A German-English, English-German dictionary containing over 360,000 entries with links to morphology and inflection, word-formation and spelling variations (including those of the recent German spelling reform).
- URL: http://www.leo.org/
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- Literaturlexikon: Autoren und Werke deutscher Sprache. 1988-1993, by Walter Killy. (electronic resource)
Call Number: PT41.L57 2000 (at Circulation desk)- A lexicon of authors and works important in the history of German literature, providing biographies, analysis of works, and bibliographies.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Meyers neues Lexikon: in zehn Bänden
Call Number: Main Ref AE27.M69 1993- 10 volume German encyclopedia covering all fields of knowledge.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft.
Call Number: PT41.R42 1997- This is the 3rd edition, with two volumes published to date, of Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte, begun by Paul Merker and Wolfgang Stammler. (Main Ref PT41.R2 1955) 5 volumes. A dictionary focusing on periods, genres, styles, and movements in the history of German literature. Signed articles conclude with extensive bibliographies.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Wortschatz Lexikon
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online German/English/French/Dutch dictionary, giving sample sentences, synonyms, associated words, and more.
- URL: http://wortschatz.informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Grammar & Vocabulary Building
- American Association of Teachers of German
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Links to language sites for teachers of German.
- URL: http://www.aatg.org
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- Duden, Grammatik der deutschen Gegenwartssprache
Call Number: PF3105.D8 1992- Standard one-volume reference work on the German language, from phonological aspects to grammar to syntax.
- Location: Main Library Only
- German Today: the Advanced Learners Guide, by W.B. Lockwood
Call Number: PF3112.L55 1987- A guide to all aspects of German grammar.
- Location: Main Library Only
- German: a Handbook of Grammar, Current Usage and Word Power
Call Number: PF3112.E27 1992- Clear presentation of grammatical points, contemporary vocabulary usage and lists of vocabulary words by subject. A table of contents and index facilitate ease of use.
- Location: Main Library Only
- Goethe Institut
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Contains links to language courses, instructional materials, teacher training information, linguistic research and language programs.
- URL: http://www.goethe.de
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- Institut fur deutsche Sprache
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Extensive information on the German language: grammar, lexicology/lexicography, and pragmatics.
- URL: http://www.ids-mannheim.de
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Images/Photographs
- Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The website provides links to images from the Museum's collections and exhibits.
- URL: http://www.dhm.de
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Literary Criticism
- Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft 1945/53-
Call Number: Z2231.B58- An annual publication covering German language and literature. The literature sections are subdivided by period, and then by author within the time period. Author sections are further divided by subject. Enhanced by author and subject indexes in the back of each volume.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft online
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Online version of the resource above. Includes years 1985-1995.
- URL: http://www.bdsl-online.de
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- Deutsches Schriftstellerlexikon
Call Number: PT85 .J3 1995- A biographical/bibliographical lexicon of German authors writing between 1830 and 1880. This work is planned as a continuation of Goedeke's Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen. Three volumes have appeared to date, through F.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Encyclopedia of German Literature
Call Number: PT41.E63 2000- Critical essays written by Anglo-American scholars followed by brief biographies and a selective bibliographies of secondary literature. 2 volumes.
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
- Germanistik
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Online pdf access to the bibliography Germanistik, covering German language and literature.
Germanistik is an international bibliography, appearing quarterly, which surveys scholarly publications in the field of German literature and language. Journal articles as well as monographs are cited.
We have access to the online pdf versions of the articles in the print bibliography, within the database 'Communication and Mass Media Complete', from EBSCO. This link takes you to the page for the publication Germanistik. You can click on a volume number to browse issues and articles, or click on 'Search within this publication' on the right to search for bibliographies on a specific topic.
Earlier years of Germanistik are available in print: see GIL Catalog
- Coverage Dates: 2009 onwards
- Database Provider: EBSCO
- URL: http://proxy-remote.galib.uga.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&jid=BK6&site=ehost-live
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- Germanistik: internationales Referatenorgan mit bibliographischen Hinweisen
Call Number: Z7037.G37 [latest year in Reference Collection]Bibliography of scholarly publications in German literature and language.
An international bibliography, appearing quarterly, which surveys scholarly publications in the field of German literature and language. Journal articles as well as monographs are cited. The fourth number of each volume concludes with an index of names cited and an index of subjects.
See the GIL Catalog for full holdings information.
- Coverage Dates: vol. 1 (1960) - vol. 51 (2010) in print; 2009 onwards online
- Updated: Quarterly
- Location: Main Library Only
- Goedeke, Karl. Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen. 2nd. ed. 1884-1998.
Call Number: PT85.G594g 1884-PT85.G72- A monumental work containing biographical and bibliographical information for authors in German literature from the Middle Ages through the 19th century. The bibliography is especially useful for its extensive notes on the various editions of the works which it includes. Chronological arrangement with individual indices in each volume. In 1975 a cumulative index was published with the call number below. PT1889.G55 Z590 (Shelved immediately after PT85.G72)
- Location: Main Library Reference Collection
Maps/Atlases
- Historische Karten - Deutschland am Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Historical maps of the German states, many of them interactive.
- URL: http://www.hoeckmann.de/deutschland/index.htm
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- IEG-MAPS · Server für digitale historische Karten
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Maps of Europe describing political history and of Germany showing political and economic history ent as well as development of transportation systems.
- URL: http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/enter.htm
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- Schweizer Karten, Pläne und Ansichten (ca. 900 Bilder)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- The Ryhiner Collection of Swiss maps, plans and topographical views. Searchable by title, place name/subject, or author.
- URL: http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/images/ch/pcsearch.htm
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News Sources
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Major German-language newspaper from Germany. The online version provides the current daily issue only, with back issues available in the Archive. Recent paper issues for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung are kept in Main Library Current Periodicals until replaced by microfilm. You may also search and read the full-text from 1990-present in the Lexis-Nexis database through GALILEO.
- URL: http://www.faz.net
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- LexisNexis Academic
Online Access: On/Off Campus. GALILEO Password required for off campus access.Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference information.
- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
If you wish to search for articles published in only a specific publication, click on 'Sources' in the black bar at the top of the screen. Search for the publication, click on 'Find Title', then choose "Search This Title" next to the publication you want to search. This will paste the name of the publication into the search screen, and will ensure that you are searching the correct section of LexisNexis.
- Coverage Dates: Dates of coverage vary by publication
- Updated: Varies by publication (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, annually)
- Title List
- Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Database Provider: lexis_nexis
- URL: http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=zxau
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- LexisNexis Academic contains approximately 5,000 publications, virtually all include full text. Many types of publications are included: newspapers (in English, other languages, and translations of international papers), legal news, general interest magazines, medical journals, trade publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service reports, government publications (such as the federal case law, U.S. Code, Code of Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.), law reviews, and reference works (such as the Forbes Annual Directory, the Official Guide/American Marketplace and the US Global Trade Outlook).
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Major German-language newspaper from Switzerland. The online version provides the current daily issue only, with back issues available in the Archive. Issues of Neue Zürcher Zeitung are retained for one month only. You may also search and read the full-text from 1990-present in the Lexis-Nexis database through GALILEO.
- URL: http://www.nzz.ch
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- Süddeutsche Zeitung
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Major German-language newspaper from Germany. The online version provides the current daily issue only, with back issues available in the Archive. Issues of Süddeutsche Zeitung are retained for one month only. You may also search and read the full-text from 1990-present in the Lexis-Nexis database through GALILEO.
- URL: http://www.sueddeutsche.de
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- Die Zeit
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Major German-language newspaper from Germany. The online version provides the current daily issue only, with back issues available in the Archive. Die Zeit is retained for three months only . You may also search and read the full-text from 1990-present in the Lexis-Nexis database through GALILEO.
- URL: http://www.zeit.de/
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Web Subject Guides
- German Cinema on DVD and Video
Online Access: On/Off Campus- URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/germanfilmresources.html
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- German Resources (University of Karlsruhe)
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A long list of online resources in all areas of German studies.
- URL: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary
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- German Studies Web
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Provides links to online newspapers, library catalogs, reference works as well as various subject resources including Books and publishing, History, Literature, Politics & government, Theater, film and performing arts.
- URL: http://wess.lib.byu.edu/index.php/German_Studies_Web
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- Germanistik im Internet
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Extensive links to webpages on German literature.
- URL: http://www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/liste.html
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- Germanistik.net
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Internet Resources for Germanists: presents a wide-ranging selection of websites related to German culture, language and literature.
- URL: http://www.germanistik.net
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- Guide to Law Online: Germany
Online Access: On/Off Campus- Library of Congress guide to German constitutional and government documents with links to other legal resources.
- URL: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/germany.php
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- Library and Internet Resources for Germanistik
Online Access: On/Off Campus- A selective guide to reference materials in German literature and related fields available in the University of Georgia Libraries. Most entries are annotated. Links are also provided to several comprehensive web pages of interest to Germanists.
- URL: http://www.libs.uga.edu/colldev/german.html
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