Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Handbuch. (Ref. Z2230 .K86 1966) 14 vols.
  A dictionary of German authors written in German.
• Encyclopedia of German Literature.
  (Ref. PT41 .E63 2000) 2 vols.
  Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities. Includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual works, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition.
• The Oxford Companion to German Literature.
  (Ref. PT41 .G3 1988)
  Covers the whole span of literature in German from the earliest records of the eighth century to today and includes Austria and Switzerland within its scope.

Online Research Databases

• Dissertations & Theses. 1861-
  Citations, abstracts, some "first 24 pages" and some full text for published doctoral dissertations and master's theses covering all academic disciplines from more than 1,000 universities. Abstracts are included only from 1980 to present. Selected titles from 1997 forward are available full text.
• Humanities Full-Text. 1984-
  A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Indexing and abstracting starts as far back as 1984 and full-text coverage begins in January 1995.
• Literature Resource Center. 1990-
  A complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student, as well as the sophisticated casual user.
• MLA International Bibliography. 1963-
  Provides access to more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations from 1963 to the present in academic disciplines such as: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts.

Online Magazines, Journals & Newspapers

• Germanic Review. 1993- (Literature Resource Center)
  Devoted to studies dealing with Germanic language and literature.
• Germano-Slavica. 2000- (Literature Resource Center)
  A scholarly Canadian journal of Germanic and Slavic comparative interdisciplinary studies. Published annually at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
• The German Quarterly. 6/1995- (Education Full Text)
  A scholarly journal on German literature and philology.
• Modern Austrian Literature. 2004- (Academic OneFile)
  Covers Austrian literature and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Biographical & Critical Sources

• Austrian Fiction Writers, 1875-1913.
  (Ref. PT3814 .A97 1989) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 81]
  Two generations of writers whose first works appeared before 1914 and who came of age during the period from 1875-1913 are covered in this volume. The time span reflects the era between the year of publication of Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach's first work and the last year before the outbreak of World War I. Several of these writers were born in parts of Austria that were annexed as a result of the Versailles Treaty, including Max Brod, Franz Kafka, Gustave Meyrink, Leo Perutz, Rainer Maria Rilke and Franz Werfel.
• A Companion to Twentieth-Century German Literature.
  (Ref. Z2230 .C65 1991)
  Contains brief biographical and critical entries on over 400 authors of fiction, poetry, and drama from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Includes information on artists' involvement in literary groups and political developments, schools and movements, critical terms, and aspects of other arts, including film.
• German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660. (Ref. PT271 .G47 1996) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 164]
  Covers writers of the earlier Baroque period in Germany.
• German Fiction Writers, 1885-1913.
  (Ref. PT771 .G47 1988) 2 parts [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 66]
  Two generations of German and Swiss writers born between 1853 and 1890 whose literary activity spanned both world wars are treated in this two-volume set. All had their first significant prose works first published between 1885 and 1913.
• German Fiction Writers, 1914-1945.
  (Ref. PT772 .G39 1987) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 56]
  The significant prose works of German-Swiss writers included in this volume appeared between 1914 and the outbreak of World War II. No one writing after the events of Sarajevo and the inevitable outbreak of war in August 1914 wrote as he or she did before the war; nor would they following the complete break with the political past in both parts of Germany in 1945. The focus of this volume's articles is on prose fiction, but also included are figures primarily known as poets or dramatists who happened also to write significant prose fiction works.
• German Writers and Works of the Early Middle Ages, 800-1170.
  (Ref. PT193 .G47 1995) [Shelved as: DLB * vol. 148]
  During this period there was no unified German language, but rather a multiplicity of West German dialects. These dialects belonged to two large linguistic groups: Old High German and Old Low German. This volume deals with significant German writers and anonymous works from 800 to 1170.
• German Writers in the Age of Goethe, Sturm und Drang to Classicism. (Ref. PT311 .G48 1990) [Shelved as: DLB vol. 94]
  The 34 entries include: Gottfried August Burger, Georg Foster, Johann Wolfgang von Geothe, Immanuel Kant, August von Kotzebue, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Karl Phillipp Moritz, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Zacharias Werner, Heinrich Zschokke.
• German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580.
  (Ref. PT241 .G47 1997) [Shelved as DLB* vol. 179]
  Covers such authors as Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, Albrecht Durer, and Johannes von Tepl.

• Nineteenth-Century German Writers, 1841-1900.
  (Ref. PT351 .N56 1993) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 129]
  Coverage begins during a period when contrasting political tendencies had a major influence over German authors and the literature they produced. Also includes coverage of the writers who represented the switch to realism, the style that dominated the second half of nineteenth century German literature.
• Twentieth-Century German Dramatists, 1889-1918.
  (Ref. 666 .T86 1992) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 118]
  Throughout most of the time covered in this volume, theater occupied an influential position in the cultural life throughout Central Europe. A period of relative financial security for the theater during this time resulted in dramas that reflected political, economic and social problems; and the theater often served as an arena for the political and ideological debates of the age.
• Twentieth –Century German Dramatists, 1919-1992.
  (Ref. PT666 .T87 1992) [Shelved as: DLB* vol. 124]
  Covers German, Austrian and Swiss-German writers, most of whom had their first significant work published or performed after World War I.

Research Guides

• German Literature: An Annotated Reference Guide.
  (Ref. Z2231 .F38)
  This alphabetically arranged volume is comprehensive enough for the established scholar and teacher as well as being useful for the undergraduate. It embraces major research tools, literary criticism, and periodicals in the field of German studies.
• The Twentieth-Century German Novel: A Bibliography of English Language Criticism, 1945-1986.
  (Ref. Z2234 .F4 O63 1989)
  Arranged alphabetically by author with listings of their works, citations to reviews of those works along with citations to sources of criticisms.

* Dictionary of Literary Biography. (Shelved in Reference at the end of the Ref. PTs.)