Research by Subject: German Studies
Historical Abstracts 
Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations pertaining to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (not including America, Canada, or pre-history; for America and Canada, use America: History and Life); 1955 - present.
JSTOR
Full text backfiles of over 1,200 core scholarly journals in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes over 60 current titles, including all University of Chicago Press journals. For all other titles, JSTOR does not contain the most recent 1-7 years of content. Many of these titles are continued in Project Muse or in the Library's print and/or electronic subscriptions. Use the yellow arrow, then the ArticleLinker button to link to content on an external site or check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore, including journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, and proceedings; via ProQuest; 1926 - present.
Project Muse
Full text collection of over 500 scholarly journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press and other university presses. Earlier years may be in JSTOR. Check Journal Finder for complete holdings information.
Sociological Abstracts
Indexes journals, dissertations, conference papers, and selected books in sociology and related disciplines. A ProQuest database; 1952 - present.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, DICTIONARIES
OED Online (Oxford English Dictionary)
Full text of the 20 volumes of the OED, the 3 volume Additions Series, as well as at least 1,000 new and revised entries added quarterly. The OED is the leading authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millenium, providing information on the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words.
WordReference.com 
Language dictionaries.
LIBRARY CATALOG - BOOKS & MORE
HELIN Library Catalog
Find and request material at Wheaton and HELIN:
World Library Catalog
Find and request material at Wheaton, HELIN, Brown, Google Books, and WorldCat (libraries worldwide):
EU Feeds
Provides links to over 1000 newspapers throughout Europe, updated every 20 minutes. EU Feeds is a tool sponsored by the European Journalism Centre.
German Language News and Magazines
Compiled by the MIT Libraries, links to over 75 major newspapers and magazines published in German.
LexisNexis Academic
Indexes and abstracts U.S. and foreign newspapers, journals, transcripts, federal and state case law, law reviews, state and country profiles, company information and more. Many documents are in full text; dates of coverage vary.
Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
The major bibliography for German language and literature. Indexes journal articles, books, chapters in books, etc. In German.
German History in Documents and Images (GHDI)
A comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. It comprises original German texts, all of which are accompanied by new English translations, and a wide range of visual imagery. GHDI is an initiative of the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
Compact Memory
Contains actual reproductions of the most important research journals for German-Jewish history, covering the entire German-speaking world and published from the 19th century until the Nazi rise to power in 1933.
DigiZeitschriften
Provides text and images from the back issues of over 100 periodicals in economics, English languages, geology, Germanic languages, history, law, librarianship, philology, Romance languages, the sciences, and sociology.
Exilpresse Digital
A collection of 30 German exile magazines and newspapers from 1933-1945 including some Jewish publications. Produced by the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) from collections in the German Library in Frankfurt am Main. Mostly in German, but some articles are in English and/or Spanish.
Feldzeitungen aus dem 1. Weltkrieg
Digitized by the University of Heidelberg, a collection of 20 newspapers published for German soldiers at the front during WWI. In German.
Wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhundertsaus dem deutschen Sprachraum
Full text of over 160 periodicals published in the 18th and 19th centuries. From Bielefeld University. In German.
IPL Nachschlagebestand
Internet Portal for German ready Reference.
Der Fischer Weltalmanach
World almanac in German.
CITATION GUIDES & STYLE MANUALS
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
Call Number: On Reserve & At the Information Desk
Authoritative guide to writing papers, and citing sources. Primarily focused on the humanities.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue - MLA Formatting and Style Guide
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Highly recommended.
