Modern Languages & Linguistics Library


Resources


Language & Area Studies

425 Library, MC-522
1408 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
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Fax: (217) 333-2214
Email: bswann@illinois.edu


Fall 2009 Hours

August 24 - December 18, 2009

Mon.-Thu. 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Sat. & Sun. 1 - 4pm

See General Library schedule : http://www.library.uiuc.edu/services/hours.php


Current Exhibits

 

Online German Databases

In co-operation with the German publishers, Suhrkamp Verlag, Chadwyck-Healey are now publishing the first authorized electronic edition of Brecht's works. This edition is based on Bertolt Brecht - Ausgewählte Werke in sechs Bänden - Jubiläumsausgabe zum 100. Geburtstag, edited by Werner Hecht, Wolfgang Jeske and Jan Knopf, which collects Brecht's works and writings in six volumes with brief notes on each text.

Guide to Bertolt Brechts Werke

This searchable version of the Luther translation of the Bible is derived from the edition published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft in 1984 and provided with their kind permission. Users can search for particular words or read entire passages.

This bibliography, retrospective to 1985, contains entries for primary and secondary material for German literature and language studies. There are several search options, for instance, by author name, title of work, journal title, publication year, keyword, and locale. Simple and combination searches add greater flexibility to queries.

The electronic version of Die Deutsche Lyrik in Reclams Universal-Bibliothek covers almost 500 years of German lyric poetry and includes the work of over 500 authors from the 15th to the 20th century. It is published with the co-operation and support of Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart and covers all volumes of German poetry published within Reclams Universalbibliothek since 1945. It also contains the complete text of each poem and, in addition, contains material such as dedications and authorial notes which are an essential part of the original volumes. Publisher's prefaces and epilogues, introductions, editorial notes, biographies, glossaries and indices are not usually included.

Provides articles and information regarding what resources are available to Germanists on the internet.

Provides articles and information about resources available to Germanists on the internet.

The definitive Weimar edition of the complete works of Goethe (published 1887-1919), supplemented by correspondence and conversations not available in the printed publication.

Guide to Goethe Werke

A searchable digitized collection of over 100 German-language Jewish newspapers and magazines from 1806 to 1938. View and zoom in on digital images of the original publications.

An electronic version of Franz Kafka, Kritische Ausgabe, Schriften und Tagebücher, which is the critical edition of Kafka's complete works published in 1982.

Das kritische Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (KLG) contains biographical and bibliographical information for German authors after 1945.

Guide to KLGonline

Luthers Werke on the World Wide Web reproduces the Weimar Edition in electronic form. The Weimar Edition, which is regarded as a monumental work in the field of theology and the German language, was first published in 1883 and includes 127 volumes.

Guide to Luthers Werke

MHGCD is the result of a close co-operation between the long-standing projects Names in Medieval German Literary Texts (University of Kiel: Dr. Horst P. Pütz) and The Conceptual Dictionary of Medieval German Literature (Bowling Green State University: Prof. Dr. Klaus M. Schmidt); both projects operate jointly since 1992.

Available through the Library's Citrix Server.

IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RESOURCE CAN ONLY BE VIEWED AT 1024 x 768 PIXELS VIDEO RESOLUTION. THIS RESOURCE WILL NOT WORK IF THIS REQUISITE IS NOT MET!

For instance, to change the video resolution of a PC screen, go to Start, select Settings, and then double click on Display. A Display Properties template will appear. On this template, click on Settings. Under the section called Screen Area, move the bar to 1024/ 768 pixels and click OK. For Mac OS 10.4 and above, click on the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, then double-click Displays. Select 1024 x 768 from the list and click OK.

Remember to change your settings back upon finishing with the resource.

This database is produced by the University of Bielefeld Library and contains full text versions of 43 journals from the Enlightenment period. Search interface is simple and output is in Fraktur.

From the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association), this site is divided into eighteen headings, from Catalan to Swedish, and provides links to sites offering full texts.

A suite of German databases for the study of language, literature, music, theater and science. The following resources are under Xipolis in the Online Research Resources (ORR):

Der Brockhaus in Fünfzehn Banden: The most up-to-date edition of Germany's equivalent of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Duden - Das große Fremdwörterbuch: Dictionary of foreign words and phrases currently used in standard German.
Duden - Wörterbuch der Szenesprachen: Dictionary of slang words and pop culture terms.
Meilensteine der Menschheit: An encyclopedia of topics from history, art, religion and philosophy, natural science and technology, and how these ideas have shaped the 20th century.

Please direct all comments or requests for information to Janice Pilch
Germanic Languages & Literature Librarian
(244-9399) • pilch@illinois.edu