Research Guides: Modern Languages and Literatures: German

German Literature Resources

DigiZeitschriften This link opens in a new window
Archive of German journals in a variety of subject areas, including the arts, humanities, law, literature (including Germanic and Romance language & literature), social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, music, and librarianship. Journal contents are available from vol. 1 through a "moving wall" of 2-5 years before present (depending on the journal). Contents available in English and German.

19th Century German Stories
From Wilhelm Busch to Ludwig Tieck. German texts and English translations.
Bibliography of German Language and Literature (Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft)
The major bibliography for German language and literature.
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Portal to digital content from German libraries, archives, museums, research institutions, and other organizations. The site provides access to texts such as books, articles, dissertations, and manuscripts; images of paintings, maps, museum objects, and more.
Digital Collections, Digital Librarians and Digital Humanities - German Studies
A comprehensive list of open web German-language digital collections, online libraries, and digital humanities projects.
German Literature IntraText (Deutsche Literatur IntraText)
Full-text digital library offering books and corpora as lexical hypertexts on Creative Commons License.
Historical Novel Project (Projekt Historischer Roman)
Database for biographical and bibliographical information on the German historical novel (1770-1945). From the Universität Innsbruck.
IASL Online
A web spin-off of the reputable International Archive for Social History of German Literature (Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur)
Literary Criticism (Literaturkritik)
A literary criticism portal for German-language literature.
Palatinate Digital Library (Bibliotheca Palatina Digital)
Virtual reconstruction of the renowned collection of Latin, Greek, and German facsimiles of manuscripts and images. Made available by the Heidelberg University Library.
Project Gutenberg (Projekt Gutenberg)
The project bgan with a "Märchenbibliothek," but has grown to include a broad selection of authors.
Sophie: A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women
"The Sophie Digital Library is an open-access, full-text searchable source of literature by German-speaking women from medieval times through the early 20th century."
The Wasps' Nest (Wespennest)
Contemporary Literature.
Zeno.org
Large full-text collection by literary authors.

German Language Learning Resources

Adelung Wörterbuch
All four volumes of this 1811 dictionary are available full-text.
Collins English German/ German English Dictionary
Grimms deutsches Wörterbuch
Searchable version of this major dictionary ( the German equivalent of the OED). This free site includes only the original 16 volume work [1854-1960], not the Neubearbeitung [1965-].
Middle High German dictionaries
Free access to the two standard dictionaries of the Middle High German language, "Lexer" and "Benecke - Müller - Zarncke"
Phrasen.com
English-German idiomatics
PONS - Das Onlinewörterbuch
German to/from other European languages (including English)
The Ultimate Glossary of German Idioms and their English Translations
Wörterbuchnetz
Portal to various historical German-language dictionaries and encyclopedias, including for Middle High German, regional language dictionaries & more

German News Resources

Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung
Online version of the German newspaper.
Der Zeit
National German newspaper
News Sources - German Studies
A comprehensive list of links to news sources (newspapers, magazines, radio, and broadcast) across a wide range of German-speaking countries and areas. Includes current and historical news sources.

World News Connection Archive (1995-2013) This link opens in a new window
Brings news from around the world, translated into English. The information is obtained from newspaper articles, television and radio broadcasts, online sources, conference proceedings, periodicals, and non-classified reports. This information is collected and translated by and for the U.S. Government.