Library Guides/ German Language & Culture

Welcome

This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for German language & culture that can be a good starting point for your research.

Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft This link opens in a new window
Bibliography of German linguistics and literary studies, with references to books, journal articles and reviews. Period: 1985-present
Deutsche Historische Bibliographie (beta) This link opens in a new window
Bibliography of German history.

Succession of the Jahresberichte zur deutschen Geschichte (discontinued in 2015)
Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte This link opens in a new window
Bibliography of German history (publications from 1949 to 2015)

Duden online This link opens in a new window
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Rechtschreibung, Grammatik und Bedeutung.
Van Dale Dictionaries This link opens in a new window
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Bilingual dictionaries from and into Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish, and the 'Dikke Van Dale' (Dutch dictionary).

Online dictionaries of Van Dale can also be accessed via smartphone or tablet, by means of the Van Dale App! Once the app has been downloaded, you can open the app and click on the Surfspot link on the bottom of the log in screen to log in with your UG account.

KLG: Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur This link opens in a new window
Bi(bli)ographical information on modern German authors
Ethnologue : Languages of the world This link opens in a new window
Resource on the more than 7100 languages spoken in the world.

Tatsachen über Deutschland/Facts about Germany
Introduction to Germany made in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Dutch and foreign newspapers (including german newspapers) and other newssources