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GER222: War and Peace in Germany
Spring 2008 - J. Keyler-Mayer
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

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FINDING THE RIGHT WORD

Standard German Dictionaries

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Deutsches Wörterbuch (Grimm) ref PF 3625 .G72
or click here
Brockhaus-Wahrig deutsches Wörterbuch ref PF 3625 .B7 1980
Duden, das grosse Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache ref PF 3625 .D823 1993
Duden deutsches Universal Wörterbuch (one vol. has it all) ref PF 3625 .D83 2001
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online click here

Specialized German Dictionaries

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Etymologisches Wórterbuch der deutschen Sprache ref PF 3580 .K5 1989
Etymologisches Wórterbuch des Deutschen ref PF 3580 .E88 1993
Das treffende Wort (synonyms) ref PF 3591 .P4 1971
Duden, Grammatik der deutschen Gegenswartssprache ref PF 3105 .D8 1998
Duden, das Bedeutungswórterbuch (Word formation, meaning, synonyms, etc.) ref PF 3628 .D83 2002
Duden, das Stilwórterbuch (Good usage) ref PE 3628 .D835 1988
Duden, Redewendungen: Wórterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik (German idioms) ref PF 3460 .D74 2000

HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND ON GERMANY

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie ref AE 27 .G672
or click here
Lexikon der deutschen Geschichte ref DD 14 .L48
Literatur Lexikon (Killy) ref PT 41 .L5 1988
Neue deutsche Biographie ref DD 85 N4
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie ref CT 1053 A52
or click here

FINDING BOOKS

Search in the Five College Library Catalog for books by and about German authors or about any subject. Remember that in ADVANCED SEARCH mode you may limit your search to books written in German.

FINDING ARTICLES

Article Database Access
Historical Abstracts 1983+ click here
MLA Bibliography 1963+ click here
Art Abstracts 1984+ click here

CITE YOUR SOURCES

For guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Style Manuals & Citation Guides page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association of America) style. On the Style Manuals and Citation Guides page you may also log into and get help with RefWorks.

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CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@emailsmith.edu

 

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