German Senior Seminar
Resources for majors enrolled in the senior capstone seminar
Databases of Literary Criticism
- MLA/Modern Language Association International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowComprehensive index of articles, book chapters and essays in literature, languages, and folklore. Features content published from the 1920s to the present.
- Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new windowAn extensive compilation of literary commentary, representing a range of modern and historical views on authors and their works across regions, eras, and genres. Features content from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals. Features criticism published 2010 - present.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new windowArticles and other text materials published in scholarly journals in the arts and humanities. Subjects covered are the Arts, Humanities, Language (including Linguistics), Poetry, Music, Classical works, History, Philosophy, Archaeology, Architecture, Religion, Television, Theater, and Radio. Covers 1975 to the present.
Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm
- Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm
Dem Deutschen Wörterbuch wird in der deutschen Wissenschaftsgeschichte zu Recht eine Sonderstellung eingeräumt, handelt es sich doch um das deutschsprachige Wörterbuch mit der längsten Bearbeitungszeit und der bei weitem umfangreichsten Erfassung der deutschen Sprache.
Im Jahr 1838 gelang es dem Philologen Moriz Haupt und dem Verleger Karl Reimer, Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm für das Projekt eines großen neuhochdeutschen Wörterbuchs zu gewinnen, dessen Gegenstand die Darstellung des hochdeutschen schriftsprachlichen Wortbestandes in seiner Entwicklung und seinem Gebrauch von der Mitte des 15. Jahrhunderts bis zur Bearbeitungsgegenwart werden sollte. Als die Brüder Grimm die redaktionelle Ausarbeitung des Deutschen Wörterbuchs (¹DWB) aufnahmen, veranschlagten sie dessen Umfang auf sechs bis sieben Bände, die Arbeitszeit auf zehn Jahre; tatsächlich erschienen in mehr als einhundert Jahren 16 Bände in 32 Teilbänden, auf deren insgesamt 67.744 Spalten Generationen von Lexikographen weit mehr als 300.000 Stichwörter behandeln, und ein separates, rund 4.000 Quellen umfassendes Quellenverzeichnis.
Online reference books
German Dictionary of Philosophical Terms by ISBN: 9783110974546Publication Date: 2011-09-27Available on its own, or as part of a two-volume set, this German-English dictionary is the first comprehensive work in the field and an indispensible companion for students, academics, translators and linguists concerned with almost any area of philosophy.
Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 by ISBN: 9780810875197Publication Date: 2011-01-16Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 covers a wide swath of literary analysis and achievement, from Old High German lays and ecclesiastical encomia to Middle High German epics, sagas, and love lyrics. While extensive in its chronological dimension, the Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945 is equally comprehensive in the geographical and genre areas it covers. The history of this period in German literature is told through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, a comprehensive bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative, philosophical musings, and drama. The exceptional writers who emerged and shaped German literature over the centuries_including Walther von der Vogelweide, Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Mann, and many others who are well known and admired worldwide_are also covered.
A Usage Dictionary English-German / German-English - Gebrauchswörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch by ISBN: 9783110297027Publication Date: 2013-08-29The dictionary is based on a new concept which takes into account recent developments and findings in lexicographical research. It combines the best features of monolingual and bilingual dictionaries as well as learner dictionaries. Every sense of a word is first fully explained and then provided with translation equivalents. The grammatical behaviour of the words, their construction patterns are described in a language that is clear and easy to understand. Every sense of a word, every construction pattern is illustrated with an example. These example sentences are given in English and German so that the word looked up is shown in actual use and the translation guarantees its understanding and promotes retention. Special care is taken to explain differences between English and German in language use and culture. A new reader-friendly layout ensures that users will easily and speedily find the answer to what they want to know.
Databases of reference works
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowThousands of entries published in Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowFeatures content from reference book formats such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, plus subject-specific titles in subjects ranging from agriculture to philosophy to technology.
- Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library - GVRL) This link opens in a new windowA collection of reference ebooks in the following subject areas: Biography, Business, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science, World Literature and Its Times.
Print reference works
Oxford-Duden German Dictionary by Call Number: PF3640 .O94 2005 (SFL Reference Room)ISBN: 0198609744Publication Date: 2005-11-17This is a major new edition of the acclaimed Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, the result of a unique collaboration between two of the world's foremost dictionary publishers - Oxford University Press and the Dudenverlag. It has been completely updated to include the very latest vocabulary, with over 3,000 new words in each language....
Historical Dictionary of German Theater by Call Number: PN2657 .G73 2006 (SFL Reference Room)ISBN: 9780810853157Publication Date: 2006-07-17The Historical Dictionary of German Theater covers the field of theater performance in the German language, concentrating on German-speaking Europe, through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on significant playwrights, directors, producers, designers, actors, plays, theaters, cities, dramatic genres, and movements such as the Sturm und Drang, Naturalism, and Expressionism.
