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German Studies

Databases for German Studies

Because the classes and research projects in German Studies follow a variety of pathways, you'll see here a range of databases with particular specializations. Choose appropriate databases based on your individual project. Not sure where to start? That's a good time to set up an appointment with your librarian. 

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International and German Language News Sources

View the full list of databases the Dewitt Wallace Library subscribes to and select subject "German Studies" to filter.
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Browsing Macalester's collections

German History
(Located on the 4th floor of the library)
German Literature
(Located on the 3rd floor of the library)
DD1-(905) History of Germany
DD1-21 General
DD21.5-43 Description and travel
DD51-78 Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
DD84-257.4 History
DD84-96 General
DD99-120 Military, naval, and political history. Foreign relations
DD121-257.4 By period
DD121-124 Earliest to 481
DD125-174.6 Early and medieval to 1519
DD126-155 Medieval Empire, 481-1273
DD127-135 481-918. Merovingians. Carolingians
DD136-144 919-1125. Houses of Saxony and Franconia
DD145-155 1125-1273. Hohenstaufen period
DD156-174.6 1273-1519. Houses of Habsburg and Luxemburg
DD175-257.4 Modern, 1519­
DD176-189 1519-1648. Reformation and Counter-reformation
DD181-183 Peasants’ War, 1524-1525
DD184-184.7 Schmalkaldic League and War, 1530-1547
DD189 Period of Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648
DD190-199 1648-1815. 18th century. French Revolutionary
and Napoleonic period
DD201-257.4 19th-20th centuries
DD206-216 1815-1871
DD217-231 New Empire, 1871-1918
DD228.8 Period of World War I, 1914-1918
DD233-257.4 Revolution and Republic, 1918­
DD253-256.8 Hitler, 1933-1945. National socialism
DD(256) Period of World War II, 1939-1945
DD257-257.4 Period of Allied occupation, 1945­
DD258-262 West Germany
DD280-289.5 East Germany
DD301-454 Prussia
DD301-312 General
DD314-320 Description and travel
DD325-339 Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
DD341-454 History
DD701-901 Local history and description
DD701-788 North and Central, Northeast, etc. Germany
DD801 States, provinces, regions, etc., A-Z
DD851-900 Berlin
DD900.2-900.76 Bonn
DD901 Other cities, towns, etc., A-Z 
​PT1-4897 German literature
PT1-80 Literary history and criticism
PT83-(873) History of German literature
PT175-230 Medieval
PT236-405 Modern
PT500-597 Poetry
PT605-709 Drama
PT711-871 Prose
PT(881)-(951) Folk literature
PT923-937 Faust legend
PT1100-1479 Collections
PT1100-1141 General
PT1151-1241 Poetry
PT1251-1299 Drama
PT1301-1360 Prose
PT1371-(1374) Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German
PT1375-1479 Middle High German
PT1501-2688 Individual authors or works
PT1501-1695 Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500
PT1701-1797 1500-ca. 1700
PT1799-2592 1700-ca. 1860/70
PT1891-2239 Goethe
PT1891-2017 Works
PT2026-(2039) Translations
PT(2044)-2239 Biography and criticism
PT2600-2653 1860/70-1960
PT2660-2688 1961-2000
PT2700-2728 2001-
PT3701-3971 Provincial, local, colonial, etc.
PT3701-3746 East Germany
PT4801-4897 Low German literature

 

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Local Resources and Organizations

A handful of links to local resources and organizations in the Twin Cities to kick-start your research process.