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German Studies: Getting Started

Citation in German Studies

In a literature course, you will likely be asked to use MLA citation style. Check out other citation styles on our citation guide.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th Ed. by Joseph Gibaldi; MLA Staff
Call Number: MAC Reference LB2369 .G53 2009

German Dictionary

Oxford German Dictionary by Oxford Dictionaries Staff (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199545681
Publication Date: 2008-09-18

Credo

Oxford

GVRL

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Reference Resources for German Studies

Primary Sources (Gale)
Use the search bar in Gale Primary Sources to find historical newspapers and primary documents, primarily from the United States and Great Britain.

Includes the Times (London) and Economist historical archives, and a wide range of early modern/colonial British and American primary sources.
Literary Sources (Gale)
Gale Literary Sources allows users to search across several literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.
Literary Reference Center Plus
A full-text database that provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Oxford Reference Online
Browse Oxford's dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference titles in literature, media studies, language studies, and many other areas.
Credo Reference
Credo offers a wide range of literary reference materials, as well as handy overview pages on popular topics.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Search across subject-specific reference encyclopedias.

Poetry Foundation

Local Resources and Organizations

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

Twin Cities German Immersion School
In our ever-changing, globally interconnected world, it becomes more important with every passing year to understand, and communicate with others of diverse backgrounds. At the Twin Cities German Immersion School, a public charter school, our children and our staff do this every day. Our shared mission goes well beyond bi-literacy in German and English.
Hella Mears Fellowship
The Hella Mears Graduate Fellowship fund demonstrates Hella Mears's support and commitment to the Center for German & European Studies and fostering graduate student research on a wide variety of German and European topics. Since the fellowship's inception, fellowships have been awarded to advanced graduate students in a number of liberal arts disciplines.
Germanic American Institute
The Germanic-American Institute operates with a commitment to the following principles: community, language, education, authenticity, stewardship, social responsibility, and celebration.

Research & Instruction Librarian

Contact:

Library, room 305a
alogsdon@macalester.edu

(651) 696-6502

Subjects:American Studies, Art & Art History, Classics, Dance, English, English: Creative Writing, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Theatre, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Research & Instruction Librarian

Contact:

Library, room 303
vmoran@macalester.edu

651-696-6398

Subjects:American Studies, Art & Art History, Asian Languages and Cultures, Classics, Dance, English, English: Creative Writing, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, History, Media and Cultural Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Theatre, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies