Selected Library Resources for GAS 201

“Introduction to German Area Studies I”

Online version available at http://people.hws.edu/hunter/klaus08.htm

 

 

Prof. Eric Klaus                                                                                                                                            
Michael Hunter  Reference Librarian


Books:

Reference:

Bentley, James Western Germany REF’ DD258 .42.B45 1995 Copy 1

Elfe, Wolfgang. Contemporary German fiction writers  REF’ PS21 .D5’ Copy 1

Konzett, Matthias, Encyclopedia of German literature REF’ PT91 .E53 2000’ Copy 1

Massey, Anne. Berlin and Eastern Germany  REF’ DD859 .M37 1994 Copy 1

 

 

Locate other books in the HWS Library by using our catalog in the Lobby or through our Web page http://academic.hws.edu/library.  You can identify more books on a given subject by searching over 54 million books in Worldcat  and placing interlibrary loan requests for items you would like.  Time required is usually a week to 10 days

 

Scholarly Databases:

Modern Language Bibliography, Historical Abstracts, Humanities Index,

 

Internet

Examine information from the Internet carefully before using it for research purposes.  Always be aware of who is responsible for the material, and what credentials they have for writing on the subject(s).

 

Scholarly Subject Directory:

Intute – http://intute.ac.uk

An excellent subject directory for locating scholarly websites relevant to this course

 

Online translation service:

http://www.worldlingo.com

NOTE: Free online translation is word-for-word machine translation.  Idioms, special syntax and other important aspects of a language are generally not incorporated into the results.  Proceed with caution.