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May 12, 2011
Vol. 11, No. 5

Germanistik Online

Great news for German Studies scholars! The Library recently initiated an online subscription to Germanistik, the leading publication for German language and literary studies.

Up until now, Germanistik has only been available in print in the Dana Porter Library’s reference collection.

This online version provides users with searchable access to over 60,000 critically reviewed and classified abstracts and summaries on German language and literature from the past 50 years. It provides bibliographic entries for approximately 340,000 books, collected volumes, and journals in the areas of literature, media studies, cultural history, theatre Germanistik imagestudies, and linguistics.

Additional highlights of Germanistik Online include:

Germanistik Online is available via Primo and the Library’s Research Databases page under "Browse Research Databases by Title" > "G."

For more information, contact:


Liaison Librarian for Germanic & Slavic Studies
Ext. 32611

, Communications and Liaison Librarian
, Co-ordinator, Library Communications and Web Management
, Assistant, Library Communications and Web Development

May 10, 2011