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Selected List of Online Journals for German Studies
Below is a selected list of online peer-reviewed journals on German language and literature.
- Chloe (0168-9878)1999-present
- Daphnis (0300-693X)1999-present
- German life and letters (0016-8777)1997-present
- German quarterly (0016-8831)1928-present
- German studies review (0149-7952)1978-2007
- Germanic review (0016-8890)1975-present
- Germanistik (Tubingen) (0016-8912)December 2007-present
- Modern Austrian literature (0026-7503)1968-present
- Monatshefte (0026-9271)1946-present
- New German critique (0094-033X)1973-present
- Seminar (Toronto) (0037-1939)2003-present
- Unterrichtspraxis (0042-062X)1968-present
- Women in German yearbook (1058-7446)1985-present
Main Databases
- MLA international bibliography (Ebsco)Provides a classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage includes literature from all over the world--Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access of core academic journals in a variety of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The following collections are accessible: Arts and Sciences Collections I-IX; Life Sciences Collection; and Public Health Reports.
- Project MUSEA searchable database that provides online access to current issues of selected scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Of particular interest to German literature students: Goethe Yearbook, JEGP, MLQ and Monatshefte. A list of the journals contained in this database can be found at the Project Muse homepage.
- Historical abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in the database, America: History and Life). Indexes the journal and book literature.
Other Databases
- BDSL Online (Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft)This free resource includes coverage only from 1985 to 1995. The major bibliography for German language and literature. Commonly referred to as Eppelsheimer-Köttelwesch. The catalog entry for the print version: Vols. for 1945 to 1968 and Vols. for 1985-2002
Digitized Periodical Collections
- ANNO : AustriaN Newspaper OnlineFrom the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Austrian newspapers and magazines from mainly the 19th and early 20th century.
- Compact Memory : Deutsch-jüdische Literaturgeschichte im WebA major digitization project of German-Jewish periodicals (mainly 19th and early 20th century).
- Index deutschsprachiger Zeitschriften 1750-1815100,000 articles from 195 German-language periodicals from 1750 to 1815.
- KladderadatschBerlin satirical magazine, 1848-1944.
- Ulk : illustriertes Wochenblatt für Humor und SatireDigitization covers 1914-1930.
- Zeitschriften der AufklärungSelection of 18th and 19th century journals, ranging from Berlinische Monatsschrift to Thalia. Search and browse full-text.
- Gerritsen collection of Aletta H. Jacobs (Women’s history online, 1543-1945)The collection was begun by Aletta Jacobs Gerritsen in the late 1800s. The online resource delivers images exactly as they appeared in the original printed works on the evolution of feminist consciousness and women’s rights. It includes monographs, periodicals and pamphlets in fifteen languages.