Internet Resources
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Literariches LebenLiterary database & online resource for German language literature from Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Provides useful annual historical information on relevant social & cultural events in these countries from 1945 to 2000. Helpful when looking for literary events within a certain time span or for winners of different literary prizes.
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Pictura Paedagogica OnlineDigital image archive of over 10,000 book illustrations and pictures which relate to Germany. Users can search by keyword or author or browse a list of publications. The images date from the Middle Ages to 1850 and there are also historic postcards from the period 1870 to 1933.
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Projekt Gutenberg-DEContains over 5,500 novels, short stories, novels, dramas, poetry and nonfiction books in the German language by over 1,100 authors.
Language Learning Center
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Mango LanguagesOffers self-directed language instruction in 22 languages. Instruction focuses on everyday conversational skills. Personal account set up required.
Books
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Survey of German Literature by Call Number: PF 3117 S88 1987ISBN: 0819165417Two volumes with anthology selections in German and annotations in English. -
German: Biography of a Language by
Call Number: PF 3075 S26 2010ISBN: 0195388453Blending linguistic, anthropological and historical research, it presents a biography of the German language as it evolved across the millennia. -
Language and Social Change in Central Europe: Discourses on Policy, Identity and the German Language by
Call Number: P 40.45 E85 S74 2010ISBN: 074863598XExplores the dynamics of language and social change in contemporary central Europe.