Research Resources
: This is a great place to start for research. Through the 51²č¹Żapp libraries, students can access a variety of databases with secondary literature appropriate for German students. However, the long list of resources can be overwhelming, so here a few databases we find especially helpful:
: A great resource for primary and secondary sources. It may not have the most recent resources.
: This is similar to JStor but more focused on recent materials.
: Located within the Literature Resource Center, this database has materials from 1926 to now, focusing on secondary sources about language, literature, linguistics, and folklore.
Reference Sources
: This website has a very extensive compilation of German literature. It gives a short biography of authors and provides many books online for free. Some books required for classes can be obtained online for free through Project Gutenberg.
: This is an extremely popular German-English and English-German dictionary. With 170,000 entries, it is extremely comprehensive.
: This can be helpful to students running across German acronyms in their day-to-day reading.
Grammar
Here are a few online grammar help websites. They all offer the same basic information, but different students may find the different styles helpful.
Media and Current Events
: A popular weekly newspaper with in-depth stories.
: An independent daily newspaper.
: An extremely widely-read news publication.
: A popular German news source. It offers a live television and radio stream.
Geography and Travel
: A popular weekly newspaper with in-depth stories.
: An independent daily newspaper.
: An extremely widely-read news publication.
: A popular German news source. It offers a live television and radio stream.
Politics
: The official website of Germany's parliament. Available in English.
/: Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union are sister parties, with the CSU active only in Bavaria.
: Socialist Democratic Party
: Free Democratic Party
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