Libraries, archives
- Bibliotheken, Bücher und Berichte Library catalogues alphabetically by city and by subject area, bibliographies etc, and lots of other sites
- Webis: Sondersammelgebiete an deutschen Bibliotheken Libraries in the special collections system of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Searchable by topic, region, library name or DFG classification
- Notably, Germanistik,
Deutsche Sprache und Literatur at the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main.
- Notably, Germanistik,
- Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog unified search interface to major library cooperatives, books in print, national periodicals holdings
- DNB, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek National Library of Germany
- Germanistik im Netz a virtual library: Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Germanistik
- Archive in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland State and private archives, church, military, special archives
Main library cooperatives:
- Bibliotheks-Verbund Bayern
- Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund
- Hessisches Bibliotheks-Informationssystem
- HBZ: Hochschulbibliothekszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen
- BSZ: Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund
Major libraries:
- DNB, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
- Herzog August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
- Schiller-Nationalmuseum – Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
- Stanford University Libraries: Germanic collections
Library organizations:
- BID: Bibliothek und Information Deutschland Umbrella organisation of German library oganizations.
- BIB: Berufsverband Information Bibliothek e.V. Zusammenschluss von vba (Verein der Bibliothekare und Assistenten e.V.) und VdDB (Verein der Diplom-Bibliothekare an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken e.V.)
- VDB: Verein deutscher Bibliothekare e.V.
- Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare (VÖB)
- BBS: Verband der Bibliotheken und der Bibliothekarinnen/Bibliothekare der Schweiz
Bibliographies, databases
- Herzog August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Kataloge und Datenbanken including the library catalogue and their Aufsatzdokumentation – a database of periodical articles on all aspects of Enlightenment and early modern culture. Detailed search instructions are given – you’ll probably need them!
- Österreichische Dissertationsdatenbank all dissertations submitted at universities in Austria since 1990, freely searchable until December 1997 – but is still available (July 1998)
- Allegro-Kataloge im WWW list of searchable databases which all use the same search software (Allegro). Includes library catalogues, bibliographies etc.
- Nordrhein-Westfälische Bibliographie (Follow link to “Produkte und Dienstleistungen”) Periodical articles, books, book chapters etc on NRW since 1982, searchable by place, author, subject etc.
- Thüringen-Bibliographie data from 1991 onwards – books, periodicals, articles etc
- Österreichische Historische Bibliographie data since 1945, searchable by subject, author etc. Now available (for simple searches only!) via a WWW interface
- ECONIS economics database from Kiel. All publications acquired by the ZBW since 1986 searchable free – Now in new interface
- POLDOK: Die Politik der 80er Jahre searchable database of 40,000 documents
- Datenbank ARIADNE Searchable database of book chapters and articles on women’s studies held in the Austrian National Library. Contains over 14,500 records (July 1998)
- Internet Movie Database includes c. 3000 German films, giving studio, director, artist information etc.
Handbook for European Studies Librarians:
The Handbook for European Studies Librarians provides thirty chapters in the field of European Studies designed to help librarians new to collection development for regions of Europe. Written by experts, the chapters help librarians to find key resources and offer guidance on working with faculty and students focusing on these areas. Several of the chapters are relevant for those working with Germanic languages:
- German Studies
- Dutch, Flemish, and Afrikaans Studies
- Nordic Studies (Scandinavia and Finland)
- Germany: Black German, Turkish Germans, and Queer Germans
- Germany: Sorbian Authors and Literature
- The Netherlands and Belgium: Migrant Communities
Book trade
- Buchhandel.de: databases of books, journals and audiovisual media in print
- Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels
- Frankfurter Buchmesse
- Buchhandel und Verlage – feature articles (Goethe-Institut Zentrale)
- Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher European catalogue of antiquarian books on the Internet
- Harrassowitz Booksellers and subscription agents, specializing in the distribution of scholarly books, periodicals, e-journals, and music scores to academic and research libraries
- Brockhaus/German Books specializes in supplying all kinds of publications from Continental Europe. Full library services are offered for German language material.
- Amazon Germany books, videos and DVDs delivered worldwide
German Studies Library Group 