34 - volume work that compiles the international literature on German authors and their works, listing biographical sources under author headings and secondary literature under titles of individual poems, plays, fiction, and other creative works, e.g. Goethe, J.W.v. -- Faust.

Multi - volume standard bio-bibliographic reference work for German literature. Includes succinct biographies, titles of author's works and published editions, secondary literature on author and individual works.

Annual index (1945-2013) to over 800 periodicals on German language and literature; also includes books and dissertations. Beginning sections of each volume contain references to the year’s work in language, history of German, and the study of German literature. The remaining sections cover general aspects of each literary period as well as individual authors and their works.