This guide describes a number of resources designed to aid your research in German language and literature. You'll find excellent scholarly works in German, English, and other languages. Please contact me if you have any questions (see contact info on the right). The following is a brief sketch of the types of materials available on different floors of the library.
German Language Books in Howe Library
German Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm (DWB)(courtesy of the University of Trier)
Click on the phrase Online-Wörterbuch aufschlagen to get started. In the main search box, typing the initial letters of the word you are researching will display an alphabetical list of words. Each definition has a permanent URL and is available in a .pdf format for easy printing.
Vorworte. This tab displays a list of volume numbers and their corresponding forewords.
Entstehungszeit des DWB. This tab displays a chart, written in German, that chronicles the important events of each year that the Bros. Grimm worked on the dictionary, as well as subsequent years of editing.
