Research Guides: German Culture, History, Politics: Reference Works

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Cambridge Histories Online
Contains 250 full-text volumes, in 15 subject areas, published since 1960, equating to approximately 196,000 pages. In addition to world history, this product also covers the histories of other subjects, including language and linguistics, music, philosophy, political and social theory, religion, theater and performing arts, and warfare.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides online access to the complete full text of over 100 reference works from Gale, Macmillan, and other publishers.
Oxford Reference Online
Fully indexed, cross-searchable database of about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes subject reference works in the humanities, social sciences, and science.

German Biographical Index and German Biographical Archive
A microfiche set reproducing the full text of thousands of biographical reference sources published 1780-1999, representing hundreds of thousands of biographies of individuals.
Index: Hatcher Graduate Reference Z2230.D4811 1998. Archive: Hatcher Graduate Serials and Microforms MICRO-F 437, MICRO-F 3411, and MICRO-F 4153

Oxford Duden German Dictionary This link opens in a new window
A German-English/English-German dictionary with comprehensive coverage of the general vocabulary of contemporary German and English.

LEO
Online English-German/German-English dictionary. Over 400,000 entires, including words and phrases; plus grammar, and pronouncing guide with audio clips. Especially good coverage of technical and scientific vocabulary.
Free Internet resource.
Deutsches Wörterbuch (DWB)
Online version of the classic comprehensive dictionary of the German language by the Grimm brothers, originally published from 1854 to 1971.