ABSTRACT

This book introduces Germanists to the mechanics and methodology of modern library research. It explains the use of various bibliographic access systems, providing step-by-step search strategies to the most modern computerized data bases for the whole field of German studies.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part 1|44 pages

Library Research

chapter 1|8 pages

Bibliographic Access Systems

chapter 2|16 pages

Searching Library Catalogs

chapter 3|10 pages

Searching Indexes and Abstracts

chapter 4|8 pages

Search Strategies

part 2|110 pages

Selected Reference Works

chapter 5|23 pages

General Reference Materials

chapter 6|18 pages

German Language

chapter 7|27 pages

German Literature

chapter 8|38 pages

German Civilization

part 3|24 pages

Supplementary Resources

chapter 9|6 pages

Guides to Reference Works

chapter 10|3 pages

Guides to Writing Research Papers

chapter 11|12 pages

Computerized Literature Searches