German Studies: Primary Sources
Open Access Digital Collections
- Hathi TrustHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
- Simplicissimus, Jugend, Der Wahre JakobDigitized satirical magazines from 1884-1944
- Zentrales Verzeichnis Digitalisierter DruckeZvdd is the central access point to printed works from the 15th century up to today, digitized in Germany.
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Digitale BibliothekDie Digitale Bibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern präsentiert spartenübergreifend Sammlungen aus Archiven, Bibliotheken, Museen und Universitäten des Landes.
- Stasi MediathekDigitized holdings from the federal Stasi archive
Library Databases
- Past masters . This link opens in a new window
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Searchable full-text collections of writings by key philosophers and thinkers from ancient times to the present. - German literature collections . This link opens in a new window
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German Literature Collections brings together the following ProQuest German literature resources: Goethes Werke, Schillers Werke, Kafkas Werke, Brechts Werke, Die Deutsche Lyrik, and the Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker. - Nineteenth Century collections online . This link opens in a new window
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Primary source collections of the nineteenth century. - German folklore and popular culture : Das Kloster / [compiled by] Scheible. This link opens in a new window
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Collection of magical and occult texts, chapbooks, folklore, popular superstition and fairy tales of the German Renaissance compiled by Stuttgart antiquarian Johann Scheible, between 1845 and 1849. - Heinrich Bullinger's original publications . This link opens in a new windowThis collection contains a selection of Heinrich Bullinger's works in Latin and German.
- Witchcraft in Europe and America . This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection offering a wide range of writings on the subject of witchcraft. - Philipp Melanchthon, theologian and humanist / [editor, Timothy J. Wengert]. This link opens in a new windowCollection of various materials by and related to Melanchthon.
- Nietzsche online. This link opens in a new window
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Apart from the authoritative editions of the works (KGW) and the letters (KGB), the database Nietzsche Online contains all De Gruyter publications on Nietzsche.
Archives in German-Speaking Europe
Print Guides to Primary Sources
- Dichterhandschriften von 1400 bis 1900 byCall Number: R016.83 F88
- Die Nachlässe in den deutschen Archiven (mit Ergänzungen aus anderen Beständen) byCall Number: R016.091 V629Mss. of famous Germans, not just literary figures. Includes locations.