German Studies: Primary Sources
Open Access Digital Collections
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Hathi TrustHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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Simplicissimus, Jugend, Der Wahre JakobDigitized satirical magazines from 1884-1944
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Zentrales Verzeichnis Digitalisierter DruckeZvdd is the central access point to printed works from the 15th century up to today, digitized in Germany.
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Digitale BibliothekDie Digitale Bibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern präsentiert spartenübergreifend Sammlungen aus Archiven, Bibliotheken, Museen und Universitäten des Landes.
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Stasi MediathekDigitized holdings from the federal Stasi archive
Portals and Guides
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European History Primary SourcesEuropean History Primary Sources (EHPS) is a joint initiative of the Library and the Department of History and Civilization of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. It is also part of the WWW Virtual Library History Central Catalogue that is hosted at the EUI.
Library Databases
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Past masters .Searchable full-text collections of writings by key philosophers and thinkers from ancient times to the present.
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German literature collections .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.
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Nineteenth Century collections online .Primary source collections of the nineteenth century.
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German folklore and popular culture : Das Kloster / [compiled by] Scheible.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.
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Heinrich Bullinger's original publications .This collection contains a selection of Heinrich Bullinger's works in Latin and German.
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Witchcraft in Europe and America .A comprehensive collection offering a wide range of writings on the subject of witchcraft.
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Philipp Melanchthon, theologian and humanist / [editor, Timothy J. Wengert].Collection of various materials by and related to Melanchthon.
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Nietzsche online.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
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Dichterhandschriften von 1400 bis 1900 byCall Number: R016.83 F88
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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.