German Language and Literature

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Article Finder allows you to query Find it! to see if the full-text of a journal article is available online.

The more information you can provide, the better the chance that Find it! will locate a match.

Introduction to Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Although books are the dominant form of scholarship in the humanities, articles are also extremely valuable, especially those appearing in scholarly journals.

Many assignments require students to limit their search to scholarly or peer-reviewed articles. "Peer-reviewed," "scholarly," "academic," and "refereed" are often used interchangeably to describe manuscripts that underwent expert review before publication. For more information, watch our video, "Magazines vs. Scholarly Journals."

Many databases, even general ones such as Ebsco Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Central, allow you to limit your search to peer-reviewed publications.

Book Chapters

Not all books contain a unified narrative from the beginning to the end of the text. Some are collections of essays, with each chapter having a unique title and author(s). These works share features with both books and journals. Like a book—unlike a journal—there is more lag time before publication. However, like a journal—unlike a book—library catalogs often do not list the titles and authors of every chapter, and researchers must use databases and indexes to search for them.

Specific Databases for Finding Articles and Chapters

Try these resources for locating journal articles and book chapters.

Hint: Most searchers rely exclusively on keywords to retrieve records in online databases. If you wish to retrieve more precise results, try searching by controlled vocabulary for your topic, often referred to as "subjects" or "descriptors."

Online Journals in the Libraries

Use these tabs to find online German language and literature journals in the Libraries' collection. The links will take you to OneSearch, which is where you will specific information about the available years and/or volumes for each title. Print holdings are also available for many titles.

Hint: Where multiple titles are listed, it means the journal changed its name one or more times. You will need to look at each entry for holdings. The current (or latest) title is listed last.

You can also use our E-Resources Portal to browse all our online journals.

 

Free Online Journals

Selected Print Only Journals in the Libraries

Use these tabs to find print German language and literature  journals in the Libraries' collection. The links will take you to OneSearch, which is where you will specific information about the available years and/or volumes for each title.

Hint: Where multiple titles are listed, it means the journal changed its name one or more times. You will need to look at each entry for holdings. The current (or latest) title is listed last.