Finding resources

You can search specialised databases for material on English and American studies that is not indexed in ORBISplus. Click on the link below for English and American studies databases:

• Databases: DBIS English and American Studies

The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) provides an overview of all the electronic journals available on the subject:

• Electronic journals: EZB English and American Studies

You can also search English-language electronic reference works:

• Language (lexicons, encyclopaedias and dictionaries)
• Literature (encyclopaedias and dictionaries)
• History (encyclopaedias and dictionaries focussing on British and US history)

Learning how to research

The subject librarians for English and American Studies are your library contacts for specialised literature. They also offer library instruction courses and guided tours for English and American Studies.

• Instruction and guided tours

The service is explicitly aimed at scientists. It aims to provide them with specialised literature and research-relevant information quickly and directly, regardless of their location. As a nationwide system, specialised information services supplement the information infrastructures of universities and research institutions.
The resources of the specialised information services are accessed directly via the responsible libraries.

• Specialised Information Service Anglo-American Culture