German Studies
German Studies
Location of the subject
The German Studies (ger) collection is located on Level 3 of the Central Library. Also of interest to students of philology and located on the same level are: General Linguistics and Literary Studies (asl), English Studies (ang), Dutch Studies (ndl), Romance Studies (rom) and Scandinavian Studies (ska).
In addition to the printed collections, the BIS also provides access to electronic resources such as e-books, databases and journals. Further information on this can be found here: Information on accessing electronic resources.
Search for literature
You can search for specialist literature and articles that are not listed in ORBISplus in specialist databases:
You can find an overview of all electronically available journals in the Electronic Journals Library:
You are welcome to suggest books and other media for acquisition by the BIS. To do so, please use the following form:
Learning how to research
The German Studies Department is your point of contact for selecting specialist literature and offers training sessions and guided tours for this subject.
The German Studies Info Tool is also available to you on Stud.IP. With a wealth of research tips based on short information texts, images and videos, this self-study resource is designed to support you in your literature research.
Research-related services
Digital Humanities (DH)
The BIS’s Digital Humanities service offers advice, training and further education on DH methods and tools: Digital Humanities at the BIS
Research Data Management (RDM)
The BIS operates the DARE research data repository and also offers advice and training on RDM: Information on RDM
Authority Data Service
Authority data is a tool for increasing the visibility of research data and results. The BIS assists with the creation and editing of entries in the Joint Authority File (GND): Authority Data Service
Open Access
The BIS supports the University’s researchers with open access publications, including through an open access publication fund: Information on open access publishing
Nationwide services
The services provided by the specialist information services are aimed specifically at academics. Their aim is to provide them with specialist literature and research-related information quickly and directly, regardless of their location. As a nationwide system, specialist information services complement the information infrastructures of universities and research institutions.
- General and Comparative Literature (Frankfurt am Main University Library)
- Linguistics (Frankfurt am Main University Library and the Institute of Computing Science – Applied Computational Linguistics Group at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)