English and American Studies
Location of the subject
The English Studies (ang) collection is located on Level 3 of the Central Library. Also of interest to students of philology, and located on the same level, are:
- asl – General Linguistics and Literary Studies
- ger – German Studies
- ndl – Dutch Studies
- rom – Romance Studies
- ska – Scandinavian Studies
- sla - Slavic Studies
English and American Studies
Search for literature
You can search for specialist literature and articles not listed inORBISplus in specialist databases. Databases for English and American Studies can be found here:
The main subject database for English and American Studies is the MLA International Bibliography:
An overview of all electronically available journals can be found in the Electronic Journals Library:
Learning how to research
The English Studies Department is your point of contact for specialist literature selection and offers training sessions and guided tours for the English Studies subject.
The English and American Studies Info Tool is also available to you in Stud.IP. With plenty of research tips based on short information texts, images and videos, it serves as a resource to support your literature research.
Research-related services
Digital Humanities (DH)
The BIS Digital Humanities Service offers advice, training and further education on the methods and tools of DH:
Research Data Management (RDM)
The BIS operates the DARE research data repository and also offers advice and training 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):
Open Access
The BIS supports the University’s researchers with open access publications, including through an open access publication fund:
Nationwide services
FID Anglo-American Culture
The Specialist Information Service (FID) Anglo-American Culture provides a range of services for researchers in the field of English language and literature:
NFDI Text+
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) Text+ provides resources such as text collections and corpora, amongst other things, and serves as a hub for text- and language-based research data: