German Studies
German Studies
Location
The German Studies Section (ger) is located on the 3rd floor of the Central Library. The following sections are also of interest to language and literature students: Asl - General Language and Literature
Other philologies: rom - Romance Studies, ska - Scandinavian Studies, ang - English and American Studies
German Studies
Finding resources
You can search specialised databases for material on German Studies that is not indexed in ORBISplus.
The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) provides an overview of all the electronic journals available on the subject:
Learning how to research
The subject librarians for German Studies are your library contacts for specialised literature. They also offer library instruction courses and guided tours for German Studies.
Learning how to research
The German Studies Department is your point of contact for selecting specialist literature for the subject of German Studies and offers training sessions and guided tours for the subject of German Studies.
The German Studies Info Tool is also available to you in Stud.IP. With plenty 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)