Languages and Cultures: Useful websites for German studies

List of links to online newspapers and magazines, both regional and national.

Contains a selection of scholarly websites covering all aspects of German Studies, courtesy of the Department of German Studies at the University of Warwick. Browsing, using the 'Subject pages', is a good starting point.

An excellent collection of links to various resources in German literature, including bibliographies, book reviews, electronic journals, information on individual authors and online texts.

An internationally recognised centre for advanced study, with research ranging well beyond German history and including American history as well as comparative transnational history. Free online access to many of its publications.

German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) is a comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. It comprises original German texts, all of which are accompanied by new English translations, and a wide range of visual imagery.

A daily English-language discussion forum focused on scholarly topics in German history and aimed at professional historians of Germany around the world.

The Berlin State Library provides full-text access to a number of historic German newspaper archives. Of particular note is the on-going DDR-Presse project which will provide full-text access to three of the most important newspapers from the former GDR. To access the full-text from DDR-Presse you will need to register for free via the website xlogon.net.

Website of the national library of Germany, based in Frankfurt-am-Main, Leipzig and Berlin – has an online catalogue and descriptions of special collections.

Site of an association of Austrian academic libraries - has links to the Austrian National Library, Vienna University Library, and lists of academic libraries in local areas in Austria. It also provides union catalogues of books and periodicals.

Includes many links to libraries, bibliographies and book trade and related Web pages

Provides a unified search to library co-operatives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, national libraries and union catalogues worldwide. You can limit the search to a particular country or region.

The Institute for the German Language in Mannheim is the central non-university institution for the study and documentation of current usage and recent history of the German language. The IDS is financed jointly by the Federal Government and the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Site for female Germanists in Great Britain and Ireland, supporting them in all aspects of their professional life.

Official records (full text) of meetings and debates from session 8 (1977) up to the current date