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 German Language and Literature: 10 Databases

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ADB and NDB  
Type: Reference
Coverage: 1 CD-ROM
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference workstation 30. Select start, programs, then .
Description: Includes biographical core data of over 80,000 people in German history. Simple or advanced searching possible.
Allgemeine deutsche Biographie
    (Use ADB and NDB)
Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka
Type: eBooks & eTexts
Mode of access: Ask for CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. Software has been installed on Reference Workstation 30. Select start, programs, then Deutsche Literatur.
Description: Unabridged German language texts by 58 authors with biographies and bibliographical notes.
Essay and General Literature Index  
Type: Indexes & Articles
Coverage: 1985-
Description: Indexes essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Areas covered include the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
Users: Licensed for one simultaneous user.
Hegel: Werke
    (Use Past Masters)
International Medieval Bibliography Online  
Type: Indexes & Articles
* Click on "Enter databases", then select International Medieval Bibliography - online.
Coverage: 1967-
Description: Indexes articles, notes, and similar literature on medieval subjects in journals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, and collected essays. Covers all aspects of medieval studies within the date range of 400 to 1500 for the entire continent of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa for the period before the Muslim conquest and parts of those areas subsequently controlled by Christian powers. Includes more than 300,000 articles published 1967- , all of which are fully classified by date, subject and location.
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
Type: Reference
Description: A full-text searchable database of articles and primary source materials on individual critics and theorists and critical and theoretical schools and movements.
Kant: Hauptwerke
    (Use Past Masters)
Lexikon des Mittelalters Online  
Type: Reference
* Click on "Enter databases", then select Lexikon des Mittelalters Online.
MLA International Bibliography  
Type: Indexes & Articles
Coverage: 1963-
Description: Provides indexing to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore in nearly 2,000 journals and series as well as covering relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, etc.
Users: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.
* MLA Directory of Periodicals a guide to journals and series in languages and literatures.
MLN 1886-1961
    (Use Modern Language Notes (JSTOR))
NetLibrary E-book Collection
Type: eBooks & eTexts
Description: A collection of electronic books available for reading and searching via the Internet. Book titles include both those academic titles specifically acquired by Notre Dame and a public domain collection of thousands of works including Project Gutenberg titles.
Users: One concurrent user per title. Preview mode allows access for 15 minutes. Check-out mode allows access for 2 hours at a time.
Neue deutsche Biographie
    (Use ADB and NDB)
Past Masters
Type: eBooks & eTexts
Description: Collection of searchable, full-text humanities databases of scholarly complete editions or selections from classics in philosophy, political science, and economics. Works by Aquinas, Aristotle, Augustine, Austin, Ayer, Berkeley, Calvin, Collingwood, Davidson, Descartes, Dewey, Fichte, Hegel, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Leibniz, Locke, Luther, Nietzsche, Plato, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.
PCI : Periodicals Contents Index
Type: Indexes & Articles
Coverage: 1770-1995
Description: Index to millions of articles in thousands of periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages.
Users: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

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