Electronic Resources for German Studies
- Gateways and directories of Internet sources
- Research training and online tutorials
- Catalogues
- Electronic books and magazines
- German studies journals
- Societies and organisations
- Newspapers and TV
- Dictionaries and German language materials
- German search engines
Gateways and directories of Internet sources
British Library - German Internet Resources
Links to German resources on the Internet.
Deutschland.de
Official portal of the Federal Republic of Germany. It offers a representative list of links to important German information sites under the headings of Education, Health, Culture, Media, Sports, State, Tourism, Economy and Science.
Deutschland Tourismus
Information about tourism in Germany.
European Film Gateway (project ongoing)
Europeana: gateway to European culture
Includes links to digital images, texts, sounds and videos.
Germanistik.net
Extensive website linking to a wide range of electronic resources for Germanists. Maintained by Alan Ng, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Internet Resources in German
Maintained by the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge.
Research training and online tutorials
Citing References Tutorial (INSRV)
Internet for Modern Languages (Virtual Training Suite)
PORT (Postgraduate Online Research Training)
Also includes a section on German online resources.
Catalogues
Blackwell handbooks on literature
Die Deutsche Bibliothek
German National Library homepage. Provides access to national and regional library catalogues.
Electronic books and magazines
Projekt Gutenberg-DE
Classic texts by German authors available free of charge.
Sign and Sight
English version of the online German culture magazine "Perlentaucher ".
Sophie
A Digital Library of Works by German-Speaking Women
Societies and organisations
Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin
German Foreign Ministry website. Gives details about Germany's foreign policy and about moving to Germany. The ministry is also responsible for the Deutschland Magazine, an online magazine about German politics and culture.
Bundesregierung
German Goverment homepage. Includes, amongst lots of other useful information, the full-text of the German "Grundgesetz" (Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany).
DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
The German Academic Exchange Service website contains a wealth of information about German academic institutions, research, language learning etc. The DAAD also maintains a seperate website Campus Germany, that focuses on German universities, degree programmes and practical information about living in Germany.
German British Forum (GBF)
Forum for people engaged in enhancing co-operation between the two countries.
Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institution operational worldwide.
Institute for German Studies
Based at the University of Birmingham, the Institute for German Studies is a well-established Centre for German Studies in the UK. Includes details of forthcoming conferences and other events as well as some useful links.
Kulturportal Deutschland
Official portal to information about German culture and media.
Newspapers and TV
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Online Newspapers
Use the drop-down menu for Europe to select listings for German, Austrian, and Swiss newspapers, including local and specialised papers.
ICON (International Coalition on Newspapers)
Dictionaries and German language materials
About - German language
Includes German grammar, dictionary, quizzes etc.
Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Includes news, links, exercises etc.
Oxford Reference Online - Bilingual Dictionaries
Our subscription includes access to The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary.
Verbix - German
Online verb conjugator.
Interdeutsch.de
Click on "Studienbibliothek", then "Interaktive Übungen" for free online tests and quizzes.