GERMANY 1871-1990

Background Sources | Books | Indexes to Articles | Selected Journals | Selected Websites

The items in this bibliography can help you find additional information for your research. Most printed material is available in Suzzallo Reference. Databases marked UW Only require that you access these from computers on campus or from home using UWICK or the libraries proxy server.

Background Resources

Specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries provide a quick overview of a topic along with a short list of additional readings. Items are located in Suzzallo Reference or Undergraduate Reference (Odegaard).

Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture	Reference	DD290.26 .E53 1999
The encyclopedia of the Third Reich	Reference, Undergraduate	DD256.5 .G76313 1991
Enzyklopädie des Nationalsozialismus	Reference	DD256.5 .E52 1997
Modern Germany: an encyclopedia of history, people, and culture, 1871-1990	Reference, Undergraduate	DD14 .M64 1998

Books

Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

• UW Libraries Catalog
  A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.
• Cascade
  Regional catalog of the 6 Washington State university/college libraries. You can request books be sent to the UW.
• OCLC WorldCat UW only.
  A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

Indexes to Articles

Use the following databases or printed sources to identify articles written on your topic. Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

Five Specialized Indexes/Bibliographies:

• Bibliographie zum Nationalsozialismus
  Printed bibliography of sources dealing National Socialism. [Reference Z2241.N27 R83 1995]
• Dahlmann-Waitz. Quellenkunde der deutschen Geschichte
  Standard bibliography of all of German history to the end of World War II. Multiple volumes. [Reference Z2236 .D14 1969]
• Historical Abstracts UW Only
  Major index to journals published in the field of world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada).
• Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte
  Index to articles and books in Germany history. Dates from 1949 onward. [Reference Z2236 .J26]
• The Nazi era, 1919-1945: a select bibliography of published works from the early roots to 1980
  Bibliography primarily of 6500 books dealing Nazi Germany. [Reference Z2241.N27 K43 1982]

Five General Indexes:

• Arts & Humanities Citation Index UW Only.
  Interdisciplinary database to articles in the humanities including history, philosophy, literature, etc. Electronic version dates back to 1980, part of the Web of Science.
• Expanded Academic Index UW Only.
  Index to approximately 1500 journals and magazines in all disciplines. Selected full-text available.
• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ) UW Only.
  Index to over 5,600 international journals in the humanities and social sciences. Especially good for German language materials. Choose IBZ from the list of available databases. For earlier coverage see print versions [Reference AI9 .B512 and AI9 .B6].
• Lexis Nexis Academic Universe UW Only.
  Full-text database of hundreds of current newspapers including selected German language publications.
• Research Library UW Only.
  Index to articles in all fields, full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines.

Selected Journals

This is a short selection of English-language journals that are particularly useful for modern German history. All are located in Suzzallo Periodicals, some with additional copies at other libraries. Those that are available electronically are restricted to UW Only.

Central European history, 1968-	Periodicals	D901 .C45
German history: the journal of the German History Society, 1989-	Periodicals	DD290.26 .E53 1999
German studies review, 1978-	Periodicals	PT1 .G43
Journal of modern history , 1929-	Periodicals	905 JM Current issues online Past issues online
American Historical Review, 1895-	Periodicals	973.05 A Current issues online Past issues online
Journal of Contemporary History, 1966-	Periodicals	D410 .J66 Current issues online
New German Critique, 1973-	Periodicals	DD61 .N48
Journal of Social History, 1967-	Periodicals	HN1 .J68 Current issues online
Feminist Studies, 1972-	Periodicals	HQ1104 .F44
Gender and History, 1989-	Periodicals	HQ1075 .G44 Current issues online
Signs, 1975-	Periodicals	HQ1101 .S55

Selected Websites

This is a short selection of web sites useful for modern German history.

• History of Germany: Primary Documents
  Collection of primary sources (and links to collections) covering German history from the medieval period to the present. Many in English translation. Part of Eurodocs.
• Deutsches Historisches Museum Image Archive
  Searchable database of photographs from the German Historical Museum in Berlin. See also their object database of posters and other material.
• German Propaganda Archive
  "Collection of English translations of propaganda material from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic" created by Professor Randall Bytwerk of Calvin College.
• Inventory of Primary Web Resources in the Distributed Digital Research Library Germany
  Links to 20 digital projects such as Selected Exile Publications 1933-1945, German Book Illustration of the 15th Century, and Stenographical Reports of the German Reichstag (1867-1895) funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

25 March 2001
Theresa Mudrock | mudrock@u.washington.edu