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Content

Germanistik, the leading international bibliographic review journal

covering German Language and Literary Studies, is now also

available as an online database.

• More than 50 years of bibliographical information and history of

German Language and Literary Studies online

• 350,000 entries going back to the first issue

• Annual update with 8,000 new entries

• 1,000–1,200 reviews/volume

• State-of-the-art classification

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Content

Germanistik Online offers:

• Monographic studies, collected volumes and journals from the

areas of literature, theatre studies, media studies, cultural history

and linguistics made accessible bibliographically

• Category-specific, full-text and detailed search

• Differentiated and convenient access to authors, editors, article

and review writers, titles, papers, publication years and keywords

• All relevant data is cross-linked

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The Search

Simple search

The simple search scans

the full text.

Example:Search for “Hölderlin“

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The Search

Results list

2,943 results

Results sorted by Publication Year, Title, Name or Relevance

Select the number of results per page

Clicking on the title opens the document display

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The Search

Document display

Change to „Reading View“

Navigate between all search results

Bibliographical information

Abstract

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The Search

Document display

A grey background marks words/phrases from the search

Link to your respective library catalogue If applicable

Links to keywords and the classification

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The Search

Searches using the browsing function

The browsing structure shows the systematic chapters of Germanistik Online.

The arrows show that more sub-chapters can be opened.

Choose a chapter by clicking on the title

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The Search

Advanced search

Click here to open the advanced search options

Advanced search options:

Add more options

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The Search

Advanced search using search criteria from the drop-down list.

You can choose from a number of different search criteria

For the search criterion “Type of Publication“, you can choose from a number of further options

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The Search

Advanced search

Namesearch: Search for the name of a certain author, editor or further person.

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The Search

General Functionalities

Add note to personal account

Saving options for Database entries

Send feedback to De Gruyter

Change text size for entry or results list

Allows citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, or export elements in RIS format

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Additional Database Features

Complex search: Combining search criteria

Here in combination with AND.

Possible combinations:

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Additional Database Features

Complex search: Very fine search due to using various search criteria.

Use „Add row“ to add more criteria

Clear your search from individual search criteria

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Additional Database Features

Find-as-you-type display

In the extended search

options.

Matching articles appear already while typing.

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Additional Database Features

Germanistik-ID

refers to the year of

publication and the serial

number in this year.

In the document display, the Germanistik-ID is shown here.

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Additional Database Features

Helpful documents

You can find further PDF documents underneath the

browsing menu.

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Contact

De GruyterGenthiner Straße 1310785 BerlinGermanyTel. +49 (0)30.260 05-0Fax. +49 (0)30.260 05-251E-mail info@degruyter.comWebsite www.degruyter.com

You can find further information on Germanistik Online at www.degruyter.com/germanistik-online