Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (BDSL)

The most comprehensive bibliography and index of publications on German language and literary studies. Currently there are over 340,000 citations to monographs and to articles and reviews in journals, collected studies, and newspapers. Searching is by author, treated author, treated work, title, publisher, and keyword, with limiting by date, publication type, and up to 18 thematic and chronological categories. Results can be saved by exporting files or by printing.

Select Hilfe on the upper right hand portion of the screen. The search interface is very clear but only in the German language. A vocabulary of the most useful terms follows: 

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Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, an annual publication compiled since 1957 from the acquisitions of Germany's best collection in the field, at the City and University Library in Frankfurt am Main. This bibliography is commonly known to Germanists, from the names of its first compilers, as Eppelsheimer-Köttelwesch.

Bibliographic citations, with "Search for Articles" linking to full text or a search.

Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann). Earlier years (beginning with v.9, 1969) are available at Alexander Stacks Z2231.E65. Related but far less comprehensive online resources are the MLA International Bibliography and Literature Resource Center.

German Language and Literature