Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
German Language and Literature:
RefWorks for Germanists
RefWorks is a web-based citation tool that everyone affiliated with Rutgers can use after setting up a personal account via
NetID via the
Refworks link in the left navigation bar.
- Detailed tutorial is available in bite-size modules
- Download directly citations from databases if downloading is enabled (IRIS, WorldCat, EBSCO)
- Import via an import filter [References>] if it is not (BDSL)
- Add new references [References>] field by field if neither of the above
- ArticleLinker within citations still works from within RefWorks, but subject headings don't
- Generate bibliographies in the selected citation style
- Import footnotes into your Word document using the Write-N-Cite plugin
Downloading Book Citations
IRIS: Mark records, View/Save/Print, Export to RefWorks
See http://www.iris.rutgers.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/0/0/1/504/X#mail
WorldCat [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Mark records, Export, Export to RefWorks
Downloading Article Citations
Indexes and Databases >
[EBSCOHost Databases:]
Academic Search Premier. 1990s-. [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Multidisciplinary, good coverage of US journals
Use subject terms index, add to search, then limit search with secondary headings
Historical Abstracts. 1955-. [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Largest index in history, including cultural history
MLA: Modern Language Association International Bibliography.1926- [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Our most extensive index of journals of all countries in language and literature
Subject thesaurus is literature-based; use it to find suitable headings
All three databases are on the EBSCOhost platform, which facilitates direct downloads to RefWorks, switching from one
database to another, and cross-database searching.
Periodicals Index Online. 1665--. [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Indexing of scholarly journals in many fields, languages, including German
Mark citations for direct export to RefWorks.
BDSL: Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Most comprehensive bibliography of Germanistic scholarship
Updated semi-annually at the SUB Frankfurt from Eppelsheimer-Köttelwesch
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.
Notification of new entries via RSS feed is available.
Currently there is no direct export option for citations from the BDSL into RefWorks.
Nevertheless, it's quite easy to quickly add these to your RefWorks account.
Step-by-step directions:
- Open up BDSL using Internet Explorer.
- Conduct your search.
- Mark the records you want and save the desired citations ("Speichern")
- Under your Auswahlliste, select Dublin Core. A new window will open up
- Select all and copy.
- In RefWorks, in the menu select IMPORT under REFERENCES.
- For INPUT FILTER/DATA SOURCE, select "Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft"
- For DATABASE, select DUBLIN CORE.
- ENCODING: ANSI Latin I
- In the box labeled IMPORT DATA FOR THE FOLLOWING TEXT, paste the citations.
- Click on Import.
- Double-check your citations in RefWorks for accuracy
Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Full text of more than 100 German authors from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century
No direct download or import filter, but citation can be created from Marked list> Print records, then entered field by field into RefWorks using Reftype: Book, Section
Literature Resource Center (Gale) [Rutgers Restricted Access]
Full text of many Gale literary reference works, including Dictionary of Literary Biography
Encyclopedia articles on over 2400 German writers
Subsets of these by genre, time period
No direct download or import filter, but contains many references to other works, and each fulltext article has its citation at the bottom than can be entered field by field into RefWorks using Reftype: Book, Section
