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World Languages, Literatures & Cultures: German-Deutsch

Call Numbers for German Language and Literature Books

LC Call Numbers, 2nd floor

PF3001-5999 German language
PT1-4897 Literatures of Germanic languages

Dewey Call Numbers, 3rd & 4th floors

430-439 German language
830-839 Literatures of Germanic languages

Culture, Customs, Etiquette

AtoZ the World This link opens in a new window
Country guides for 174 countries, covering culture, history, travel, business, and more.
See product brochure (PDF) for more content information.

Eupedia-Germany
Info about the country, travel, interesting facts, etc
CIA World Factbook

German News from NYT

Online Dictionaries

BAB.LA English-German Online Dictionary

E-books

A Usage Dictionary English-German / German-English - Gebrauchswörterbuch Englisch-Deutsch / Deutsch-Englisch by Gabriele Stein
Call Number: E-book
ISBN: 9783110297027
Publication Date: 2013-08-29

E-books

German ebooks available from Project Gutenberg

Books

Bilingual Books:

Short stories in German / edited and translated by Ernst Zillekens.

German short stories = Deutsche Kurzgeschichten / edited by Richard Newnham.

German short stories 2 = Deutsche kurzgeschichten 2 / edited by David Constantine.

Couple of truly wonderful stories = Ein paar wirklich wunderbare Geschichten / Mark Twain

Classical detective stories = Klassische Detektivgeschichten

Classical American stories = Klassische amerikanische Erzählungen

Detective stories = Kriminalgeschichten

Electronic Books:

First German reader : a beginner's dual-language book

Grammar Guide/Language Instruction

Transparent Language Online This link opens in a new window
Foreign language learning for over 100 languages, including English as a Second Language. Users must create an individual account to begin. Mobile app is available.
Resource provided by TN Electronic Library (TEL).

Mobile App Instructions (PDF)

Video Tutorials

Pronounciation Guide

Forvo-German

Stern--Der Tag im Überblick

Web Sites

Recent German-language Books
German Federal Government
Goethe-Institut
German cultural association, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and relations.
Sophie's Literature Collection
Digital collection of writings by German Women.