James Campbell
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campbell@virginia.edu
University of Virginia Library
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The German version of the free encyclopedia written by volunteers. Often excellent, but verify facts and opinions before using them.
64 volumes with 4 supplements. Also on paper at Alderman Reference AE27.G7 1732
After 167 volumes, Ersch-Gruber was finally abandoned, still incomplete. Also on paper at Alderman AE27.E772.
Also the Brockhaus (1894-1896) and some smaller specialized reference works from the 19th century.
Search a collection of early encyclopedias, literature, and other historic works as well as 40,000 images of paintings, drawings, and prints.
Includes the MLA International Bibliography, the lengthy critical essays with bibliographies from the Dictionary of Literary Biography, biographical/bibliographical data from Contemporary Authors, and other information.
Alderman Reference Z2230.K7 Looseleaf format with occasional updates. Extensive bibliographies of primary and secondary material. Inhalt=List of included authors.
Z2230.K92 Current and cumulations for deceased authors (Nekrolog) in Alderman Reference; older years in stacks and at Micfilm;S11-33 (Jge. 1-22,1879-1925). Brief biographies and lists of works. Very useful for minor authors.
Includes the first edition of Grimm, the Goethe-Wörterbuch, several Middle High German dictionaries and some west german dialect dictionaries. Use Stichwortsuche for a quick lookup of headwords in all the dictionaries.
More specialized dictionaries in Alderman Reference, PF3625-PF4591.