Reference works, dictionaries and encyclopaedias

Use reference tools for definitions and brief factual information. Books such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, directories and yearbooks are useful for definitions of terms and for brief factual information. For example: Brockhaus enzyklopedie

• Dictionaries and encyclopedias of German literature are shelved at 830.03. For example: Oxford companion to German literature
• Browse catalogue results of a subject keyword search : German language dictionaries
• Open directory project provides links to a variety of German language dictionaries: Reference > Dictionaries > World Languages > G > German

Biographical sources

Start with Neue deutsche Biographie. Works of individual biography can also be found in the library collections, search name keywords in the library catalogue.

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