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2 Content Germanistik, the leading international bibliographic review journal covering German Language and Literary Studies, is now also available as an online database. More than 50 years of bibliographical information and history of German Language and Literary Studies online 350,000 entries going back to the first issue Annual update with 8,000 new entries 1,000–1,200 reviews/volume State-of-the-art classification

3 Content Germanistik Online offers: Monographic studies, collected volumes and journals from the areas of literature, theatre studies, media studies, cultural history and linguistics made accessible bibliographically Category-specific, full-text and detailed search Differentiated and convenient access to authors, editors, article and review writers, titles, papers, publication years and keywords All relevant data is cross-linked

4 The Search Simple search The simple search scans the full text. Example: Search for “Hölderlin“ Example: Search for “Hölderlin“

5 The Search Results list 2,943 results Results sorted by Publication Year, Title, Name or Relevance Select the number of results per page Clicking on the title opens the document display

6 The Search Document display Change to „Reading View“ Navigate between all search results Bibliographical information Abstrac t

7 The Search Document display A grey background marks words/phrases from the search Link to your respective library catalogue If applicable Links to keywords and the classification

8 The Search Searches using the browsing function The browsing structure shows the systematic chapters of Germanistik Online. The arrows show that more sub- chapters can be opened. Choose a chapter by clicking on the title

9 The Search Advanced search Click here to open the advanced search options Advanced search options: Add more options

10 The Search Advanced search using search criteria from the drop-down list. You can choose from a number of different search criteria For the search criterion “Type of Publication“, you can choose from a number of further options

11 The Search Advanced search Namesearch: Search for the name of a certain author, editor or further person.

12 The Search General Functionalities Add note to personal account Saving options for Database entries Send feedback to De Gruyter Change text size for entry or results list Allows citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, or export elements in RIS format

13 Additional Database Features Complex search: Combining search criteria Here in combinatio n with AND. Possible combinations:

14 Additional Database Features Complex search: Very fine search due to using various search criteria. Use „Add row“ to add more criteria Clear your search from individual search criteria

15 Additional Database Features Find-as-you-type display In the extended search options. Matching articles appear already while typing.

16 Additional Database Features Germanistik-ID refers to the year of publication and the serial number in this year. In the document display, the Germanistik-ID is shown here.

17 Additional Database Features Helpful documents You can find further PDF documents underneath the browsing menu.

18 Contact De Gruyter Genthiner Straße Berlin Germany Tel. +49 (0) Fax. +49 (0) Website You can find further information on Germanistik Online at