Guides and Catalogues to Materials at the University of Chicago
Meta-Sites for Scandinavian Studies
- Scandinavian Studies Web (WESSWeb): an award-winning website providing access to an organized and annotated array of free online scholarly resources in Scandinavian Studies. The site is a collaborative project of Scandinavian Studies bibliographers nationwide.
- Nordguide: a directory of databases in the Nordic Countries: Comprehensive information about and links to publicly available Nordic databases.
Multi-Library Catalogs
- BibSys: A union catalog with the holdings of over 100 Norwegian libraries.
- LIBRIS: A gateway for searching Swedish library catalogs, national bibliographies, and specialized databases.
- WorldCat: Now including the records from the RLG Union Catalog, contains over 62 million records for books and other materials in over 10,000 libraries worldwide. Updated daily. The
option can be used to locate the item at U of C or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own. (UofC only)
Bibliographic Resources (indexes, abstracts)
- MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association Bibliography) (1926-): The primary resource for literary research; indexes over 6,000 journals in the fields of literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage begins with 1926 and the database is updated 9 times per year; for coverage from 1921 on consult print at Z7006.M67 Gen. The option can be used to locate the item at U of C or online or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own. (UofC only)
- IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (1983- ): Also known as "Der Dietrich," indexes over 11,000 English and European periodicals, books, and dissertations. Corresponds to the print Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur dating from 1896 available at AI9.B5 (Regenstein Reference). Note: IBZ online document ordering system unavailable; if appropriate please request items directly from University of Chicago Interlibrary Loan instead. (UofC only)
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) (1973-): Covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, as well as descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics. The option can be used to locate the item at U of C or online or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own. (UofC only)
- Book Review Index Online (1965-): a comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. The option can be used to locate the item at U of C or online or to send interlibrary loan orders to the Interlibrary Loan Office for items that the Library does not own. (UofC only)
- IBR: International Bibliography of Book Reviews (1985- ): Multilingual interdisciplinary index to book reviews, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. For 1971-1981 consult the print Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen at AI9.I58 (Regenstein Reference). Note: IBR online document ordering system unavailable; if appropriate please request items directly from University of Chicago Interlibrary Loan instead. (UofC only)
Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Includes citations for dissertations accepted at accredited universities from 1861 to the present. Those published from 1980 forward also include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Abstracts for earlier dissertations are available in Dissertation Abstracts (Z5055.U49M6; Regenstein Reference). Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. The full text of dissertations since 1997 is available for free downloading. (UofC only)
- Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database from the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. CRL has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database. CRL also maintains a list of universities from which it receives printed dissertations on exchange or deposit and the date when this began. Request items via University of Chicago Interlibrary Loan.
On-Line Journals and Newspapers
- Electronic Journals Database: Links to all journals to which the University of Chicago Library subscribes in online form.
- JSTOR: Online archive of major scholarly journals. Contains complete runs from their first volumes through approximately five years ago. (UofC only)
- Scandinavian Online Newspapers and Other News Sources (WESSWeb) (WESSWeb)
Electronic Full-Text Resources
- Dokumentasjonsprosjektet: an online Norwegian literary text project.
- Project Runeberg: the largest site for electronic full-text Scandinavian literature. Primarily Swedish content.
Reference (Electronic)
- CAPLEX: free Norwegian encyclopedia from Cappelen.
- Elektroniske ordbøker: Online Bokmål and Nynorsk dictionaries at the University of Oslo.
- LEXIN: Norwegian Dictionaries: free online Bokmål, Nynorsk, and Norwegian-English dictionaries with pictures, produced for immigrant education.
- LEXIN: Swedish-English Dictionary: a free online Swedish-English/English-Swedish dictionary, produced for immigrant education.
- Svenska Akademiens Ordbook: the Swedish Academy dictionary, now available from "A" through "Till."
- World Biographical Information System: Comprehensive database providing biographical information on 4 million persons. Digital facsimile articles from more than 3,700 reference works are also included for 2.3 million individuals. Online version of the K.G. Saur Biographical Archives. Formerly World Biographical Index. (UofC only)
Programs at the University of Chicago
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Department of Comparative Literature
- Franke Institute for the Humanities
- Graduate Workshops in the Humanities
- Center for the Study of Language
For questions please consult:
Sem C. Sutter, Bibliographer for Germanic Literatures
Office: Regenstein Library 180
Phone: 773-702-0691
E-mail: book@uchicago.edu
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