Librarian
Search Terms
Depending on where you search, any of the following phrases and abbreviations may the best search terms:
- East Germany
- Germany (East)
- German Democratic Republic
- Deutsche Demokratische Republik
- GDR
- DDR
If you want to cover all your bases, you can string them together like this:
"East Germany" OR "Germany (East)" OR "German Democratic Republic" OR GDR OR Deutsche Demokratische Republik" OR DDR
For example (click image to open search):
Finding Scholarship
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and abstracts)
The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present. -
Oxford Handbooks This link opens in a new windowHigh quality treatments of major topics, written by major scholars in the field and pointing toward key literature.
Other Good Places to Look
Cross-Disciplinary & Inter-Disciplinary Search Tools
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Contains scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines from across the disciplines and from popular culture. Much of the content is available in full text. An ELM Database. -
Catalyst This link opens in a new windowSearch the collections of Carleton and St. Olaf College libraries.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
A digital archive of important scholarly journal literature from many fields. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago. -
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations and the full text)
Search through the full text of key books and journals from across the disciplines, with emphasis on recent scholarship. -
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
A broad, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary search tool. Covers 1973 - current.
Disciplinary Search Tools
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowSearches through citations, subject headings, and some abstracts
The premier database for linguistics and literary studies, this index includes articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and more. Covers 1926 - current. -
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Main index to research in sociology, anthropology, and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. Covers 1963 - current. -
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
Cover's women and gender studies, including political science, humanities, sociology, history, business, and education. Covers 1972 - current. -
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window(Searches through citations, subject indexing, and some full text)
This is the core disciplinary index to political science journal articles. Broad coverage of political science along with complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration & policy. Covers 1975 - present.
