Modern Languages and Literatures

Want to browse the stacks on the second floor for German language and literature materials?

Try these call number ranges:

• PF3001-5999 German Language

• PT1-PT4897 German Literature

• PT1-80 Literary history and criticism

• PT1151-1241 German Poetry

• PT1501-2688 Individual authors or works

Radio, Television, and Newspapers

• German Newspapers: A collection of German Language newspapers and magazines available online.

• German as a Foreign Language: A fully-refereed academic journal which aims to promote research and teaching in the field of German Language.

• German Radio Stations: European radio stations streaming live on the internet.
• German Music: A collection of resources on the study of German music.
• Der Spiegel: A leading German language newspaper.

• ARD: Das Erste: Germany's first channel and its iPlayer.

Video Collections

• Gumberg Library: The library has a collection of foreign language films. You can search the library catalog using the guided search feature in order to limit by language German and material type DVD.

• Department of Modern Languages and Literature:  Students can check out foreign films from the Film Library in the Language Lab at no cost. Films are available in DVD and VHS format.

• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: The Main Library in Oakland as well as some of the branch libraries have an extensive foreign film collections that can be checked out.

Looking for bilingual books so that you can practice your reading skills?

Try a search in Google using this search phrase:

Bilingual OR dual language books

You can also throw in a language. For example:

Bilingual OR dual language books German AND English

Online Dictionaries
LEO Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch
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Schneider English-German

Verb Conjugators
Verbix: Germanic Languages