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Works of Goethe, Schiller, Kafka (in German)

Goethe's Werke (Weimarer Ausgabe) includes the complete text of the 143 volumes of the definitive Weimar edition/Sophie edition.

Kafkas Werke (Kritische Ausgabe) makes 15 volumes  of Kafka’s (1883-1924) novels, short stories, and diaries available electronically for the first time. 

Schillers Werke currently includes 46 volumes of the Nationalausgabe with further volumes added to the Web edition. The complete text of each volume will be available, including all illustrations, notes, variants, and indexes.

All three of these include the critical apparatus, notes on sources, as well as on the genesis of the works and their subsequent influence on German literature.

For questions, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824 ; IM/chat)

16 Brepols online publications added

Papal Letters Online (LITPA) The database Ut per litteras apostolicas represents an electronic version of the renowned Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe siècle (32 vols.; Rome, 1883- ) and the Registres et lettres des Papes du XIVe siècle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899- ). This publication provides access to valuable sources not only for church historians but those interested in politics, socio-economic affairs, warfare, cultural history, even the environment.

In Principio The database contains over 1,000,000 incipits covering Latin literature from the Pre-classical Age to the Renaissance. It is aimed at all those scholars and libraries interested in the writers, texts and manuscripts of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It is an inevitable tool when studying or publishing a particular text or to make an inventory of manuscripts.

Vetus Latina Database (VLD) The huge panoply of Latin biblical texts which were in existence and use from the second century AD/CE until the time when the Vulgate became predominant are known under the common rubric of the Vetus Latina, or the Old Latin, Bible. The term Vetus Latina refers to all those biblical texts translated into Latin which are not found in the Vulgate. This database contains every citation, listed by book, chapter and verse of the Bible. The citations (over 300,000) can be searched individually or as a whole, following the biblical structure. The result of a search is an image of the card file available in the Vetus Latina Institute.

La bibliographie des écrivains français (BIBLIFRE) The Bibliothèque bibliographique des littératures francophones européennes (Bi.B.Li.Fr.E.) represents an electronic version of the printed collection « Bibliographie des écrivains français » and is an indispensable bibliographic tool for the study of the French literature from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century.

Dictionnaire d’Histoire et de Geographie Ecclesiastiques (DHGE) This online encyclopaedia is an unparalleled source of information for anyone interested in the history of the Church. It comprises a vast amount of information: 30 volumes, 70,000 entries and sub-entries, over 50,000 columns by specialists, aimed at an academic readership. Every year, about 1,000 articles are updated to further enrich the database.

Revue d’Histoire Ecclesiastique Bibliographie (RHE) The RHE bibliography covers the literature that deals with the different aspects of the Church's history. However, the bibliography does not limit itself to Church history stricto sensu: every theme touching Church history is covered (political history, social and economic history, archaeology, history of art, music, architecture, relations with Islam and Judaism, etc.) which makes the RHE a first line tool for the different disciplines.

Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale The Bibliographie de civilisation médiévale (BCM) has been established by the Centre d’Études Supérieures de Civilisation Médiévale (Université de Poitiers) and aims to provide a comprehensive, current bibliography of monographs.

International Directory of Medievalists The International Directory of Medievalists Online is the continuation of the printed editions and contains 15,000 names and addresses of specialists from over 70 different countries with for the majority their fields of study.

Lexikon des Mittelalters The Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA) is an indispensable tool for medievalists across all disciplines. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. The ancient roots of Western Culture, as well as neighbouring cultures, such as the Byzantine, the Arabic and the Jewish, occupy a prominent position in the encyclopaedia.

International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages The purpose of IEMA is to offer newly-written, commissioned, articles, fully peer-reviewed that supplement Lexikon des Mittelalters and offer supplementary notes to the original LexMA articles. The chronological range of IEMA is 300–1500 CE, and it covers all of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Europa Sacra Online Europa Sacra offers complete coverage of Church prelates, information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates and prosopographical information on 18,507 bishops, archbishops and patriarchs.

Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature The Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature Online is a full-text database of the corpus of Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe from the period 400-1200 A.D. It contains more than 450 Latin works spanning the fields of theology, liturgy, computistics, grammar, hagiography, poetry and historiography, and including legal texts, charters, inscriptions, etc.

Aristoteles Latinus Database The ALD is a full-text database of the corpus of medieval translations of the works of Aristotle. The Latin versions of these texts constituted the main tools for the study of science and philosophy in the Middle Ages.

Monumenta Germaniae Historica The Monumenta Germaniae Historica was founded in 1819 by the Gesellschaft für Deutschlands ältere Geschichtskunde. It is without doubt one of the most prestigious editorial undertakings for the critical publication of medieval historical texts. The MGH has established for all Western scholarship a standard for critical editions. The search-software offers a wide range of search possibilities.

Library of Latin Texts B Library of Latin Texts (former abbreviation: CLCLT) is the world’s leading database for Latin texts. It contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It covers all the works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas.

Database of Latin Dictionaries The database grows gradually and comprises three kinds of dictionaries: dictionaries to assist translation from Latin into modern languages, dictionaries providing semantic and etymological explanations in Latin of Latin words and historical Latin dictionaries.

eBooks and Databases added: Acta Santorum, American Civil War Letters and Diaries, Archive Finder, Black Thought and Culture, the Gilded Age, Oral History, Patrologia Latina

Acta Sanctorum database "The Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum, from the edition published in sixty-eight volumes by the Société des Bollandistes in Antwerp and Brussels. It is a collection of documents examining the lives of saints, organised according to each saint's feast day, and runs from the two January volumes published in 1643 to the Propylaeum to December published in 1940. The Acta Sanctorum Database contains the entire Acta Sanctorum, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indices. Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina reference numbers, essential references for scholars, are also included."

The American Civil War: letters and diaries "Civil War Letters and Diaries contains 2,009 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of diaries, letters and memoirs. Particular care has been taken to index this material so it can be searched more thoroughly than ever. Each source has been carefully chosen using leading bibliographies. The product includes 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland Planter William Claytor. The collection also includes biographies, an extensive bibliography of the sources in the database, and material licensed from The Civil War Day-by-Day by E.B. Long."

Archive Finder Archive Finder is a current directory which describes over 220,000 collections of primary source material housed in thousands of repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Black Thought and Culture "Black Thought and Culture contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other fugitive material."

The Gilded Age "The Gilded Age brings together primary documents and scholarly commentary into a searchable collection that is the definitive electronic resource for students and scholars researching this important period in American history. When complete, the collection will contain over 50,000 pages of fully searchable text and associated audio and video material. These materials are frequently rare and hard-to-find, and include songs, letters, photographs, cartoons, government documents, and ephemera. In addition, the collection features numerous critical documentary essays that provide scholarly commentary and annotations to selected primary sources. Spanning from 1865 to 1902, The Gilded Age provides insight into the key issues that shaped America in the late nineteenth century, including race and ethnicity, immigration, labor, women's rights, American Indians, political corruption, and monetary policy."

Oral History online "The collection provides keyword searching of more than 329,400 pages of full-text by close to 10,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to over 4,200 audio and video files and almost 19,000 bibliographic records."

Patrologia Latina database "The Patrologia Latina Database is an electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865. The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, including all prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes. Migne's column numbers, essential references for scholars, are included."

The Vogue Archive

The WU Libraries now subscribe to the The Vogue Archive, a complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included.

Use Advanced Search to search by garment, designer, model, photographer or illustrator. To view by year, go to Browse Issues.

http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/vogue/arts/fromDatabasesLayer?accountid=15159

Rhizome

 

Interested in new media or digital art? Check out Rhizome, an organization dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology.  

Features include:

• ArtBase - an online archive of over 2500 works that employ materials such as software, code, websites, moving images, games and browsers towards aesthetic and critical ends
• Artist statements and biographies, reviews and interviews
• Rhizome News and Blog - subscribe to RSS feed
• Commissions, exhibitions, events and discussion
• Create a portfolio or profile and submit work to the ArtBase

 Additional features with our institutional subscription:*

• View the full record of individual artworks
• Annotate and comment on works
• Curate an online exhibition from works in the ArtBase
• Vote in the commissions program  

 *For full access, be sure to enter through the library website and create an account using a '@wustl.edu' account.

(DARE) Dictionary of American Regional English

If you think the U.S. does not have regional dialects think again. This wonderful dictionary will convince you otherwise. Once you start reading the entries you will not be able to stop; bubeleh, bugger, bumps, cack, chickie, codger... It is a joint project of the American Dialect Society, the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Harvard University Press. Don't take my word for it. Read this review "What's In A Word? A 'Dictionary' of Americanisms" by Amanda Katz, or listen to this interview about DARE on the Diane Rehm Show.

  The complete Dictionary of American Regional English is available in the Olin print Reference Collection.

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) - Renaissance and Reformation

Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) – Renaissance and Reformation, now available online, is a tool that researchers at all levels (undergraduates through faculty) can use to find the most important and significant resources (reference works, books, journals, archives, websites and more) on selected topics in history and culture from the 14th through the 17th centuries.

Articles are written by leading scholars, including Washington University’s Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History, William Wallace (see Michelangelo Buonarroti). Updates and new entries will be added on a regular basis. To learn more, visit About OBO.

WU Libraries also subscribe to OBO Islamic Studies and OBO Social Work.

Early Journal Content in JSTOR now freely available

Journal content published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere is being made freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. Watch for “FREE” badge icons throughout the JSTOR site.

Of course WU-affiliated users have access to much more material on JSTOR.

Early journal content FAQs gives more information about this collection.

National Technical Reports Library (NTIS/NTRL) fulltext access added

NTIS/NTRL (National Technical Reports Library)
'The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. The NTRL offers access to these authenticated government technical reports to libraries and technical information users.' This is a subscription site that includes indexing for 2 million+ titles with links to over 600,000 full-text reports (in PDF). More info.

Endangered Languages Database

The World Oral Literature Project at Cambridge University has just released the Endangered Languages Database. It includes records of over 3,500 languages that are in danger of extinction--more than half of the world's living languages. Records include basic geographic information have with references and links to archives and recordings where available.  Read more about it in the Chronicle of Higher Education and in the press release from Cambridge.

For additional information on endangered languages, see UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. For more information on the study of language see the Libraries' Linguistics Research Guide.