The Library has arranged a free trial for the following two German resources. The trial is valid from 15 may until 16 July 2018. The two trials can be accessed via the Library E-resources Trials website. The following direct links also work on the University campus or through VPN connection for off-campus access.
18th Century German Literature Online – Deutsche Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts Online
A database of primary source works of the German and Swiss Enlightenment. Comprised of scanned and digitized first editions in original typeface and first published complete editions by 642 German-speaking authors of the 18th century. As well as leading figures, also contains the writings of hundreds of authors who were less well-known, but who contributed to the literary Enlightenment with their lyrical, dramatic and epic works. The Gothic script is full-text searchable, across multiple search criteria, and downloadable. Search results will take you to the high-lighted word in the original text.
Search the database here: http://db.saur.de/DLO/autologin?user=uniedin
Search help: http://db.saur.de/DLO/language/en/html/Inhaltsverzeichnis.html
Introductions: http://db.saur.de/DLO/language/en/html/introductions.html
User guide (in English): DLO_2010_ENG
Historical Dictionary of Rhetoric – Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik
The Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik [Historical Dictionary of Rhetoric] is the only comprehensive academic reference work in the field. For specialists and practitioners, this tool provides all current knowledge about Rhetoric in an electronically searchable form for the first time. Various search criteria (lemma, keyword, person, literature, etc.) allow targeted research and make the 1,300 articles easily accessible, also for scholars in related disciplines. The articles are thematically linked to each other so as to provide the reader with comprehensive information.
Search the database here: https://www.degruyter.com/databasecontent?dbid=hwro&dbsource=/db/hwro
User guide (in English): https://www.degruyter.com/staticfiles/content/dbsup/HWRO_03_UserGuide_English.pdf
Search help: https://www.degruyter.com/staticfiles/content/dbsup/HWRO_00_Search_Help.pdf
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As part of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO), this unique collection of monographs includes 7,717 works in English, 6,504 in French and 3,640 in German published in Britain and on the Continent during the Romantic period and the early Victoria era. Sourced from Castle Corvey near Höxter in Germany, the Corvey Collection is one of the most important collections of works from the period in existence, with particular strength in especially difficult-to-find or even previously unknown works – by women writers in particular. The collection’s vast archive of materials documents the nature and scope of literary publication in England and on the Continent during the Romantic period and the early years of the Victorian era. Scholars can research and explore a range of topics, including Romantic literary genres; mutual influences of British, French and German Romanticism; literary culture; women writers of the period; the canon and Romantic aesthetics.