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German Literature in the Case Library Stacks
Subclass PT
PT1-4897 German literature
PT1-80 Literary history and criticism
PT83-(873) History of German literature
PT175-230 Medieval
PT236-405 Modern
PT500-597 Poetry
PT605-709 Drama
PT711-871 Prose
PT(881)-(951) Folk literature
PT923-937 Faust legend
PT1100-1479 Collections
PT1100-1141 General
PT1151-1241 Poetry
PT1251-1299 Drama
PT1301-1360 Prose
PT1371-(1374) Early to 1950. Old and Middle High German
PT1375-1479 Middle High German
PT1501-2688 Individual authors or works
PT1501-1695 Middle High German, ca. 1050-1450/1500
PT1701-1797 1500-ca. 1700
PT1799-2592 1700-ca. 1860/70
PT1891-2239 Goethe
PT1891-2017 Works
PT2026-(2039) Translations
PT(2044)-2239 Biography and criticism
PT2600-2653 1860/70-1960
PT2660-2688 1961-2000
PT2700-2728 2001-
PT3701-3971 Provincial, local, colonial, etc.
PT3701-3746 East Germany
PT4801-4897 Low German literature
Books in the German Center Library
The Max Kade German Center is in Lawrence Hall (campus map) and houses their own library. Browse the collection at the Max Kade German Center here.
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Related Guides
- GermanyTopic guide from the Center for Research Libraries. Identifies primary and secondary materials, some digitized, while others are available via interlibrary loan.
German eBooks
Project Gutenberg : German EBooks 
Public domain electronic texts available in German
Projekt Gutenberg - DE
is a collection of German language literary texts, distributed via the web and on CD-ROM. It is run by a small publishing company called Hille Partner, run by Gunter Hille, and its web presence is hosted by the weekly magazine Der Spiegel.
Hathi Trust Digital Library 
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. As of April 2011, HathiTrust has digitized over 8.5 million volumes, only 26% of which are public domain (published prior to 1923). 48% of the total collection is in the English language and the rest come from a wide variety of foreign languages.