German Language and Literature 

• Brockhaus Enzklopaedie. AE27.B88 1966
  
• Meyers Konversationslexikon. All 16 volumes of the 1888 edition are online, with page images. Search feature is being developed.
  
• Zedler Universal Lexikon. Also in print in General Reference AE27.G7 1732
  
• Grosses Duden Lexikon. AG27.G7 1964
  
• Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie CT 759 .D481 1995
  
• Europaische Enzyklopaedie zu Philosophie und Wissenschaften. AE27.
   E85 1990
• Resource Guide to historic Encyclopedias at JHU libraries
  

"Encyclopedias" of German literature, in General Reference on M-Level

• The Oxford companion to German literature PT 41 .G3 1997
  
• Walther Killy Literatur Lexikon PT 41 .L5 1988
  
• Quellenlexikon zür deutschen Literaturgeschichte PT 85 .Z99
  
• The Cambridge history of German literature PT 91 .C36 1997
  
• Kritisches Lexikon zur deutschgesprachingen Gegenswartliteratur (KLG) : an important bibliography of contemporary German literature. The print volumes, which include critical information. PT 155.K75 1978.
  
• A Companion to 20th century German literature PT 401 .C65 1997
  
• An encyclopedia of German women writers 1900-1933 PT 1141 .E495
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
  

Dictionaries are available for use in the library (General Reference) and to check out (stacks on D Level).

You can locate dictionaries in the online catalog by doing an Alphabetical search on Subjects. Type "german language--dictionaries--english" as your search. Or just "german language--dictionaries" for strictly German dictionaries.

German dictionaries: a guide to historic dictionaries and other language tools in the JHU libraries

• Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher (books in print)
  
  
• Primary literature: a guide to tools that identify editions, locate obscure works, inventory German publications
  
  
• Grundriss zur Geschichte der deutschen Dichtung aus den Quellen.
  ("Goedeke") Essential tool. Lists primary and secondary sources (including articles) on German authors. D level Blue Labels PT 85 .G7


• GV: Gesamtverzeichnis des deutschsprachigen Schrifttums
  1911-1965 essential tool for locating older books. Z 2221 .G48
  GV: 1700-1910 on D level in the Stacks Z 2221 .G46