Guides: German: Books

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German literature is found on the shelves on the lower level of Davis Family Library between the call numbers PT1 – PT4897.

To see a more detailed list of German literature subject headings and call numbers, see Subclass PT [pdf] of the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

WorldCat (Interlibrary Loan)
This "world catalog" is best when looking for difficult to find material. Run your search, then limit by language. Order your items through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

EBL E-book Library
Tens of thousands of full-text e-books primarily from academic publishers. Browse the collection(go/ebl) or read a step-by-step guide on reading and downloading ebooks. Use the advanced search option to browse books in languages other than English.
Project Gutenberg - German Language Books
Project Gutenberg bietet über 36.000 freie Ebooks zum Download auf euren PC, Kindle, Android, iOS oder andere tragbare Geräte. Zur Auswahl stehen ePub, Kindle, HTML and einfache Textformate.
Digitalisierte Sammlungen der SBB
Digitalisate von Büchern, Handschriften und anderen Medien aus dem Bestand der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin finden Sie in den Digitalisierten Sammlungen unte
E-corpus
e-corpus.org is a collective digital library that catalogs and disseminates numerous documents: manuscripts, archives, books, journals, prints, audio recordings, video, etc. This diverse platform presents cultural diversity worldwide and specifically in the Euro-Mediterranean region. e-corpus proposes a variety of themes and a large quantity of digital documents presented by numerous organizations and countries. Based on cutting edge technologies, e-corpus offers a simple and direct public access to a rich collection of resources.

Use this link to find audiobooks in German on CD that the library holds.

Project Gutenberg - audiobooks
Computer read audiobooks in many languages.
Librivox: Free Multilingual Audiobooks
Browse by language, then download the entire audiobook or listen online.