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1. 2 Content Based on over 20,000 articles, the database provides comprehensive information about literary authors in the German-speaking world from the

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Based on over 20,000 articles, the database provides comprehensive

information about literary authors in the German-speaking world from

the Middle Ages to the present:

• Targeted research by names, titles of works, epochs, manuscripts,

places of printing, literature references etc.

• Updated references to all articles at publication and a further

3,500 per year

• Quarterly updates

• Linking to the library collections

• Citability ensured thanks to DOI for each article

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Content

The Verfasser-Datenbank enables, for the first time, the renowned

standard reference works:

• Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters • Deutscher Humanismus 1480-1520• Frühe Neuzeit in Deutschland 1520-1620 • Killy-Literaturlexikon

to be used systematically in electronic form.

New articles will be uploaded at the date of publication of the print version. Exclusively, the articles of Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters will be updated continiously.

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The Search

Simple search

The simple search scans the full text.

Example:Search for

“Montanus“

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The Search

Results list

29 entries

Results can be sorted by Lemma or

Relevance

Select the number of results per page.

Clicking on the title opens the document

display

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The Search

Document display

Navigate between all search results

DOI

Author

Change to “Reading View“

Detailed bibliographical information

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The Search

Document display

Maximize or minimize parts of the content by clicking on this

symbol

A grey background marks words/phrases from the

search

Cross-linking within the database content

Further reading

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The Search

Advanced search

Click here to open the advanced search

options

Advanced search options:

Add more options

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The Search

Advanced search: Using search criteria from the drop-down menu.

Choose from 12 search criteria:

Options for the search in “Period“:

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The Search

Advanced search:

Search in

publications

Filter the search in individual publications by ticking or unticking the

boxes.

Here in combination with the search criterion “Lemma (Author)“

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The Search

Complex search

Combining two or more search criteria

Clear your search from individual search criteria

Possible combinations:

Here twice in combination

with AND

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General Functionalities

The Search

Add note to personal account

Saving options for Database entries

Send feedback to De Gruyter

Change text size for entry or

results list

Allows citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles,

or export elements in RIS format

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Additional Database Features

Find-as-you-type display

Matching articles appear already while typing.

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Additional Database Features

Further reading

A number of database entries was

supplemented by de Gruyter with a list of

titles for further reading

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Additional Database Features

Links to the German Biography (ADB/NDB)

A number of entries is linked to the Deutsche

Biographie – the German Biography

online

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Additional Database Features

Helpful documents

Search help

Information about Verfasser-Datenbank

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Contact

De GruyterGenthiner Straße 1310785 BerlinGermanyTel. +49 (0)30.260 05-0Fax. +49 (0)30.260 05-251E-mail [email protected] www.degruyter.com

You can find further information on the Verfasser-Datenbank at www.degruyter.com/verfasser-datenbank