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Dutch Literature Subject Guide


	Introduction This guide features important print and digital resources for the study of Dutch literature. Be sure to search the library catalog, WebCat, for further resources. The resources in the library's subject guide for World Literature may also be useful. Research Databases Reference Materials Web Sources Periodicals Search Hints Contact Librarian


	Research Databases (Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases) Gale's Literary Index Gale's Literary Index is a free index to more than 130 literary criticism and literary biography reference sets. Hekman owns many of these reference sets (up to 2008) in print in the Reference Collection; read the full annotation to see a list of the sets owned by the library (with call numbers). Online full-text access is also available for a number of these titles (selected coverage from 1998-current) through the database Literature Resource Center. View: Online Annotation MLA International Bibliography The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. MLA International Bibliography dates back to 1925 and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers. Subscription to the MLA International Bibliography also includes access to the MLA Directory of Periodicals database. View: Online Annotation


	Reference Materials Literature of the Low Countries - PT5061 .M4 1978 By Reinder P. Meijer. 1978. 2d ed. 402 pp. A trustworthy history of Dutch-language literature, from earliest times to the present day. Dated, but good bibliography. View: In Print The Netherlands (World Bibliographical Series) - Z2431 .K56 1988 A bibliography compiled by Peter King and Michael Wintle. Though dated (published in 1988), it provides a classified, annotated bibliography of topics such as geography, history, languages and dialects, religion, politics, economy, education, transportation, literature and the arts. View: In Print


	Web Sources Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren The Digital Library of Dutch Literature is a growing collection of primary and secondary information on Dutch language and literature and its historical, societal and cultural context. The site is an initiative by the Digital Library of Dutch Literature Foundation. View: Online Dutch Proverbs and Sayings Contains Dutch proverbs and sayings, with equivalent expressions in other languages. View: Online Dutch Studies Web: Literature and Language (WESS-WEB) Portal for Dutch Studies in Language and Literature from the Western European Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. View: Online Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) Useful as an access-point for Dutch bibliography. See additionally the wide variety of web exhibitions and displays of special collections in Dutch literature, history, and culture. View: Online Netherlands (Library of Congress, Portal to the World) Library of Congress portal to selected Internet resources on the Netherlands. View: Online


	Periodicals ejournal locator (SFX) The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library. View: Online Annotation

WebCat Search Hints

- Subject-specific hints for searching the library catalog

For a general guide to searching WebCat, the library's online catalog, see the library's guides Searching WebCat-Basic or Searching WebCat - Advanced . Here are some representative formats for subject headings relevant to topics in Dutch Literature:

Dutch fiction

Dutch poetry
Authors, Dutch

A good way to find specific LC Subject Headings is to use WebCat to look up the bibliographic record of a book on your topic. Read the description and information in that record. Near the end of that information several LC Subject Headings will be given as links. If you click on these, the catalog will lead you to other books on that topic.

Dutch Language, Literature, and Culture Subject Guide Librarian

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Additional Guides in the Area of Dutch Language, Literature, and Culture

Dutch Literature Subject Guide

Introduction

Research Databases

Reference Materials

Web Sources

Periodicals

Search Hints

Contact Librarian

Research Databases

Gale's Literary Index

MLA International Bibliography

Reference Materials

Literature of the Low Countries

The Netherlands (World Bibliographical Series)

Web Sources

Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

Dutch Proverbs and Sayings

Dutch Studies Web: Literature and Language (WESS-WEB)

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands)

Netherlands (Library of Congress, Portal to the World)

Periodicals

ejournal locator (SFX)

WebCat Search Hints

Dutch Language, Literature, and Culture Subject Guide Librarian

Schemper, Lugene