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The Annotierbare Elektronische Interaktive Österreichische Universal-Information System. Provides culturally relevant information about Austria, including Austrian literary figures.

16 vols. Late 19th-century edition.

Part of the Library of Congress Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program.

Scholarly-owned reference encyclopedia which provides 4700 profiles of authors, works and topics (literary, philosophical, historical).

19th-century encyclopedia for trade, industry, and commerce. Entries for: chemicals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, native and colonial goods and materials, minerals, and industrial products.

19 vols. Major competitor to the Brockhaus encyclopedia until their merger in 1986.

Covers authors and their major works as well as historical, intellectual and cultural periods of German-speaking countries from 8th century to mid-1990s.

Chapters: attitudes towards nation and past, idiosyncrasies, organizational structures, social aspects, leisure, print media, other media, performing arts, visual arts & architecture, production & consumption.

Comprehensive site produced by the German government. Includes .pdf version for download.

Das von Johann Heinrich Zedler verlegte Universal-Lexicon ist mit Abstand das umfangreichste enzyklopädische Werk, das im Europa des 18. Jahrhunderts hervorgebracht wurde. In den 64 Bänden und 4 Supplementbänden des Lexikons befinden sich auf ca. 63.000 zweispaltigen Folioseiten rund 284.000 Artikel und 276.000 Verweisungen.