Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka
Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka is an installment of the Digitale
Bibliothek full-text database. This compilation includes over 70,000 pages
of searchable text from the works of 58 German-speaking authors from AD 1717
to AD 1926.
Deutsche Literatur's text is entirely in German, although the user interface
may be in English, German, French, or Italian. This help sheet refers to interface
options in the format English option (German option). To switch
between interface languages, click on the tab at the top of the screen marked
Misc. (Diverses), then click on the sub-tab Options (Optionen).
Click on the box marked Language (Sprache) on the right-hand side
of the screen and select the language of choice from the pop-down menu.
Searching Deutsche Literatur
Using the mouse, left click on the Contents (Inhalt) tab, above
the Function Window which dominates the left half of the screen. The Function
Window will contain a list of authors next to a column of boxes. Click on
a + box to expand the list to show more categories of authors and
their works, or click on a - box to hide all of the lower categories
on the list. Expand the list until you see the category within which you would
like to search, and click on your category. For example, you could search all
of Deutsche Literatur or all of Kafka's works. Or you could search Kafka's
Romane by expanding "Kafka, Franz", or only Kafka's Amerika by expanding
"Kafka, Franz", then "Romane", then clicking on Amerika.
To search for specific keywords or phrases within the chosen document, click
on the Search (Suche) Tab on the left side of the screen.
Click on the white text box on the upper left hand side of the
screen and type the words you'd like to find. Click on a circle
on the lower left hand side of the screen, next to the name of the text in which
you would like to search. If you would like to browse each occurrence of the
phrase in order, leave Match List (Fundstellenliste) unselected.
Otherwise, select it to produce a master list of each occurrence. Click on
the box marked Search (Suche) to begin the actual search.
If you didn't produce a list, Deutsche Literatur will show you
the first occurrence of your phrase in the Text Window on the right hand side
of the screen. You may continue to the next occurrence by clicking on the Continue
(Weiter) box on the left side of the screen.
If you did produce a list, click on the Passages (Stellen)
tab, then the sub-tab Searched (Aus Suche) to see it. For each
occurrence it will give the Author (Autor), Book (Buch),
Paragraph (Abschnitt), Page (Seite), Position
(Position), Edition (Sigel), Edition Page (Konkordanz),
highlight Color (Farbe) and any Notes (Kommentar).
You may scroll up and down this list using the scroll bar on the right side
of the Function Window. Click on an occurrence in the list, and that occurrence
will appear in the Text Window on the right hand side of the screen. You may
view the text near the word or phrase, or you may scroll through the full text
of that document in the Text Window.
Limiting your searches using "and" or "or"
Proceed as you would in a simple search, but after clicking the Search
(Suche) tab, enter your text in the boxes at the lower left hand side
of the screen, not the upper left. Then, select and (und) to find occurrences
of both terms together, or select or (oder) to find occurrences of either
term. Terms within parentheses are searched before terms outside the parentheses.
Click on Apply (Übernehmen) to enter your terms into the
text box at the top of the Function Window. Or, you may use the text box at
the top of the Function Window as you would in a simple search, but enter parentheses
and capitalized AND (UND) or OR (ODER) operators
to link search terms.
Navigating the Text Window
To navigate the Text Window on the right side of the screen, which can
display the full text of any document in Deutsche Literatur, use the
vertical Function Bar which is in the middle of the screen, between the Text
Window and Function Window. The Function Bar has a variety of uses. To move
forward or backward in the text, click on the vertical arrows at the top
of the Function Bar. Or, use click on and drag the scroll bar which is
directly beneath the vertical arrows. To move by larger amounts, click
on one of the horizontal arrows beneath the scroll bar. To jump to
a page number within the displayed text or anywhere in Deutsche Literatur
click on the "#" icon. To display more or fewer pages in the Text
Window, click on one of the magnifying glass tools. To highlight passages
use one of the five highlighter tools towards the bottom of the Function Bar.
The blue highlighter is temporary while the other colors remain for future
use. To view a list of highlighted passages, click on the Passages
(Stellen) tab, then the Highlighted (Markierungen) sub-tab. To
remove highlighting, right-click on the highlighted passage and choose the
Delete (Löschen) option from the pop-up menu.
Viewing Full Text Without Searches
Click on the Contents (Inhalt) tab and click on + boxes to show
more subcategories, until you see the title of the work you would like to browse.
Click on the title of the desired work. Its text will appear in the Text Window,
which you may then navigate.
Printing and Saving Results
Saving selected passages
You can save lists of highlighted or searched passages in files for your future
use. Click on the Passages (Stellen) tab, then the sub-tab of
your choice, and click on Save (Speichern) tab and save the file
as per an ordinary Windows file. You may reuse this bookmark file by clicking
on Load (Laden) from the same tab. You must save this file to
a floppy disk, since it will not remain on the ETC's computer.
Click on the Misc. (Diverses) tab at the top of the Function
Window, then the Print (Drucken) sub-tab. To print a single selected
page, click the circle Print as displayed (Seiten wie Bildschirm).
Or click DB pagination (Globale Seitenzahlen) to print multiple
pages. After selecting a circle, click on the Print (Drucken)
For More Information:
Click on the Misc. (Diverses) tab. The Options (Optionen)
sub-tab includes Help (Hilfe) in the German language, as well
as a link to http://www.digitale-bibliothek.de/online.htm.
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