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Business History in the United States: A Guide to Archival Collections
Edited by Terry Snyder (Reference Guide 25, 2010)

German Jews in the United States: A Guide to Archival Collections
Edited by Cornelia Wilhelm (Reference Guide 24, 2008)

North American History in Europe - A Directory of Academic Programs and Research Institutes
Edited by Eckhardt Fuchs, Janine S. Micunek Fuchs (Reference Guide 23, 2007)

German Americana, 1956 - 2005: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Vol. 2
Edited by Christoph Strupp, Kai Dreisbach (Reference Guide 22, 2007).

Medieval Germany: Research and Resources
Edited by John Eldevik (Reference Guide 21, 2006)

The German Society of Pennsylvania: A Guide to Its Book and Manuscript Collections
Edited by Kevin Ostoyich (Reference Guide 20, 2006)

Research - Study - Funding: A German-American Guide for Historians and Social Scientists
Edited by Antje Uhlig, Birgit Zischke (Reference Guide 19, 2005)

German Americana, 1800-1955: A Comprehensive Bibliography, Vol. 1
Edited by Christoph Strupp, Birgit Zischke, with the assistance of Kai Dreisbach (Reference Guide 18, 2005)

German Studies in North America: A Directory of Scholars [Link will open the Directory site]
Edited by Keith Alexander, Annemarie Sammartino (Reference Guide 17, 2004)

The American Military Presence and Civil-Military Relations in Germany: A Guide
Edited by Theodor Scharnholz (Editor) (Reference Guide 16, 2003)

Research and Study in the United States and Germany: A Guide
Edited by Christof Mauch, Michael Wala (Reference Guide 15, 2002)
[the content of this guide has been updated, Reference Guide 19 is the most recent]

The GDR in German Archives: A New Resource Guide
Edited by Bernd Schäfer, Henning Hoff, Ulrich Mählert (Reference Guide 14, 2002)

Archives in Germany: An Introductory Guide to Institutions and Source
Edited by Frank Schumacher (Reference Guide 13, 2001)

Americana in German Archives: A Guide
Edited by Christof Mauch and Thomas Reuther (Reference Guide 12, 2001)

Research and Funding: A Guide for Historians and Social Scientists
Edited by Christof Mauch, Birgit Zischke (Reference Guide 11, 1999)
[the content of this guide has been updated, Reference Guide 19 is the most recent]

The German Historical Institute, 1987-1997: A Ten-Year Report
Edited by Detlef Junker, Thomas Goebel, Edmund Spevack (Reference Guide 10, 1998)

1968 in West Germany: A Guide to Sources and Literature on the Extra-Parliamentarian Opposition
Edited by Philipp Gassert and Pavel A. Richter (Reference Guide 9, 1998)

Oral History and Postwar German-American Relations: Resources in the United States
Edited by Robert P. Grathwol, Donita M. Moorhus, Douglas J. Wilson (Reference Guide 8, 1997)

Guide to Archives and Historical Collections in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Edited by Manfred F. Boemeke, Roger Chickering (Reference Guide 7, 1995)

German-American Scholarship Guide [updated]
Edited by Manfred Berg, Janine S. Micunek (Reference Guide 6, 1994)
[the content of this guide has been updated, Reference Guide 19 is the most recent]

Guide to Inventories and Finding Aids of German Archives at the German Historical Institute
Edited by Ulrike Skorsetz, Janine S. Micunek, with the assistance of Luzie Nahr (Reference Guide 5, 1994)

Guide to German Sources in American Archives and Libraries
Edited by Anne Hope, Jörg Nagler (Reference Guide 4, 1991)

The History of Women in Germany from Medieval Times to the Present: Bibliography
Edited by Helena Cole, with the assistance of Jane Caplan and Hanna Schissler (Reference Guide 3, 1990)

Guide to Inventories and Finding Aids of German Archives at the German Historical Institute
Edited by Axel Frohn (Reference Guide 2, 1989)

German-American Scholarship Guide for Historians and Social Scientists
Edited by Jürgen Heideking, Anne Hope, and Ralf Stegner (Reference Guide 1, 1989)
[the content of this guide has been updated, Reference Guide 19 is the most recent]