Large collections in the UBC Library:
- Bibliothek der deutschen Literatur: Mikrofiche Gesamtausgabe nach den Angaben des Taschengoedeke Includes 15,000 works by 2,500 authors published between 1450 and 1900
- German Baroque Literature: Harold Jantz Collection
- German Baroque Literature: Yale Collection
- German Books before 1601 Includes over 3000 German, Swiss and Austrian printed books from the 15th and 16th centuries
- German Drama Includes almost 4000 plays published in German from around 1518 to 1912