The German Way & More | How to use this site

Below you’ll find some helpful tips on how to find information and use this site to your advantage.

Using the CONTENTS Page

For most people, the German Way Contents page is the best starting point. The Contents page lists all of the 77 topics in the German Way book. (Also see the Contents menu on the left.) Topics that are on the Web site are linked. Many other topics have updates or related links, indicated on the Contents page with an UPDATED label. Just click on the “Update” link to go to that topic update.

Using the SITE MAP

The GW Site Map is a “map” or guide to all the pages on this site and how they relate to each other. If you can’t find what you’re looking for on the Contents page, then look at the site map.

Using the UPDATES INDEX

The Updates Index page is a listing of most of the topics that have some form of expanded information or links to related Web sites. The German Way book could not contain the vast amount of information that the World Wide Web and other sources can offer. By clicking on a linked item, you can read more about that topic, see related photos, or visit an appropriate Web site. (Also see the UPDATED links on the Contents page.)

Below are several examples:

THE BERLIN WALL: The East Side Gallery and Berlin Wall Timeline pages are about the Wall today and yesterday.
THE AUTOBAHN: The Autobahn 2 page is a supplement (with links) to the GW book Autobahn chapter that updates the autobahn toll information for Austria and Switzerland.
BIOGRAPHY: See the Sigmund Freud, Angela Merkel and Alfred Herrhausen pages—plus many others on our Famous people page.
WOMEN IN SOCIETY: Women, Austria, and the Vienna Philharmonic

Photographs

To view photos of German-speaking Europe, you can start with the Photo Menu page. There are several photo galleries—each with themed images and descriptions. Photos of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland also appear in related articles at this site.

Search this Site

If you can't find what you're looking for, or you're looking for a specific topic, try our Search page.

Books

There are several pages on this site that describe books related to the German-speaking countries. You can ORDER BOOKS ONLINE. Our direct links to Amazon.com make it easy to use their secure ordering system. Usually, you will have the book(s) you ordered in 2-3 days.

For German-language and other non-English books, we have links to other online bookstores, including Amazon.de in Germany. If you have ever tried to order German books from the U.S., you will appreciate what a godsend the Amazon.de link can be.

We also offer a source of videos related to the German-Hollywood Connection and the German language.

Here are the book and video pages:

Books about Austria, Germany, and Switzerland (art, biography, culture, history, travel, etc.)
Other books in the “Way” series from McGraw-Hill/Passport Books.
Order When in Germany... and The German Way directly from Amazon.com Books

For the TEACHER or PROFESSOR

If you are a teacher or professor of German, history, or social studies, be sure to look at our For Teachers and Students page. It contains some teaching suggestions as well as sample pages and Web links that may be of interest to you and your students. Many of the listed links are German-language sites where your students can put their German to practical use and explore the amazing amount of Web sites in the German-speaking world.

Also see our related Schools page. You may also want to send your students to the German Language site at About.com—formerly run by the author of The German Way. Our sister site, AboutGerman.net, also offers free online German course and the daily German Word of the Day (advanced and beginners).

How to use this site