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Article Databases and Indexes
Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Indexes
ABSEES Online    Principal record on North American research on Russia & Eastern Europe. Records from late 1980s - date. Materials in all formats.
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| EBSEES: European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies[electronic resource] Citations to scholarly articles, books, dissertations, essays, etc, relating to Eastern Europe that are published in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. There are two databases: (1)1991-2000 and (2) 2001 to the present.
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| Historical Abstracts The leading index to scholarly literature in world history, 1450 to the present. Excellent coverage of European scholarly sources. Use the companion index, America: History & Life, for sources on the world's relations with the United States and Canada.
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| Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) LLBA covers all aspects of the study of language and linguistics, including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.
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| MLA International Bibliography Citations to books, articles from over 4,000 periodicals, essays and chapters in books, papers in published conference proceedings, and dissertations. Published in the world's languages of scholarship.
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| Sociological Abstracts This core database for the field of sociology contains information on sociology and social policy worldwide. Sociological Abstracts includes citations from the 1952-present.
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| Worldwide Political Science Abstracts The major index to political-science materials published worldwide, from 1975 to the present. WPSA covers a few major Russian journals, e.g., Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia, Voprosy Istorii, as well as several collections of essays and papers in Russian and many other languaqges.
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General Indexes to Magazine, Journal & Newspaper Articles
| ABREES: Abstracts Russian & East European Series The new subtitle "Journal of Russian & East European Economic
Affairs" indicates that despite its general title, this print/microfiche
tool concentrates on economic topics, providing abstracts in English of
articles from the East European press. Continues: Absees: Soviet &
East European Abstracts Series, 1970-1992.
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| Current digest of the post-Soviet press The CDPSP and its predecessor (1949-1992) systematically survey ca. 90 Russian newspapers and periodicals. Included are national and regional newspapers and specialized economic magazines, with a concentration on politics, foreign affairs and economics, as well as agriculture, industry, literature, arts, law, medicine, education, religion, sports and family life.
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| Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (online) The CDPSP/CDSP are also covered in Lexis-Nexis Academic, back to June of 1981.
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| LexisNexis Academic Best for business news and current news in English. No Russian-language souces are included. Look under "Guided News Search", then choose the news category "World News" and the news source "European Sources". You can further select individual titles, e.g., "Commersant Daily" OR "East European Energy Report" OR "East European Insurance Report" OR "Official Kremlin International News Broadcasts". Lexis-Nexis also covers the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press.
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| Universal Database of Russian Newspapers Full-text electronic versions of major Russian and many NIS periodicals on the same day they are published. The Universal database includes archives of back issues of newspapers and journals, some far back as 1996. It is a source for information on business, economics, domestic and foreign policy and important political events in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The UDB can be searched in either Cyrillic or LC-transliterated Russian. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| World News Connection Full-text summaries of foreign newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals, and non-classified technical reports. Formerly published as FBIS and JPRS Reports.
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Catalogs and Bibliographies
Bibliographies
| American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies The principal current bibliography for North American research; covers
books, articles, dissertations.
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| Bibliographic Guide to Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian studies Print index that lists books monographs at the Library of Congress,
both American and
European. No articles.
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| European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies The print index continues the European Bibliography of Soviet, East
European & Slavonic studies (-1993). EBSEES is now also publicly accessible on line. The bibliography is divided into two databases: for the period 1991-2000 and for 2001-present.
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National Bibliographies
| Russian National Bibliography [electronic resource] Combines and replaces the severalprint series of the Russian Book Chamber's Letopis' (e.g., Knizhnaia letopis', Letopis' zhurnal'nykh statei [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Sources
Biographical Sources
| Biographical Dictionary of Dissidents in the Soviet Union, Compiled and edited by S. P. de Boer, E. J. Driessen, and H. L. Verhaar
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| Longman Biographical Directory complete title: Longman Biographical Directory of Decision-Makers in Russia and the Successor States
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| Who's who in Russia and the CIS Republics [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Who's Who in Russia since 1900. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Who's who in Russia today Who's who in Russia today : a biographical dictionary of more than 2,100 individuals from the Russian Federation including the other fourteen former USSR Republics / edited by Ulrich-Joachim Schulz-Torge.
Continues: Who was who in the Soviet Union
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Chronologies
| Chronology of Russian History This page dates the major (and some not so major) events
in Russian history and links them with explanatory and related materials on the Web. Created at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
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Country Studies
| Europa World Online Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, the indispensable source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
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| Library of Congress Country Studies The Library of Congress Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world. The series examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
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Dictionaries
| Dictionary of Russian Historical Terms |
| Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires Edited by James S. Olson ; Lee Brigance Pappas and Nicholas C.J.
Pappas, associate editors.
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| Russian-English Social Science Dictionary [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Russkii filolog (CD-ROM) CD ROM. Contains essential linguistic information including all 55,000 entries of the Ozhegov dictionary, plus dictionaries of synonyms, antonyms, word formation, and government of case
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| Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Directories
| Directory of Russian MPs Directory of Russian MPs: People's Deputies of the Supreme Soviet
of Russia-Russian Federation
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| New Political Parties of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Russian Mass Media Directory [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Soviet Nomenklatura subtitle:
a Comprehensive Roster of Soviet Civilian and Military Officials
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Encyclopedias
| Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution |
| Encyclopedia of the USSR [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Great Soviet Encyclopedia [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Political & Economic Encycl. of the Soviet Union and E. Europe [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
General Reference Works
| 2002 All Russian Population Census Carried out 9-16 October 2002 across the territory of the Russian Federation, the census is published in Russian, with many tables and reports also in English. Russian text can be searched using a Cyrillic keyboard provided or by using the Library of Congress transliteration scheme for Russian.
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Handbooks and Manuals
| Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Includes political perspectives, religion, social policy, business development, international relations, and country surveys.
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| Handbook of Reconstruction in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Newly Independent States of Eurasia :Handbook of Former Soviet Republics |
| Political Parties of Eastern Europe, Russia and the Successor States [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
| Post-Soviet handbook A guide to grassroots organizations and Internet resources in the newly independent states by M. Holt Ruffin.
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Yearbooks
| Europa World Year Book Provides detailed information on countries of the world including statistical surveys, information on government, finance, religion, press, publishers, radio and television, etc. [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Gateways & Megasites
| Erik Herron's Guide to Politics in East Central Europe and Eurasia This site provides well over 3,500 links to governmental and non-governmental web sites about politics and economics in the post-communist states of East Central Europe and Eurasia. Searching is done by country or by subject or theme. In addition, the site provides information about using Cyrillic-alphabet characters on the web and in e-mail, fonts to download, and access to research materials about elections and information policy.
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| Library of Congress European Reading Room "The European Reading Room is the primary public access point for readers and researchers seeking to use the vast European collections of the Library of Congress, including those from Russian-speaking areas of Asia." This front page contains links information about the Library's European collections, multi-media digital libraries, and to specialized bibliographies, European exhibits at the Library of Congress, European telephone directories, transliteration tables, and links to other pertinent web sites.
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| REENIC University of Texas Russian & East European Network Information Center
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| UC Berkeley Vitual Information Center Provides a wealth of infomation to support Slavic and East European research.
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| University of Pittsburgh REESWeb Russian and East European Studies Web site. Similar in concept to WESSWEB, this is a good place to begin to find out about Russia and Eastern Europe
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Periodical and Newspaper subscriptions
Electronic Journal Titles
| Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (online) The CDPSP systematically surveys some 90 Russian national and regional newspapers and specialized economic, political, social, and other journals. The CDPSP electronic archive goes back through 2001, and full text coverage is provided by Lexis-Nexis Academic back to June 1981.
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News Sources
| RFE/RL Newsline This daily report provides expert analysis on major political events and trends in the former USSR (including the Central Asian republics) and Afthanistan, Iran, and Iraq. The serice features daily news headline reports, twelve weekly reports on the region, and country-specific reports. Reports are available in the region's languages and in English; with archives dating back to 2000. The site's main page is found at www.rferl.org.
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| Transitions Online Providing weekly news and background reports on the 28 countries of the former Soviet Bloc, TOL is especially useful for information on the Central European countries, which not covered in RFE/RL Newsline. The TOL on-line archive is available back to 1999. Issues of its predecessor, Transition (1995-1999), are found in the Wilson Library Annex.
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Statistics and Data
Data Resources
| Official statistics of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States Basic Socio-Economic Indicators of the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States . statistical information on the countries of the Commonwealth from 1980-1995
Database with over 3500 main social and economic indicators. Results of search presented in a table form or in a chart ready to be printed. User interface and data presented in English and Russian.
Much of the data for the former republics has not been published elsewhere. In English.
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| Sixth State Duma of Russia "Detailed results of the 1995 Russian Parliamentary Elections by party,
candidate and geographic region. Includes complete committee lists
and assignments; brief biographic data on those elected and percentage
analyses of the votes cast for each party and candidate." The user may
choose between three volumes (regions, parties and deputies)." "Most
of the data is "live" spreadsheets embedded in HTML pages. All data is
fully exportable into a variety of software programs & spreadsheet
applications, including Excel and Lotus." In English.
(CD-ROM available in Wilson 's Electronic Research C
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Style Manuals and Writing Guides
Bibliography Software
| RefWorks: Personal Citation Manager RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that allows you to create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases, and then in seconds automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
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Style Manuals
| Style Manuals A selected list of sources available in Wilson
Reference Services.
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Writing Guides
| Citing Electronic Resources Guide prepared by the Internet Public Library. Includes both Internet links and print resources.
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Related U of M Web Sites
| Russian and Central European Area Studies: Electronic Resources [ more information ][ Add To myLibrary!] |
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