LibGuide for Russia and Eurasia
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Several hundred full-text Russian (mostly), Baltic and NIS newspapers, newswires, magazines, scholarly journals and government publications. Language is predominantly Russian, but there is also material in English and Ukrainian. (Click on any of the records for individual parts in order to access the whole. Read the help file before searching; it does not work like Google.)
Huge collection of digitized texts, from Gorky Institute of World Literature and Informregistr Center at the Russian Ministry for Communications. “A repository of Russian verbal art and the scholarly and other texts vital to understanding it.”
Soviet/Russian general journal index. Indiana University’s digitized version covers 1956-1975 (click on Free e-journals link). For 1998- click on East View link. For other years, use paper version.
Ukrainian general newspaper index. Until breakup of Soviet Union, Ukrainian articles were also included in Soviet Letopis’ gazetnykh statei, although Ukrainian index may be more comprehensive. 2002- available online as part of East View Universal Databases.
Ukrainian general journal index. Until breakup of Soviet Union, Ukrainian articles were also included in Soviet Летопись журнальных статей, although Ukrainian index may be more comprehensive. 2002- available online as part of East View Universal Databases.
Indexes well-selected scholarly articles in social sciences and humanities, mostly from Russian journals. Duplicates content of paper-format Новая литература по социальным и гуманитарным наукам. Covers 1993- . Search in Cyrillic.
Online version of 8 parts of official national bibliography, including Летопись журнальных статей, Летопись газетных статей and Летопись авторефератов диссертаций, among others. Covers 1998- See entry above for Летопись журнальных статей (only) for 1956-1975.
Provides access to catalog of Russian dissertations held by the Russian State Library. Collection includes dissertations in all fields except medicine and pharmacy. Covers 2004- with some earlier ones.
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