Russian Resources

Reference Sources

Great Soviet encyclopedia.
Translation of the third edition of Bolshaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia.
Location: Main Reference Encyc vols. 1‒31

Reference guide to Russian literature / editor, Neil Cornwell; associate editor, Nicole Christian. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1998.
Location: Main Reference PG2940 .R43 1998

The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet literature / edited by Harry B. Weber. Gulf Breeze, FL : Academic International Press, 1977‒<1996>
Location: Main Reference PG2940.M6 vols. 1‒10

The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history / edited by Joseph L. Wieczynski. Gulf Breeze, Fl : Academic International Press, 1976‒<2000>
Location: Main Reference DK14 .M6 vols. 1‒60

Internet Gateways

• REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources
• REENIC University of Texas

Research Databases & Indexes offered by Oberlin College Library and OhioLINK

• ABSEES Online (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies)
• EBSEES (European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies)
• OhioLINK databases:
  • Language and Literature
  • History
  • International Studies
  • Politics

Other Sources

• Letopis' Zhurnal'nykh Statei: a digitized index to Soviet-era periodicals
• The Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature and Folklore: a scholarly repository of fundamental Russian texts, most in Russian but many in English; associated critical and bibliographical texts also available
• auditorium.ru: Russian Ministry of Education site includes full text of many classic and contemporary works in language and literarary studies, linguistics,history, and social sciences. Including many otherwise difficult-to-find materials.
• Zhurnal'nyi zal: Gateway to Russian online literary journals. Includes full text of current and back issues of many major Russian periodicals, such as Novyi mir, Oktiabr', Neva, Zvezda, etc.
• Far from Moscow: a Russian Pop Music information portal