History 315: The Russian Empire
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Arts databases
Art Abstracts
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index to articles and reproductions of works of art in art-related
magazines, journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, 1984-present.
Art Index Retrospective
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index to articles and reproductions of works of art in art-related
magazines, journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, 1929-1984.
Bibliography of the History of Art
Articles,
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dealer's catalogs on European and American art and art history,
1973-present.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
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Finding other scholarly articles
Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
JSTOR
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Academic Search Premier
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Humanities International Complete
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articles in archaeology, classics, cultural studies, arts, philosophy,
history, linguistics, and literature, plus literary magazines,
1975-present.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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bibliography of scholarly publications on the Middle Ages and
Renaissance; the ITER Italia manuscript catalog; and three journals.
Covers the period 400-1700; citations date back to 1784.
MLA International Bibliography
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Books on Caravaggio
History databases
Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
JSTOR
Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before the current issues.
Project Muse
Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; searchable by journal issue, author, and keyword, 1996-present.
Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
Humanities International Complete
Journal articles in archaeology, classics, cultural studies, arts, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literature, plus literary magazines, 1975-present.
EHRAF World Cultures
Thousands of ethnographies originally published as articles, books and dissertations. Its indexing traces social features across cultures, 1983-present.
Anthropology Plus
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AnthroSource
The full text of the 32 journals published by the American Anthropological Association, some dating back to the nineteenth century.
Books on Russian history
The principle subject heading in the Five Colleges Library Catalog for Russian history is
Russia--History. Under this "main heading" are hundreds of subheadings. Russian history is divided into chronological periods, such as
Russia -- History -- 1237-1480
Russia -- History -- 1533-1613
Russia -- History -- 1689-1801
as well as periods of Russian rulers, such as
Russia -- History -- Ivan IV, 1533-1584
Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825
Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796
etc., etc.
There are also many other relevant subject headings, such as
Russia -- History -- December Uprising, 1825
Cossacks
Nationalism--Russia
Russia--Ethnic relations
Peasants -- Russia
Church and state -- Russia
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
etc.
UMA WorldCat also has thousands of books, articles, websites, films, art, etc. on Russian history. Use Interlibrary Loan to have these materials brought here for your papers.
Reference Resources
Encyclopedia of Russian History
Online resource
The following materials are shelved in the Reference Collection, Learning Commons level:
Encyclopedia of Russian history DK14.E53 2004
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union DK14.C35 1994
Cultural atlas of Russia and the Soviet Union DK32.M62 1989+
An Ethnohistorical dictionary of the Russian and Soviet empires DK33.E837 1994
Encyclopedia of Russian history : from the Christianization of Kiev to the break-up of the U.S.S.R DK36.P39 1993
Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union : from the Romanov dynasty to Vladimir Putin DK40.P36 2004
Shelved in the stacks (non-circulating) is
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia 31v. AE5 .B58
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