Slavic & East European Studies
ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS
- Five College CatalogFind books, journals, and media collections held by UMass Libraries and the Five Colleges.
OTHER RESOURCES
- UMass Interlibrary LoanBorrow books from libraries outside of the Five Colleges or request copies of articles and materials from any library.
- Slavic & East European StudiesThe interdisciplinary program in Slavic and East European Studies at UMASS
Languages and Language Instruction
- OmniglotAn online encyclopedia of languages. This page groups languages by family and provides an A-Z search.
- Russia Today, Learn RussianTeach yourself Russian!
- Russian LanguageOmniglot's Russian page, containing alphabets and scripts, sample translations and recordings, and links to websites to learn Russian.
- Slavic Language DictionariesHosted by YourDictionary.com, This page contains a listing of dictionaries. [A good number of the links are broken, but there are still many useful resources.]
LIBRARY DATABASES
- Academic OneFile
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A large interdisciplinary collection of scholarly, professional and trade journal articles, 1980-present. - Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines - an excellent starting point for multidisciplinary research projects. 3,200 full-text journals. Coverage from 1975 to present. - Historical Abstracts Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Journal articles, many in full text, and citations to books and dissertations on world history from 1450, published 1954-present.
- Kanopy FilmsStreaming video of films on many aspects of literature.
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
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An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, linguistics, folklore, and (since 1996) film, 1920s - - PAIS International This link opens in a new window
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Articles, government documents, reports in the fields of political science, public and social policy, international relations 1915-.
ONLINE REFERENCE SOURCES
- Europa World This link opens in a new window
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Encyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current. - Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
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A large collection of literature reference material, including criticism and author biographies.
SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
- Chronology of Russian HistoryAn online resource from the Bucknell University Russian Studies Program.
- FEEFHS Map LibraryThe Federation of East European Family History Societies maintains a small digitized collection of historical maps of Central and Eastern Europe.
- Russian & East European Studies Virtual LibraryDesigned to help users identify high quality web content that is located in or focuses on the region stretching from Bohemia to Central Asia.
- Russian Philosophy on the IntelnetContains introductory information on 19th and 20th century Russian philosophy.
- Inkternational News LinkLinks to newspapers and news sources from all over the world. Includes a large number of Eastern European sources. Some have an option to be viewed in English.
- Russia Religion NewsSearchable online database of selected translated articles on religion in the former Soviet Union from 1996 to the present.
- EurasiaNetInformation and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.
- Russian PaintingRollins College's website devoted to the history of Russian painting. Covers early iconography to contemporary art.
- Images of Russia and Caucasus Region 1929-1933Digital collection of photographs of Russia and the Caucasus region by William O. Field in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
- SovLit.comSearchable website dedicated to the study and preservation of Soviet literature.
- Yiddish Book CenterA Hampshire College center that preserves, translates and disseminates Yiddish books, providing educational programs to broaden understanding of modern Jewish identity.
Revision History
Revised by Ellen Kaye (Fall 2015)
