RUTR 232: Amerika through Russian Eyes

U.Va. Slavic Languages and Literatures Collection Guide
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/slavic/slavic.html

VIRGO, UVa Library Catalog
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/index.html
The first place to go to begin your research paper. Ask me why!

OCLC WorldCat
Accessible through "Database Menu" in VIRGO. Listed under "other." Use after doing an initial search in VIRGO. If you find something in OCLC that's not in VIRGO, you may ILL the item.

Reference Guides to Russian Literature

Handbook of Russian literature / edited by Victor Terras. New Haven: Yale University Press, c1985.
PG2940 .H29 1985 (Alderman Library Reference -- back wall)

Reference guide to Russian literature / editor, Neil Cornwell ; associate editor, Nicole Christian. London ; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1998.
PG2940 .R43 1998 (Alderman Library Reference -- back wall)

A history of Russian literature / Victor Terras. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991.
PG 2950 .T43 1991 (Alderman Library Reference)

Russian Histories

A history of Russia / Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg. 7th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
DK40 .R5 2005 (Alderman)

The Soviet experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the successor states / Ronald Grigor Suny. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
DK266 .S94 1998 (Clemons Reserves)

Online Databases (accessed through VIRGO)

Possible search terms:

Russia(n), Soviet, Soviet Union, America(n), United States, West, View, Image, Literature, Travel, Exile, Foreign Relations, International Relations, Cold War, Public Opinion, Foreign Public Opinion, Social Views, Attitudes, Propaganda, Anti-American, Travel, Literature, Exile

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Traces the lives and careers of selected authors, critics, screenwriters, journalists, scholars, and publishers from all eras and genres, with lists of recommended books and articles about them. Includes major Russian authors.

JSTOR Journal Storage Project
Offers full-text articles from the following Slavic Studies journals, among many others:
Europe-Asia Studies 1993-2002
Soviet Studies 1949-1992
Russian Review 1941-2000
Slavic and East European Journal 1957-2003
Slavic Review 1961-2004
American Slavic and East European Review 1945-1961
Slavonic and East European Review. American Series 1943-1944
Slavonic Year-Book. American Series 1941

MLA Bibliography 1963 +
Literature studies, linguistics, and folklore from over 4000 journals and series published worldwide. Includes articles and many book chapters. Some links to full text.

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) 1990+
Lists articles, books, dissertations, etc. on all aspects of East Central Europe, Russia, and the other states of the former Soviet union.

America: History & Life 1964 +
Covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present with records from 2,000 English-language journals published worldwide.

Project Muse
Project MUSE provides searchable full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics, mostly from North American university presses. Older volumes are often available from JSTOR.

U.Va. Library History Web Resources
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/history/
Lists many useful databases accessible through VIRGO.

Maps
Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps (UT, Austin)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth.html

Major Newspapers in Russia Available in English

Kommersant
http://www.kommersant.com/

Pravda
http://english.pravda.ru/

RIA Novosti (Russian Information Agency News)
http://en.rian.ru/

The Moscow Times
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/indexes/01.html

The St. Petersburg Times (written in English)
http://www.sptimes.ru/

Do you know how to evaluate a web page?
Before citing a web page as a source for your research paper, make sure you are confident that it is sufficiently authoritative.

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

Any questions? Need a research consultation? Contact:

Kelly Miller
Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures
Council on Library and Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellow
Alderman Reference Office (last door on left in 4th Floor Reference Room)
kellymiller@virginia.edu
Office Phone: 434.243.2184

 

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