Guides: Russian: Home

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Use this guide as a starting point for finding library databases, search tools, dictionaries and encyclopedias for Russian. Please note that this guide points to only a small portion of what's available. You are welcome to contact me for more detailed help in finding resources for your assignments and research projects.

Language Schools Library Orientation

Language Schools Library Orientation Guide
An overview for the use of the library's digital systems and foreign language resources for students, faculty and staff of the Language Schools.

Not sure where to start?

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) This link opens in a new window
The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies. Also includes Eurasian Studies. Provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. The majority of content originally published in the US and Canada. 1939 - present. See also the European version EBSEES.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The major modern language index for literary criticism, linguistics, film and folklore. 1926-current. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. (Now on the ProQuest platform.)
Universal Database of Russian Social Sciences and Humanities Journals This link opens in a new window
Includes Russian Central Newspapers (66), Social Sciences & Humanities Periodicals (80); Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press; and Ekspert. Dates of coverage vary. Includes several English-language newspapers.

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