Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies

This page offers starting points for the interdisciplinary study of Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. Here are brief descriptions of the Libraries' Slavic and East European collections, and monthly new book lists, arranged by country.

Finding Articles
  More Info UW Restricted Research Library Complete - Indexing and full text of the most widely read North American periodicals in the social sciences and humanities
  More Info UW Restricted Russian Humanities/Social Sciences Index - Indexing of hundreds of Russian periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, 1990 to present.
    All Databases, by Discipline (Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences) or Country
Finding Books, Journals, Videos, CDs, Maps and Other Formats
  More Info UW Libraries Catalog - Access to books, periodicals, videos, sound recordings, and other materials held on site.
   More Info UW Restricted OCLC WorldCat - Merged catalog of thousands of libraries in North America and Western Europe. Most materials requestable through UW Interlibrary Borrowing.
    Current Slavic Periodicals - alphabetized lists, by country, of periodicals in Russian, East European and Central Asian studies currently received at the UW Libraries.
    Electronic Journals - a representative list for Russian, East European and Central Asian studies.
    Russian and East European national library catalogs
News Resources
  More Info UW Restricted ISI Russian News and Finance Database - Access to full text of dozens of Russian daily newspapers, news services, and numeric data sources, 1998 to present.
  More Info UW Restricted World News Connection - Access to full-text English translations of Russian, East European and Central Asian newspapers and news services 1996 to present.
  More Info UW Restricted Lexis-Nexis - Access to full text of North American and West European newspapers and news services. Includes Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press.
    All News Resources ....
UW-Based Projects for REECAS
  William Brumfield Russian Architecture Collection - digitized photographs by North America's leading expert on Russian architecture, searchable by building type, date of construction, location and more within an interactive map-based interface.  Developed by UW Libraries in collaboration with William Brumfield.
  Central Eurasian Interactive Atlas - highly detailed demographic and socioeconomic data for 1996-2000, presented within a GIS-based interface.  Developed by UW Libraries.
    Slavic and East European Cinema - a finding aid to more than 700 feature films on DVD or video, available for checkout from the UW Libraries.
    UW Baltic Choral Music Collection - a finding aid to scores, books and recordings held by the UW Libraries
 
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