CATALOGUE TIPS
It is very important to search the catalogue thoroughly for your
topic.
Much of the Russian material in the catalogue still has Soviet
Union in the subject headings but we are slowly moving toward these
standard terms:
Russia for pre-1917
Soviet Union for 1917-1991
The best advice is to try a variety of options just to be sure.
Use the catalogue's Guided Keyword Search option to search for
"any of these"
Russia? Soviet
and
the other terms you are interested in eg women, peasant? etc
To find primary sources add search terms such as
"sources", diaries", "personal narratives",
"correspondence".
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
AND DICTIONARIES
Reference collection 947.003 M63454e
Encyclopedia of Russian history .Ed. James R. Millar . 4 vols. 2004.
Reference collection 947.003 C178
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet
Union. 1994.
306.0947 D111r Main Collection
Dabars, Zita D. The Russian way : aspects of
behavior, attitudes, and customs of the Russians 2nd ed
2002 (Handbook)
Reference collection 03 B69.3.E
The Great Soviet Encyclopaedia, 1973-1983. (a
translation of the 3rd edition Bol'shaia sovetskaia
entsiklopediia)
Reference collection 947.003 M689
The modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history.
1976-
Main sequence A-Z complete in 46 vols. and supplementary sequence
A-Z in volumes 47-55, vol 56-
The supplement to The modern encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet
and Eurasian history 1995-
Reference collection 947.003 P342c
Paxton, J. Companion to Russian history.
1983.
Reference collection 947.03 P987
Pushkarev, S.G. Dictionary of Russian historical terms from the
eleventh century to 1917. 1970.
-
Reference collection 947.003 R268h
Raymond B. Historical dictionary of Russia.
1998
Reference collection 947.084 S537e
Shaw, W. Encyclopdeia of the USSR, 1905 to the present,
Lenin to Gorbachev. 1990
Reference collection 947.084103 S562b
Shukman, H. Blackwell encyclopedia of the Russian
Revolution. 1988
Starts before 1917.
Reference collection 947 T327
Territories of the Russian Federation. 1999
Current information but history as well.
BIOGRAPHY
Reference collection 947.0841 E28v
Egan, D. R. V.I.Lenin: an annotated bibliography of
English-language sources to 1980. 1982
Reference collection 947.0841 H374A.E (also in main collection)
Haupt, G. Makers of the Russian Revolution : biographies of
Bolshevik leaders. 1974
Reference collection 947.00922 P342l
Trayner, J. Leaders of Russia and the Soviet from the Romanaov dunasty to Vladimir Putin. 2004.
Reference collection 709.47 M659d
Milner, J. A dictionary of Russian and Soviet artists,
1420-1970. 1993 .
Reference collection 947.0842 S782ZR
Joseph Stalin : a biographical companion, Helen
Rappaport. 1999
YEARBOOKS and
CHRONOLOGY
Chronology of Russian history : Imperial period 1689-1917
Reference collection 940.05 A61
Annual Register. 1758-
A review of public events at home and abroad. Contemporary coverage
in English.
Reference collection 947 C761g
Conte. F. Great dates in Russian and Soviet history.
1994
ATLASES AND MAPS
Reference collection 912.47 B826a
Brawer, M. Atlas of Russia and the independent
republics. 1994
Reference collection 911.47 G465d
Gilbert, Martin. Dent atlas of Russian history
2nd. ed. 1993 (also in Main Coll.)
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Consult these to find references to books and (sometimes) journal
articles. Check for scope and limitations - eg date,
inclusions, exclusions.
History and General
Reference collection 947.00016 H8190r and supplements
Horak, S.M. Russia, the USSR, and Eastern Europe: a
bibliographic guide to English language publications,
1964-1974. 1978.
supplemented by
Reference collection 947.00016 H8109r 1975-80, published 1982
Reference collection 947.00016 H8109r 1981-85, published 1987
With useful annotations. Cover books only.
Reference collection 947.00016 H811r
Horecky, P.L. Russia and the Soviet Union: a bibliographic guide
to Western language publications.
1965
Reference collection 947.00016 K39s
Kerner, R.J. Slavic Europe: a selected bibliography in the
Western European languages, comprising history, languages and
literatures. 1969.
Note that this is a reprint of a 1918 publication and
contains citations (books only) to 1914 only. Its
principal concern is works on the Slavic peoples and their language
and literature. However, it is a valuable for contemporary or
near-contemporary sources on the 1905 revolution and on regional
history to 1914.
Reference collection 947.0016 K82s
Soviet studies guide, ed. Tania Konn. 1992
Reference collection 947.0016 P362r
Pearson, R. Russia and Eastern Europe,
1789-1985. 1989.
Reference collection 947.0016 E21r
Edelheit, A. The Rise and fall of the Soviet Union : a selected
bibliography of sources in English. 1992.
Reference collection 947.081 P485r
Peterson, S.M. Radicalism and revolutionary populism, the
political and social conditions during the reign of Tsar Alexander
II (1855-1881): a selective bibliography of books, articles and
dissertationsa in english from 1960-1975.
Reference collection 947.08016 S29
Shapiro, D. Select bibliography of works in English on Russian
history, 1801-1917. 1962.
Reference collection 947.0016 N444
Nerhood, H.W. To Russia and return; an annotated bibliography of
travellers' English language accounts of Russia from the 9th
century to the present. 1968.
Reference collection 947.06016 C627e
Clendenning, P. Eighteenth century Russia: a bibliography of
works published since 1955. 1981.
Reference collection 947.0016 C953
Crowther, P. A. A bibliography of works in
English on early Russian history to 1800.
1969.
Reference collection 947.0016 E28r
Egan, D.R. Russian autocrats from Ivan the Great to the
fall of the Romanov dynasty. 1987.
Economic History
Reference collection 306.0947 M267p
Politics and economics of the Soviet Union : an annotated
bibliography, ed. G.P. Manat. 1992
Reference collection 330.947 K23r
Kazmer, D.R. Russian economic history: a guide to information
sources. 1977.
Education
Reference collection 370.947016 B849r
Brickman, W. W. Russian and Soviet education,
1731-1989 : a multilingual annotated bibliography.
1992
Security
Reference collection 327.120947 P261s
Soviet security and intelligence organizations, 1917-1990 : a
biographical dictionary and review of literature in
English, Michael Parrish
Minorities
Reference collection 305.8 H933j
Hundert, G. The Jews in Poland and Russia: bibliographical
essays. 1984
Women
Bibliography
for women in Russia
Reference collection 891.7016 N433w
Nemec, D. M. I. Women and writing in Russian and the USSR: a
bibliography of English-language sources. 1992
FINDING
JOURNAL ARTICLES
References to journal articles may be located in a variety of
ways:
Print bibliographies (see above).
Printed indexes and abstracts (Ref).
Electronic databases
History
Historical
abstracts 1971-
Includes some links to full text.
Ref 947.0016 R969
Russian studies 1941-1958: a cumulation of the annual
bibliographies from The Russian Review.
1972
Covers books, pamphlets and articles.
There are separate listings for each year but a single extensive
subject index.
Multidisciplinary
Academic Onefile
This broad multidisciplinary database indexes articles from more than 8000 journals, and provides full-text for many of those articles.
Academic Search Premier 1985-
This is another database covering all subject areas. It provides full-text for over 4000 of the 800o journals indexed.
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)
A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years. Great for
contemporary accounts.
Links to full-text, for many articles, in Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
JSTOR
Covers a selection of scholarly journals, and provides full-text for all of those.
Art
Art index. 1929/32-1998
Reference collection 705 A778 Continued by:
Art abstracts 1984-
SELECTED
JOURNALS HELD IN THE BARR SMITH LIBRARY
These are just some of the journals suitable for this course.Check the catalogue for details: there you will find that most of these journals are available as electronic resources.
Always remember to use the databases listed above at Finding journal articles to search for journal articles on specific subjects.
American historical review
Canadian-American Slavic studies
English historical review
Historical journal
Journal of modern history
Past and present
Oxford Slavonic papers
Russian
review
Slavic review
Slavonic and East European Review
Soviet review
Russian social
science review
Soviet studies
Europe-Asia
studies,
Soviet studies in history
Russian studies in history
SOURCES
Do not forget to look at any of the indexes and databases listed above, at Finding journal articles, if they
go back far enough, for contemporary articles on your topic. Many
nineteenth century journals may be held either in our Store or at
the State Library.
Particularly useful is:
Periodicals Index Online (PIO)
A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.
Links to full-text, for many articles, in Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
Great for contemporary accounts if
you limit searches to pre-1917. Some full text available.
You can also search the Internet library of early
journals
There are some websites for sources. Look at:
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook, especially the sections:
Enlightened
Despots
Russian Revolution, which includes documents on 19th century
Russia.
Documents
in Russian History, Seton Hall University, Russian and East
European Studies Program. Categories include Muscovy, Pre-Petrine,
Peter the Great, Eighteenth Century
Nineteenth Century, The Russian Revolution etc
Other sources of contemporary English language comment
on events in Russia
are newspapers:
Barr Smith Multimedia
Microfilm Per 54
The Times (London) 1785-
Indexed by :
Palmer's index to The Times
, and The Times Index, both at:
Reference collection 05 T58a
Times digital archive is available at the State Library.
The New York Times
Choose NYT Archive 1851-1980 (from top centre of the screen).
There's also an index to the New York Times, at:
Reference collection 05 N53y
You can use the catalogue to find primary sources
by adding search terms such as "sources", diaries", "personal
narratives", "correspondence" combined with Russia? or Soviet. You
will find useful titles such as:
947 S724
A source book for Russian history from early times to
1917. 1972. 3 vols
947 D628.3
Dmytryshyn, B. Imperial Russia: a source book
1700-1917. 3rd ed. 1990
Barr Smith Multimedia
Microfiche 347
Diplomatic correspondence of British ministers to the Russian
Court, 1704 - 1776.
Barr Smith Multimedia
Microfilm 19822-19832
Russia in transition: the diplomatic papers of David R. Francis,
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, [1916-1918].
327.41047 B862
British documents on foreign affairs - reports and papers from
the Foreign Office confidential print.
Part I: from the mid-nineteenth century to the First World
War.
Series A, Russian 1859-1914.
WEBSITES
REESWeb:
Russian and East European Studies, part of the World-Wide Web
Virtual Library.
SHER'S
RUSSIAN INDEX, a personal list that the author hopes " will
serve as a good point of departure for your exploration of the vast
Russian resources available in every medium on every continent
throughout the far reaches of the World"
H-Russia, part
of the H-Net discussion network, with links to other resources.
Face of
Russia, based on a PBS documentary series
Alexander Palace Time
machine: a rich resource for the study of the Romanaovs, including biographies of many of Russia's rulers, and archival material .
ALEXANDER II
AND HIS TIMES : A Narrative History of Russia in the Age
of
Alexander II, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky (with links to hundreds
of images and other materials) by Walter Moss
Russian
painting from Rollins College, Florida
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