[most are Located in Reference alcoves of the Main Library]
Batalden and Batalden, The Newly Independent States of Eurasia: A Handbook of former Soviet Republics, 2^nd ed. (1997) REF DK I7 .B34 1997
Biographical Dictionary of the Former Soviet Union (1992)
Black, ed., Russia and Eurasia Documents Annual (1987-). English translations of key laws, decrees, speeches, etc. Formerly called USSR Documents Annual. DK 294 .U23.
Brown, et al., eds., The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union (1982)
Croucher, comp., Slavic Studies: A Guide to Bibliographies, Encyclopedias and Handbooks (1993)
Daniels, ed., A Documentary History of Communism in Russia: From Lenin to Gorbachev (1993) Annotated extracts from key documents, speeches, etc.
Europa World Yearbook (annual)
German Institute for Economic Research, GDR and Eastern Europe, A Handbook (1989)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1973-). Translation of 3rd edition. REF FOLIO AE55 .B6213 1973, 31 vols.
Information GDR: The Comprehensive and Authoritative Reference Source of the German Democratic Republic (1989). (Good thing this puppy got published when it did.)
Johnston, ed., Soviet Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials (1991)
Karasik, ed., Russia and Eurasia Facts and Figures Annual {Lots of 'em, too}. A continuation of Scherr, ed., USSR Facts and Figures Annual (1977-1991). HA 1446 .U17 (The most recent volume is in REF.)
Katz, ed., Handbook of Major Soviet Nationalities (1975)
Laird and Laird, A Soviet Lexicon (1988)
Maddex, Constitutions of the World (1995)
Mastro, ed., USSR Calendar of Events Annual (1987-1989). Listings of major events chronologically and by topic. with indices and source notes. DK 1 .U14.
McCrea, The Soviet and East European Political Dictionary (1984)
Schulz-Torge, ed., Who's Who in the Soviet Union Today: Political and Military Leaders (1990)
Shoup, ed., The East European and Soviet Data Handbook: Political, Social and Developmental Indicators, 1945-1975. (1981). REF FOLIO HA 1446 .S53
Staar, ed., Yearbook on International Communist Affairs (1968-1991) HX1 .Y4
Steeves, ed., The Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union (1988-) REF BL980 .S65 M6 1988
Stroynowski, ed., Who's Who in the Socialist Countries of Europe (1989), 3 volumes
Vronskya, ed., A Biographical Dictionary of the Soviet Union, 1917-1988 (1989)
Who Was Who in the Soviet Union (1992)
Weber, ed., The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet Literature (1977-). REF PG2940 .M6
Wieczynski, ed., Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian History (formerly of Russian and Soviet History; 1976-), plus Rhyne, ed., The Supplement to . . . . (1995-). REF DK14 .M6

Gilbert, Atlas of Russian History, 2nd ed. (1993) REF G 2111 .S1 G52 1993
Industrial Information Resources, An Industrial Atlas of the Soviet Successor States (1994) REF G 2110 1b .I5 1994
Kish, Economic Atlas of the Soviet Union, 2nd ed. revised (1971)

Abstracts of Soviet and East European Emigre Periodicals (1981-1990). REF Z6956 .R9 A27
Academic Infotrack (on CD-ROM). Indexes 1,100 periodicals plus the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Advanced Bibliography of Contents (ABC) Pol Sci
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (1956-)
Bibliographic Guide to Slavic, Baltic and Eurasian Studies (formerly to Soviet and East European Studies; 1978-)
Brickman and Zepper, eds., Russian and Soviet Education, 1731-1989: A Multilingual Annotated Bibliography (1992)
Dictionary Catalog of the Slavonic Collection, The Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 2nd ed., on microfilm (1974). Supplemented annually by Bibliographic Guide to Soviet and East European Studies and then Bibliographic Guide to Slavic, Baltic and Eurasian Studies.
Dissertation Abstracts (on CD-ROM). (Use only fairly recent dissertations, however, since most get re-worked and published in different form, and it is preferable to refer to the re-worked and published book or articles.)
Essay and General Literature Index. (Especially worth checking since much of the research in this field is disseminated through chapters in edited volumes rather than through journal articles.)
Ethnic Newswatch on CD (articles from ethnic newspapers published in the United States)
European Bibliography of Soviet, East European and Slavonic Studies (1975-)
Horak, ed., Russia, the USSR and Eastern Europe: A Bibliographic Guide to English-Language Publications, 1964-1974 (1978); 1975-1980 (1982); 1981-1985 (1987)
Historical Abstracts on CD
International Political Science Abstracts
Indices to particular newspapers. Washington Post index is on the ProQuest CD in the Reference section.
Official Publications of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1945-1980 (1982) [Government Documents room]
Social Sciences Index

English-language newspapers and reports:
Agence France Press English Wire (On-line database)
Christian Science Monitor
Eastern Europe Newsletter (biweekly)
Financial Times Fulltext (On-line database)
Harriman Institute Forum (monthly)
Lexis/Nexis, an on-line database, has many useful sources of information in its World and Europe libraries, within which are files that contain BBC news summaries, TASS press bulletins, translations of news articles from Russian and East European newspapers, translations of major laws, etc. UI students can access Lexis/Nexis from the Business Administration library.
Moscow News (English-language edition; weekly)
New Times (English-language version of Novoye Vremya; weekly)
New York Times (indexed on the Pro-Quest CD-ROM; or can be accessed on the web at www.nytimes.com [You must sign up, but the service is free.])
Rand Corporation, Reports and Memorandums (in the Government Documents Room of the library; indexes with abstracts are available)
Reuters wire reports (On-line database)
Times/Sunday Times (London) (On-line database)
Transitions: Changes in Post-Communist Societies (monthly from June 1997 through 1999; every two weeks from 1995 through early 1997; published by the Open Media Research Institute [OMRI]) [Prior to 1995, OMRI was called Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Its weekly magazine was called RFE/RL Research Report. From 1987-1991: Report on Eastern Europe and Report on the USSR; prior to 1988: Radio Liberty or Radio Free Europe Reports.] Copies are located in the Government Publications room; ask for assistance there.
Washington Post (indexed on the Pro-Quest CD-ROM)

Quarterly periodicals of a general nature that frequently have articles dealing with this region:
Coexistence
Comparative Political Studies
Comparative Politics
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Policy
Journal of Democracy
World Policy Journal
World Politics

Anthropology and Archaeology of Eurasia (formerly Soviet Anthropology and Archaeology) (selected articles from scholarly journals; quarterly)
Arguments and Facts International (English-language version of the Soviet weekly Argumenty i Fakty; good for economic data and public opinion; biweekly)
Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (formerly of the Soviet Press) (selected newspaper and magazine articles; biweekly)
Current Politics and Economics of Russia (formerly of the Soviet Union) (selected scholarly articles; quarterly)
Eastern European Economics (selected articles from scholarly East European journals; quarterly)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). This service translates news reports, interviews and documents from various media from countries around the world, grouped into several regions. A CD-ROM in the Government publications room has an index that can be searched by keyword. FBIS-URS refers to a series of weekly issues covering Russian and Soviet news that we receive on microfiche. These are generally quite slow in arriving. FBIS-SOV refers to its Daily Report on Central Eurasia [formerly on the USSR] that our library receives in hard-copy format each weekday. FBIS-EE is the FBIS Daily Report on Eastern Europe, which our library also receives in hard copy five times per week. Both Daily Reports tend to arrive within a few days of the news. After you've identified the issues you want or if you just want to browse the most recent issues, ask a librarian to show you where the hard copies and/or microfiche are stored.
Joint Publications Research Service (Soviet and East European technical articles and reports, including economics, sociological findings, etc.)
Literary Gazette International (English-language version of the Soviet weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta; Published from February 1990 until January 1991)
Post-Soviet Geography (formerly Soviet Geography) (selected articles from scholarly geographic journals; monthly)
Problems of Economic Transition (formerly Problems of Economics) (selected articles from scholarly economics journals; monthly)
Russian Education and Society (formerly Soviet Education) (selected articles from scholarly journals; monthly)
Russian Politics and Law (formerly Soviet Law and Government) (selected articles from scholarly journals; quarterly)
Russian Social Science Review (formerly Soviet Review) (selected articles from scholarly journals; bimonthly)
Sociological Research (formerly Soviet Sociology) (selected articles from scholarly journals; bimonthly)
Soviet and East European Foreign Trade (selected articles from scholarly East European and Soviet journals; quarterly)
Statutes and Decisions: The Law of the USSR and Its Successor States (formerly Soviet Statutes and Decisions) (selected Soviet legislation; quarterly)
Soviet Studies in History (selected articles from scholarly journals; quarterly)
Soviet Studies in Philosophy (selected articles from scholarly journals; quarterly)

VII. Selected Internet Resources

[These are only a few. I encourage you to search for other helpful resources. These are all subject to change, of course. Also, think carefully about the reliability of the source from which you are getting information when you use the internet, just as you would for a printed resource.]

Listserves:
OMRI’s free e-mail news reports. The RFE/RL Newsline offers the latest news from the former Soviet Union and Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It is distributed electronically Monday through Friday. To subscribe, send the message "SUBSCRIBE RFERL-L YourFirstName YourLastName" (without the quotation marks and inserting your name where shown) to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (No subject line or other text should be included.)

Web Pages Focusing on the Postcommunist Countries:
www.pitt.edu:81/~cjp/rees.html The U of Pittsburgh’s Russian and East European Studies Program’s home page, with links to many resources about Russian politics and life. This is a good starting point for getting to the addresses below as well as many other pertinent resources.
www.russiatoday.com Russia Today: a daily electronic newspaper with lots of useful information and articles.
www.rferl.org OMRI’s home page--another way to get copies of the Newsline and to search by subject.
www.spb.su/times/index.html The weekly English-language newspaper The St. Petersburg Times
www.vol.it/RU/EN/MOSCOW The weekly Russian newspaper Moscow News (in English).
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/worldref/country/russia.htm Articles from the Post about Russia. A nice complement to the ZhiWriter articles.
http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/russia Information about Russia, with links to all sorts of stuff.

Web Pages Providing Other Relevant Information:
www.eff.org.govt.html Links to government sources of information on many countries and international organizations.
www.agora.it/politic Links to politically relevant sites, sorted by country.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook The on-line version of the C.I.A.’s World Factbook, which provides comparable information on every country in the world.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs The online version of the C.I.A.’s list of world leaders and cabinet members.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Library of Congress page with links to country studies.
www.hauss.politics.wadsworth.com/country.html Links to sites for several important countries.
www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/index.html National Geographic Society maps and country information.
www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/index.html The U.S. Department of State page for information on trends in democracy, human rights and labor.

Here is a sample of how to cite material that you acquire electronically. If you are putting (Name Year) in the text, then you will have material in the following forms in an alphabetical list of references at the end of your paper. If you are using footnotes, you should modify the following forms slightly (by putting the year inside the parentheses after the source) and then put them in the footnotes.

Ivanov, Petr I. 1993. "Russia’s Big Problems," The St. Petersburg Times (April 26), H2. <http:www.russinfo.com/petetime/4_26_93/h.html>. (Downloaded October 23, 1996).