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Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Databases Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies Databases: • American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES): http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profil e=ehost&defaultdb=sbh o Publications related to Slavic and East European studies. Documents include articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the United States and Canada. Coverage ranges from 1989-present. • Central and East European Online Library (CEEOL): http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://www.ceeol.com/ o Central and Eastern European Online Library This database is an online archive which provides access to full-text PDF articles from 1069 humanities and social science journals, electronic books and re-digitized documents pertaining to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European topics. • Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?auth type=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=rsb o Covering more than 12,500 periodicals published primarily in Russia, the republics of the former Soviet Union, and countries in Eastern Europe, it cites and abstracts books, manuscripts, dissertations and articles. Coverage varies from 1980 o The public access version of this database is available here: http://inion.ru/resources/bazy-dannykh-inion-ran/. It contains similar resources, and is updated throughout the year with new sources. • EIU Country Data: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://country.eiu.com/AllCountries.aspx o Powerful database of annual, quarterly and monthly economic indicators and forecasts. EIU Country Data gives you access to 317 series on 150 countries and 45 regional aggregates, running from 1980 and forward to 2005. • Ethnic NewsWatch: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.proquest.com/ethnicnewswatch /advanced?accountid=14553 o AGBU: Armenian General Benevolent Union, AIM: Armenian International Magazine, The Armenian Reporter, Azerbaijan International, Russian Life, Ukrainian Weekly, We/MbI. • Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS): http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=https://www.emis.com/php/dashboard/index o Formerly known as ISI Emerging Markets. Full-text news articles, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from local information providers, appear in both English and the local language. The list of Slavic and East European markets covered currently includes: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Khazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia. EASTVIEW Databases: There are several useful resources within this one provider's database. The following list describes some of the resources found in Eastview; there are more on the website that the researcher can explore. In order to search or browse the databases individually, click the appropriate link within the list, found below the search box. http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/ o Pravda Digital Archive: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /870 ▪ Full-text of the entire run of Pravda in pdf format, from 1912 to the present. o Russian Central Newspapers: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /1 ▪ This database provides comprehensive coverage of national news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia. This database currently presents newspapers from all seven Federal Districts of the Russian Federation and includes coverage of local issues of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Coverage ranges from 1996-present. o Russian Governmental Publications: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /5 ▪ 34 Russian publications that monitor events from the Duma and Federation Council; monitors mainly the events in the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. It includes stenographic records of the hearings of both its houses, the Duma and Federation Council, and provides vote results, resolutions and legislative drafts as well as auxiliary information such as the schedule and agenda of legislative work." Coverage ranges from 1991-present. o Russian National Bibliography: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=https://bib.eastview.com/basic- search ▪ Contains all 8 of the Russian National Bibliographic Publications, some retrospective to 1994. This database includes: Knizhnaia letopis', Letopis' zhurnalnykh statei, Letopis' gazetnykh statei and several other National Bibliography publication on art, music and maps. o Russian Social Sciences and Humanities: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /4 ▪ This database is comprised of all 31 journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences ranging from archeology to linguistics, as well as popular literary editions, and independent scholarly publications. New titles are added on a regular basis. This Universal Database grows retroactively. Full-text and full-image content of print editions is reproduced with original pagination. Coverage ranges from 1997- present. o Baltics, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /2190 ▪ The Universal Database of CIS and Baltic Newspapers includes a number of authoritative periodicals published in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The sources are in Russian and in English, and cover various issues of domestic and international importance. Coverage ranges from 1997-present. o Izvestiia Digital Archive: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/pub lication/11265 ▪ Full-text of Izvestiia in pdf format, from 1917 to the present. o Kodeks Russian Law Database: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://online.eastview.com/kodeks_l ogin/index.jsp ▪ Russian legislation; in Russian or English translation comprising thousands of documents going back to 1991. Includes legislative acts issued by approximately 200 executive, legislative, and judicial branches of Russia. o Ukranian Publications: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://dlib.eastview.com/browse/udb /8 ▪ Full-text of 35 Ukrainian periodicals. This is the first database of newspapers and magazines of Ukraine (UDB-UKR) and includes publications in Russian, Ukrainian, and English. They cover a broad range of political, economic, and cultural affairs of Ukraine. Topics include Ukraine's progress along the reform path, the view and positions of various political forces, changes in legislation, ethnic relations, and organizational trends in development of the armed forces. Coverage ranges from 1997-present. o LEF Digital Archive: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=https://dlib.eastview.com/browse/ud b/2390/ ▪ Complete Digital Archive of the renowned Russian journal LEF (Left Front of the Arts) published in the early 20th Century contains rare works of avant-garde writers, photographers, critics and designers in the turbulent era of the first Soviet art. This archive combines both runs of the journal, LEF (1923 to 1925) and its successor Novyi LEF (1927 to 1928). General Databases: • MLA International Bibliography: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?auth type=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=mzh o Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Languages Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. • Historical Abstracts: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?auth type=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=hia o A resource that covers the history of the world, excluding the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages. • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.proquest.com/dissertations/adv anced?accountid=14553 o This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses on social sciences. • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.proquest.com/wpsa/advanced o This database provides abstracts and indexing of international literature of political sciences and international relations. The database draws from more than 1500 serial publication, providing abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers. • Music Periodicals Database: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=http://search.proquest.com/iimpft/advanced ?accountid=14553 o This database is an essential resource for music research. It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 400 international music periodicals, plus full-text for more than 100 journals. • Sociological Abstracts: http://www.library.illinois.edu/proxy/go.php?url=https://search.proquest.com/socabs/advance
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