4. Periodicals, Journal Articles, and Book Reviews
There are thousands of electronic resources for use by Harvard students, faculty, and staff members, accessible via the Harvard Libraries web site. These include electronic journals, online databases and indexes for finding journal articles, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other specialized resources. Most of these resources will require you to log in with your Harvard ID and PIN. If you do not have a PIN, go to the Harvard PIN page to request one. If you are accessing these sources from within a library at Harvard you will not need to log in.
Below are some resources that are particularly useful for conducting research in Slavic studies (in alphabetical order).
ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies) (Late 1980s-)
ABSEES Online is the electronic version of The American Bibliography of
Slavic and East European Studies. It includes records for material published
since the late 1980s, and is updated monthly.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Academic Search Premier (ASP) is a multi-disciplinary database that includes
citations and abstracts from thousands of scholarly journals, popular
magazines and newspapers.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI), is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal
literature of the arts and humanities. Because the information stored
about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often
called its bibliography), you can also search the database for articles
that cite a known author or work.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (1991-)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be a comprehensive
source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes
a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers
from university research institutes, occasional papers series from non-governmental
organizations, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from
conferences. It also includes links to international affairs centers,
institutes, and resources; U.S., international, and foreign government
sites; environmental studies web pages; and news media services.
East View Universal Databases
The East View UDBs are a set of fulltext journal databases on the subject
of politics, government, and social sciences in the former Soviet republics,
with chief emphasis on Russia.
East View Universal Databases. Social Sciences and Humanities Periodicals
The East View Social Sciences and Humanities Periodicals UDB is a fulltext
journal database of major Russian journals in the social sciences and
humanities.
Historical Abstracts
Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world
from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which
are covered in America: History and Life). This database offers annotated
references to information on topics from the Renaissance to the present
-over half a million entries in all. It includes key historical journals
from virtually every major country. All abstracts are written in English.
JSTOR (Journal Storage)
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization initially funded by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation, dedicated to the development of a digital library
in support of the arts and sciences. JSTOR is comprised of the full text
of academic journals covering a wide range of disciplines (including Slavic).
JSTOR allows browsing by issue and full text searching of individual titles,
by discipline(s) or the entire collection.
MLA International Bibliography / Modern Language Association (EBSCOhost) (1963-)
The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association,
consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language,
linguistics, and folklore, and includes coverage from 1963 to the present.
It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies,
and other formats.
Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies (Eureka on the Web) (1992-)
The Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies database covers material
in the humanities and social sciences published in the Commonwealth of
Independent States, in Eastern European countries, and elsewhere, including
periodicals, books, and manuscripts.
Russian
National Bibliography
The resource includes: Knizhnaia letopis' (guide to books published in
Russia), Letopis' gazetnykh statei (citations of Russian newspaper articles),
Letopis' zhurnal'nykh statei (citations of Russian journal articles),
Letopis retsenzii (citations of book reviews found in the central and
regional Russian press), Kartograficheskaia letopis (bibliographic information
for all cartography and maps produced in Russia), Letopis avtoreferatov
dissertatsii (indexes to all doctoral and masters dissertations abstracts
throughout Russia), and Notnaia letopis' (index to Russian music-related
publications).
Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI Web of Science) (1956-)
Social Sciences Citation Index, published by the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI), is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author
abstracts (1992-), covering the journal literature of the social sciences.
Because the information stored about each article includes the article's
cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search
the databases for articles that cite a known author or work.
Ukrainian National Bibliography: Litopys Avtoreferativ Dysertatsii (2004-)
This journal, containing authors' abstracts of dissertations defended
in Ukraine, is published by Knyzhkova palata Ukrainy and hosted online
by Eastview Publishing. Access begins with July 2004..
Ukrainian National Bibliography: Litopys Hazetnykh Statei (2004-)
This journal, a bibliography of articles in Ukrainian newspapers, is published
by Knyzhkova palata Ukrainy and hosted online by Eastview Publishing.
Access begins with March 2004.
Ukrainian National Bibliography: Litopys Knyh (2004-)
This journal, a bibliography of books published in Ukraine, is published
by Knyzhkova palata Ukrainy and hosted online by Eastview Publishing.
Access begins with March 2004.
Ukrainian National Bibliography: Litopys Zhurnal’nykh Statei (2004-)
This journal, a bibliography of articles in Ukrainian magazines, is published
by Knyzhkova palata Ukrainy and hosted online by Eastview Publishing.
Access begins with March 2004.
WorldCat
(FirstSearch)
WorldCat is a union (i.e. collective) catalog of records of any type of
material (books, periodicals, scores, films, recordings, etc.) cataloged
by over tens of thousands of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member
libraries, primarily but not exclusively, from libraries in the United
States, but extending to 82 other nations.
The Harvard University Library system has access to thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers online. Some are via subscriptions to individual electronic journals, while others are available through large full-text databases we subscribe to. The following list is a sampling of titles in Slavic Studies:
Communist
and Post-Communist Studies
East European
Politics and Societies: Provides access to full text of articles from
1987.
Eurasian
Geography and Economics
Europe-Asia
Studies
Journal
of Cold War Studies
Journal
of Southern Europe and the Balkans
Kritika:
Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
Nationalities
Papers
Post-Communist
Economies
Post Soviet
Affairs
Russian
Linguistics
Russian
Review: Full-text articles (all but latest 5 years): for current Full-text
articles (1998- )
The Sarmatian
Review
Scando-Slavica
Slavic
and East European Journal
Slavic Review
Book
Reviews
For information on finding book reviews, consult the following guide:
Finding
Book Reviews by Fred Burchsted, Widener Library.