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Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - This is the place to go for Russian language and linguistics research articles. Citations only; no fulltext available.

MLA Bibliography - The MLA is the largest database for journal articles on literary topics. Entries date from 1963-present. Citations only; no fulltext available.

Periodical Contents Index (PCI) - PCI is an unusual, yet very useful, index for locating journal articles on literary topics. While the MLA covers 1963-present, PCI works backward from 1990 to the first issue of the journal. This makes it invaluable for locating articles before 1963 (and all the way back to 1770, in some cases). Citations only; no fulltext available.

WorldCat A combined catalog of over 14,000 libraries from around the world. WorldCat lists over 40,000,000 items. You can place an interlibrary loan request for items found in other libraries while online. The book will be sent here.

Russian State Library - Now offering a decent online catalog.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union - DK14 .C35 1994 General Reference Collection - A concise overview of Russian history and personalities.

The Cambridge History of Russian Literature - PG2951 .C36 1992 Level Two Stacks - Fairly concise introduction to Russian literature. Has a great bibliography at the back of the volume, including an author by author list of critical works.

Reference Guide to Russian Literature - PG2940 .R44 1998 General Reference Collection - Very useful for obtaining biographies of and bibliographies for Russian writers.

Russian Movies - The Internet Movie database includes a section of Russian films. The information on most films is fairly sparse, but at least they provide dates, cast, crew, etc. You can even submit reviews of Russian movies you have seen.

Russian Women Writers - PG3203.W64 R868 1999 General Reference Collection - Fantastic resource for writers usually given short shrift in other texts.

Slavic Reference Service - The SRS is a service of the library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. You can send your questions to them and they will do their best to assist you. The service is free and is available year-round. Be sure to read the introductory page before you submit a question so that you know what information to provide.

REESWeb - Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources from the University of Pittsburgh has a searchable and browsable list of links to sites dealing with a myriad of topics from Russia and Eastern Europe.

REENIC - The Russian and East European Network Information Center at the University of Texas is similar to REESWeb at Pitt but includes more countries.

Russian web search engines:

Russia on the Net - Has both Russian and English interfaces. Also has a Yahoo-style index.

Aport - Russian only. Has other features such as weather and currency exchange.

List.ru - Also Russian only. Also features a Yahoo-style index.

 

Russian newspapers online:

Pravda Daily

Izvestiia

Komsomolskaia Pravda

Russian Periodicals Online - Numerous newspapers and magazines available online. Requires a subscription, but does give some free previews.

 

Buying Russian books online:

Panorama of Russia - Panorama specializes in non-fiction, predominantly reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Thornton's Bookshop - Large bookseller in Oxford, England, that seems to be able to get anything in Russian and other Slavic languages. Not cheap, but very good.

Victor Kamkin Bookstore - Kamkin, based in the D.C. area, has a searchable database of books in stock and features online ordering.

This is a print resource in the library's collection.