Russian Studies
This guide provides a general introduction to library and information resources for all those studying, teaching and researching on topics relating to Russia. Please note the additional information on the left hand navigation.
About Library databases
The Library uses the term ‘database’ to describe a searchable online resource which forms an increasingly important part of our overall Library collections. Usually, the Library pays for access to copyrighted content within licensed databases, although a small number may be freely avialable to access.
Why use Library databases?
- Access to information sources far beyond our own Library collections, anytime and anywhere
- Powerful search facilities for research
- Databases can be subject specific
- More importantly, using the databases provided by the Library will help you find reliable information from trusted sources.
You might be able to find references to licensed databases by searching Google, but you'll only be able to access them via UoE login by following the links from Databases A-Z or Databaes by Subject, that is, if we do own or subscribe to the databases you need.
What do databases cover?
A database may be dedicated to a single subject (e.g. Beckett Digital Library) or cover several subjects (e.g. Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Some publishers also provide a single platform which allows you to search across all their databases from one website (e.g. ProQuest).
You can find a variety of resources:
- full text e-journal articles
- e-books
- abstracts
- citation information
- newspaper articles - historical and current
- primary source material, e.g. archives
- dissertations
- conference proceedings
- images
- audio-visual content including video streaming
Relationship between DiscoverEd and Library databases
- DiscoverEd is a catalogue of all the Library collections, physical and electronic. The system is maintained by the Library. Databases are maintained and updated by database publishers.
- Most databases are indexed in DiscoverEd by database name. We aim to keep this indexing as up to date as possible.
- Most databases are also indexed in DiscoverEd at the item level, such as e-books, e-book chapters, and e-journal articles, but NOT for all the databases. One such exception is The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 1902-2014 : you can find the database name in DiscoverEd, but articles in this database are NOT indexed in DiscoverEd. Therefore, search the database itself if you are looking for TLS articles.
- You can search full text within full-text databases (e.g. JSTOR), but NOT in DiscoverEd because the latter doesn't index databases at the full-text level.
Tips for accessing databases
- Access databases via the one of the correct routes below, instead of doing so via Google:
- Library Databases list
- DiscoverEd
- Library channel in MyEd
- Resource Lists
- Remember to sign in when using DiscoverEd
- Remember to use VPN when off-campus
- Try a different browser
- Some databases limit the number of simultaneous users - if you are turned away, just wait for a little while and try again.
Databases relating to Russian Studies
The databases provided by the Library give you online access to valuable information for Russian studies, including full text journal articles and abstracts. University login is required to access these databases.
Key databases
- Alexander III and the policy of "Russification," 1883-1886 This link opens in a new window
- Cold War: Voices of Confrontation and Conciliation This link opens in a new window
- Commercial and Trade Relations Between Tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union and the U.S., 1910-1963 This link opens in a new window
- Country Intelligence Reports on USSR (1941-1961) This link opens in a new window
- Current Digest of the Russian Press (1949 - current) This link opens in a new window
- Ethnologue : Languages of the World - Russian This link opens in a new window
- Factiva (containing over 1,100 news sources published daily in Russia) This link opens in a new window
- George H. W. Bush and foreign affairs: the Moscow Summit and the dissolution of the USSR This link opens in a new window
- Integrum Profi New! This link opens in a new window
- Izvestiia Digital Archive (1917-2013) This link opens in a new window
- Literaturnaia Gazeta Digital Archive (1929-2013) This link opens in a new window
- Origins of the Cold War This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Language Dictionaries - Russian This link opens in a new window
- Oxford Language Dictionaries - Russian language resources This link opens in a new window
- Pravda (2010 onwards) This link opens in a new window
- Pravda Digital Archive (1912-2009) This link opens in a new window
- Research Source: World War Two Studies This link opens in a new window
- Russian Civil War and American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, 1918-20 This link opens in a new window
- Russian Science Citation Index (2005 onwards) This link opens in a new window
- Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars This link opens in a new window
- Sovetskaia kul’tura Digital Archive (1929-1991) This link opens in a new window
- Soviet-U.S. Relations: The End of the Cold War, 1985-1991 This link opens in a new window
- The Soviet Estimate: US Analysis of the Soviet Union 1947-1991 This link opens in a new window
- Soviet war posters : the Tass poster series from the University of Nottingham This link opens in a new window
- Stalin Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
- Voprosy Literatury (1957 onwards) This link opens in a new window
- World Communism: Pamphlets from McMaster University This link opens in a new window
- World War I and Revolution in Russia, 1914-1918 This link opens in a new window
Related databases
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
- Border and Migration Studies Online This link opens in a new window
- Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
- WorldCat This link opens in a new window