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Library Resources

Best Bets - Databases

MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) This link opens in a new window The primary database for literary and film scholarship.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window Index covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada). It includes hundreds of history journals and books, plus useful features such as the ability to search by time period.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window Provides access to journal articles in political science related fields including law, public administration/policy, and international relations.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window Provides literature including journal articles and book chapters on linguistics and related language science fields. Covers all aspects of linguistics, from phonetics to semantics, and the various fields of linguistics (geographical, comparative, etc.).
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window Interdisciplinary resource with popular, scholarly, and peer-reviewed articles and citations. Includes speeches, newspapers, and polls.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window Credible source for news, legal and business sources that is updated daily. Includes access to print and online journals, television and radio broadcasts, newswires and blogs, as well as local, regional, national and international newspapers, legal sources for federal and state cases and statutes, business information on U.S. and international companies and executives. For Business Nexis Uni covers company and industry news, detailed company financial data, and includes major accounting journals. In Law, the database provides texts of federal and state court decisions, federal and state agency regulations, and law journal articles.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window Covers film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window Access to research in areas related to cultural studies, communication and mass media studies, rhetoric, speech, and digital, electronic and new media.

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New E-Books in Russian Studies

Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism

An Anti-Bolshevik Alternative: The White Movement and the Civil War in the Russian North

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse

The Filmmaker's Philosopher: Merab Mamardashvili and Russian Cinema

Devastation and Laughter: Satire, Power, and Culture in the Early Soviet State, 1920s-1930s

What Does It Mean to Be Post-Soviet? Decolonial Art from the Ruins of the Soviet Empire

Language on Display: Writers, Fiction and Linguistic Culture in Post-Soviet Russia

Development and Dystopia: Studies in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Eastern Europe

The Crisis of the Old Order in Russia: Gentry and Government

That Savage Gaze: Wolves in the Nineteenth-Century Russian Imagination

Learning with Lenin: Selected Works on Education and Revolution

A Dostoevskii Companion: Texts and Contexts

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Philosophical Perspectives

Featured Journals

Slavic Review Slavic Review is an international interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, past and present. The journal publishes articles of original and significant research and interpretation, reviews of scholarly books and films, and topical review essays and discussion forums.
Russian Review The Russian Review is a major independent peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary academic journal devoted to the history, literature, culture, fine arts, cinema, society, and politics of the Russian Federation, former Soviet Union and former Russian Empire.
Russian Life Russian Life, previously known as The USSR and Soviet Life, is a 64-page colour bimonthly magazine of Russian culture. It celebrated its 60th birthday in October 2016. The magazine is written and edited by American and Russian staffers and freelancers.

Open Access Resources

Cyberleninka Russian language scholarly journal articles. All search and results are in Russian; no English language interface.
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British Library's European Studies Blog Collection of Russian resources, including Prozhito, a growing collection of digitized diaries.
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HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window A digital preservation repository that provides access to millions of digitized materials from libraries around the world. For enhanced access to materials, log into HathiTrust using your Macalester email credentials.
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Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window Access to quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering a range of topics and languages.
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Local and Other Resources

Russia in Minnesota
Macalester's Russian Studies Department compiled a great list of local opportunities, including the Museum of Russian Art, Russian Soul Cultural Center, Theatre Novi Most, and more!

Use these links to think outside the box: you can intern or volunteer, attend cultural events, become involved in an organization, and more. Then take a break and eat some Russian food, perhaps nearby at Moscow on the Hill!
Online Resources
Another thorough list from Macalester's Russian Studies Department of internet based resources, from archives and government agencies to maps and news sources.

Saint Paul Public Library

St. Paul Public Library has more than 42,000 ebooks and 300 audiobooks that you can check out online, including an extensive fiction collection.

As a Macalester College student, you can use the college's address to sign up for an E-card to allow you to use online resources from the St. Paul Public Library at https://sppl.org/ecard. Once you've registered, you can borrow and download ebooks and audiobooks to view on an e-reader, computer, or mobile device.