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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Major Sites
Ethnic Groups
American Academic and Research Institutions in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies
American Professional Organizations in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies
American Academic Journals in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies
Dictionaries
INTRODUCTION
hypertext makes than easy to locate other WWW pages with similar information. The author made an
attempt to provide information on WWW pages which give the best introduction to the subject and offer
the biggest amount of links to other resources on the Internet. There is an impressive amount of
databases which are not available to the entire public. One either has to be a member of a particular
institution or pay a subscription fee in order to be able to use resources like that. These highly developed
but restricted access databases were not included in this listing. People argue what East Europe is. Some
include in the region this and that country or nation, others do not. In this particular work the following
ethnic groups were taken under consideration:
● Albanians;
● Belorusians;
● Bosnians;
● Bulgarians;
● Carpatho-Rusyns;
● Croatians;
● Czechs;
● Estonians;
● Hungarians;
● Latvians;
● Lithuanians;
● Moldavians;
● Poles;
● Romanians;
● Russians;
● Serbians;
● Montenegrans;
● Slovaks;
● Slovenians;
● Ukrainians.
The listing of WWW resources was divided into the following categories:
1.Major WWW pages. The author included here seven WWW pages which offer comprehensive
coverage of the entire region or at least give information on more than one country.
2.Ethnic Groups. Home pages of particular ethnic groups were listed here. Although many ethnic
groups have quite a few WWW homepage, the author decided to choose one of them or two at the most.
It was author's intention to list one WWW page which offers the biggest amount of ready-to-read
information and links to other Internet resources. In some cases two WWW pages dealing with the same
group were listed in order to achieve a better coverage of a particular group. It is author's belief that
WWW pages offered here for each of the ethnic groups will combine impressive amount of ready-to-
read information with a huge amount of links for further browsing.
3.On-Line Newspapers and News Services From Eastern Europe. This listing includes both English
and vernacular languages full text on-line versions of newspapers, newspapers and journals published
only in electronic version as well as news services, similar to on-line edition of for example CNN, but
dealing with the region.
4.American Academic and Research Institutions in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies.
Two types of information are provided here:
a) information on particular institutions, size and special values of their East European and Slavic
collections accessible on-site only. It is very convenient to find out details about such institutions
before one makes a trip to use their collections.
b) on-line available resources: -on-line catalogues for obtaining bibliographic data. One should
keep in mind the fact that only a limited amount of items held in these collections could be found
in their on-line catalogs. The rest is accessible only through old printed catalogs. -on-line full-text
resources prepared and made available to the public by particular institutions.
6.American Professional Organizations in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies. WWW
pages of a few professional organizations are listed here. From information included there one might
find about the goals and activities of particular organization. Some of the pages provide access to the
Internet resources on East Europe.
5.American Academic Journals in the Field of East European and Slavic Studies. The best idea here
would be to have a list of full text services, but there is not many of them available on-line. WWW page
listed here provide either full-text service or offer description of a particular journal and usually table of
contents of its previous issues.
7.Dictionaries. On-line dictionaries are included here. Only a few of dictionaries available on-line were
prepared by institutions. The majority was made available by private people. As a result of that, one day
such a dictionary is on-line and the other day it is not.
MAJOR SITES
The Baltics on Line (http://www.viabalt.ee/) The Baltics Online covers Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania daily
news, economy, business news, business contacts, international trade opportunities, Baltic culture, fine
art in virtual gallery for sale, tourism, trade fairs and exhibitions. It is a WWW page of the institution
called Commercial Center, based in Tallinn, Estonia (www@viabalt.ee).
Central and East European Legal, Political, Business and Economics WWW Resources http://law.
gonzaga.edu/library/ceeurope.htm This service (offered by the Gonzaga University Law Library)
focuses on legal, political, business and economics links to Central and Eastern Europe, with an
emphasis on English-language links from government, academic, NGO, and news agency sources. Links
that are not at least partially available in English are so noted.
ETHNIC GROUPS
ALBANIANS
The most comprehensive WWW site on Albanians. It focuses on politics, but also includes the following
sections:
BELARUSIANS
This WWW page is an information source about Belarus' at home and abroad. The following sections
are offered:
● Living,
● Education,
● Politics,
● Business,
● Words and Faces,
● Reference Desk,
● Sports.
BOSNIANS
This web site focuses on the breakup of Yugoslavia and the war, but also provides other information
divided into the following sections:
● Newsstand -
● Municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 13-14, 1997 -
● Brief history of the war -
● Maps,
● status quo, fact book and ethnicity info -
● Images of the tragedy -
● Major war criminals/suspects -
● NATO and U.N. involvement in Bosnia-Herzegovina -
● U.S. Military Involvement -
● Articles, Interviews, Letters -
● On the history of Bosnia-Herzegovina -
● Culture, academia and daily life -
● Artwork
You can reach many other sites and documents on Bosnia through this web's information resources list.
BULGARIANS
The authors of this American based WWW page claim to put together the most comprehensive Web site
about Bulgaria. They offer several services, including:
There is also a link to the home page of the Bulgarian-American Society and a small dictionary in six
languages is offered.
This also American based WWW page includes comprehensive info on Bulgaria divided into the
following categories:
What is new?;
● Business;
● Services,
● Travel;
● Government;
● Universities;
● History;
● Art;
● Who is who?;
● Children:
● news;
● Mailing list;
● Archive;
● Web Pages;
● Fun;
● Other Links.
CARPATHO-RUSYNS
This WWW page is dedicated to the stateless ethnic group of Carpatho-Rusyns. The information offered
here is divided into the following categories:
See the Introduction and than look for information under the following sections:
CROATIANS
CZECHS
The official WWW page of the Czech Republic offers info in the following categories:
● Infosources,
● What's New?,
● Practical Info for Tourists,
● Daily News,
● Doing Business with Czech Republic,
● Teletext,
● Other Czech and Slovak Servers Resources,
● Multimedia,
● Office of the President of the Czech Republic - Mr.Vaclav Havel,
● The National Gallery in Prague,
● Prague Spring 1997,
● The Heart of Europe,
● Statistics,
● Discussions.
ESTONIANS
This WWW includes searchable index, info on Estonia from a variety of Estonian and foreign Internet
sources and and info on:
HUNGARIANS
LATVIANS
Service offered by Latnet, a Latvian Internet provider. The info is divided into the following sections:
● Region Overview,
● News & Weather,
● Media,
● References & Info-Service,
● Travel & Maps,
● Environment,
● Communications,
● Education & Science,
● Internet & Computers,
● Business,
● Finance,
● Property,
● Government,
● Society,
The list contains classified references to mostly Latvian information sites on the Internet. However,
some foreign sites are also included.
LITHUANIANS
This WWW page does not look like it offers much of information. The only two sections offered are:
There is, however, plenty of information and links under these two broad sections.
MACEDONIANS
● General information
● CIA 1995 Fact Book on Macedonia
● USAID Congressional presentation on Macedonia for FY97
● Roundtable Report: Macedonia: Ethnic and Internatinal Issues.
● Maps
● Government and politics
● President, Prime Minister and Cabinet Members Government addresses
● Foreign embassies in Macedonia
● List of counties, cities and villages
MOLDOVANS
Moldova (http://www.info.polymtl.ca/Moldova/)
This WWW page includes scattered and not too well organized info on:
● economy,
● ethnic relations,
● travel,
● business,
● history,
● statistics,
● politics.
MONTENEGRINS
Montenegro/Crna Gora
● Montenegro at a Glance,
● Geography of Montenegro,
● History of Montenegro,
● Religion in Montenegro,
● Montenegrin Literature,
● Language,
● Culture,
● Music,
● Painting,
● Politics in Montenegro,
● Treasures of Montenegro,
● Montenegrins in America: the Montenegrin Association of America.
● Links to sites related to Montenegro.
POLES
This WWW page is sponsored by LOT, Polish Air Lines. It includes comprehensive information divided
into the following sections:
This WWW page includes a searchable index and information divided into the following categories:
● Discussion Lists/Groups
● Electronic Journals
● Gopher
● Anonymous Ftp
● Database
● Listservers
● NNTP Servers
● IRC
● World Wide Web
● Other
ROMANIANS
This WWW page offers a complete list of all electronic on-line resources in Romania,
Facts about Romania section (History, Geography, Economy, People, Arts, Language), as well as other
info divided into the following sections:
● News,
● Facts,
● Business,
● Culture,
● Travel,
● Sports.
RUSSIANS
Friends and Partners is the WWW page dedicated to Russia, and was jointly developed by citizens of the
US and Russia to promote better understanding between the people of our countries. Thanks to the
department of German and Russian of the University of South Carolina various databases could be
explored including:
● Art/Music/Literature;
● AUDEM;
● Civil Society;
● Commercial Services;
● Community Corner;
● Cyrillic Text;
● Economics & Business;
● Education/Science;
● FP Space;
● Funding/Exchange;
● Health/Medicine;
● History;
● Language;
● Legal;
● Life;
● News;
● Our Friends and Partners;
● Reference Library;
● Search;
● Telecommunications;
● The Next Generation;
● Tourism/Travel;
● Who's Who.
SERBIANS
The Serbian Unity Congress (based in Pittsburgh) is a non-profit international organization representing
Serbs and friends of Serbs in the diaspora committed to ensuring the continuation of the Serbian
heritage. This WWW page includes lots of news and other information divided into the following
sections:
● Art,
● History,
● Politics,
● Library,
● Exhibition.
SLOVAKS
● -Geography,
❍ Natural Resources
❍ geographic coordinates,
❍ population,
❍ picture, tour,
❍ bordering countries,
❍ maps,
❍ capital,
❍ other cities,
❍ climate,
❍ weather maps. -
● Traveler's Guide
❍ Basic country information,
❍ geography,
❍ maps,
❍ capital,
❍ other cities,
❍ time zone,
❍ voltage,
❍ video system,
❍ telephone,
❍ tipping,
❍ shopping,
❍ driving,
❍ road map,
❍ emergencies,
❍ national holidays,
❍ climate,
❍ weather maps,
❍ embassies,
❍ post,
❍ customs,
❍ insurance,
❍ hotels,
❍ hostels,
❍ restaurants,
❍ trips,
❍ events,
❍ sports,
❍ castles,
❍ caves,
❍ spa,
❍ recommended guides.
● -Media, News
❍ SDS Media Digest,
❍ Voice of America,
❍ Nase Slova,
❍ SME,
❍ Narodna obroda,
❍ Pravda,
❍ Slovenska Republika,
❍ Praca,
❍ Trend,
❍ Domino Efekt,
❍Nove Slovo bez respektu - articles from Slovak daily and weekly newspapers,
❍ STORIN News Monitor,
❍ TA SR Press Agency,
❍ Katolicke noviny,
❍ CET On-line,
❍ ACCESS,
❍ Teletext of STV,
● -Administration, Politics
❍ Basic country information,
❍ state symbols,
❍ constitution,
❍ constit. court,
❍ persons,
❍ political parties,
❍ elections,
❍ previous governments,
❍ human rights,
❍ news sources,
❍ embassies,
❍ customs
● -Cities, Regions
❍ Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia,
❍ Western Slovakia,
❍ Central Slovakia,
❍ Banska Bystrica,
❍ Zvolen,
❍ Sliac Spa,
❍ Kosice,
❍ Spis Castle,
● -Business, Economy
❍ Slovak economy in numbers,
❍ currency,
❍ banks,
❍ Internet services,
telephone,
❍
❍ post,
❍ courier mail,
❍ insurance,
❍ customs,
❍ CERRO
● -Nationalities
❍ Language,
❍ Population,
❍ nationalities,
❍ language,
❍ dictionary,
❍ Matica Slovenska,
❍ Slovak books,
❍ language schools,
❍ translations,
❍ museums,
❍ galleries,
❍ radio,
❍ TV,
❍ press.
SLOVENIANS
UKRAINIANS
Brama (http://www.brama.com)
Brama was created in order to provide a centrally accessible hub on the Internet where everyone from
potential commercial interests to academic researchers, students and professionals alike can find wide-
ranging practical information for acquainting themselves with Ukraine and Ukrainians. Specifically,
Brama's focus is two-fold: 1) the fostering of economic development with and within Ukraine, 2)
contributing toward cultural evolution among Ukrainians throughout the world. Brama offers a valuable
compendium of substantive information about Ukraine and Ukrainians along with a set of
complementary Internet-related services tailored to the needs of the Ukrainian community. In particular,
Brama continues the standards established by its forebears in offering as much of its site as possible in a
bilingual format - both Ukrainian and English. This WWW page is divided into following sections:
This service is an attempt to collect links to all existing in virtual reality places covering things
Ukrainian.
Albania (http://www.newslink.org/eualba.html)
Belarus' (http://www.newslink.org/eubela.html)
■ Belarusian Market
■ Minsk Economic News
■ Vecherny Minsk
Bulgaria (http://www.newslink.org/eubulg.html)
■ 24 Casa
■ Capital Press
■ Daily Chronicle
■ ITK Pari
■ Kontinent
Croatia (http://www.newslink.org/eucroa.html)
■ Feral Tribune
■ Lidove noviny
■ Mlady Svet
■ Prague Financial Monitor
■ Prague Post
■ Svobodne slovo
Estonia (http://www.newslink.org/euest.html)
■ Aripäev
■ Baltic Independent
■ Baltic Observer
■ Eesti Ekspress
■ Eesti Elu
■ Eesti Päevaleht
■ Monitor Online
■ Postimees
■ Sõnumileht
■ Weekly Review
Hungary (http://www.newslink.org/euhun.html)
Latvia (http://www.newslink.org/eulat.html)
■ Diena
■ Vakara Zinas
Poland (http://www.newslink.org/eupol.html)
■ Donosy
■ Gazeta Wyborcza
■ Rzeczpospolita
■ Warsaw Voice
■ Zycie Warszawy
❍ See also:
■ Businessman MAGAZINE (http://www.businessman.com.pl/)
■ Chip (http://www.chip.pl)
■ Droga (http://www.droga.com.pl)
■ LinuxPlus (http://www.linux.com.pl/)
Polityka (http://www.polityka.pol.pl/)
■
■ Swiat Nauki.
czasopisma/swiatnauki.htm)
■ Trybuna Slaska http://www.trybuna-slaska.com.pl/)
■ Wprost (http://www.wprost.pl/ang/)
❍ And see:
■ Comprehensive List of 500+ Polish electronic journals available at: (http://www.
miks.uj.edu.pl/ibin/czasop/pol.html)
■ Gazeta Polska (http://www.gazetapolska.pl/)
Romania (http://www.newslink.org/eurom.html)
Adevarul
■
■ Cotidianul
■ Dimineata
■ Evenimentul Zilei
■ Monitorul
■ Romania Libera
■ Romania Literara
■ Ziua
❍ See also
■ Magazin (http://www.magazin.ro/)
■ Privirea (http://www.privirea.ro/)
Russia (http://www.newslink.org/euruss.html)
■ Argumenti i Fakty
■ Chaspik
■ Commersant
■ Ekspress-Chronika
■ European Business Contact
■ Izvestia
■ Moscow Times
■ Nezavisimaya Gazeta
■ Pravda 5
■ St. Petersburg Times
■ Vladivostok News
Serbia (http://www.newslink.org/euserb.html)
■ Nasa Borba
■ Politika
■ Nedeljni Telegraf
■ Vreme
Slovakia (http://www.newslink.org/euslov.html)
■ Korzo
■ Národná Obroda
■ Nové Mesto
■ Praca
■ Pravda
■ Slovak Spectator
■ Slovenska Republika
■ SME
Slovenia (http://www.newslink.org/euslove.html)
■ Dnevnik
■ Primorske Novice
■ Republika
■ Vecer
■ Vestnik
Ukraine (http://www.newslink.org/euukr.html)
■ Finansovaya Ukraina
■ New Day
■ Vechernij Kharkov
The other good source, which combines links to many on-line newspapers and news services in Eastern
Europe is:
The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Alphabetical Guide to
East European and Slavic News Media on the Internet (http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/%7Eaatseel/eenews.
html)
The New Europe Group. News organization covering the markets emerging from the former
communist world.
http://www.new-europe.gr/
This service provide news and news analysis on Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, FYROM, Georgia, Greece, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrigstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Tadjikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. News coverage
includes politics and policies, economy, business transactions, company results, personalities, equities,
money markets, currencies, commodities, indicators, investments, privatization, etc. The New Europe
Group has an extensive network of exclusive correspondents, stringers and researchers throughout the
countries of coverage and is connected with the most important national and international news agencies
and other news institutions.
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/ECE/homepage.html)
This service is offered by The European Internet Network, Inc., and includes news from Poland, Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The same company offers similar service called:
Russia Today
Access Hungary
(http://www.access-hungary.hu/)
News and business information from Hungary, both in Hungarian and English.
OMRINet
(http://www.omri.cz/)
Prague
Open Media Research Institute publishes a daily electronic digest of news from the East Europe
and Russia.
Radio B92
(http://b92eng.opennet.org/)
Belgrade based service which brings daily news from Yugoslavia, both in Serbian and English.
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/ECE/homepage.html)
(http://www.halcyon.com/rompr/welcome.html)
Romanian Press Review offers an in-depth look at Romanian politics, business, economy, and life .
Amherst College.
http://www.amherst.edu/amherst/academ/acrc/menu.html
Through the generous gift of Thomas P. Whitney, Amherst College has acquired what has
generally been considered the world's largest private holding of Russian books, manuscripts,
newspapers, and periodicals. The collection contains nearly 15,000 books and periodicals. The
third and unquestionably most exciting part of the Collection is the archives which are contained
in 170 "banker's" boxes and which are mostly connected to Russian literature. Center's WWW
site features general descriptions and articles about the center and a searchable listing of all the
sections of the archive which have currently been cataloged.
http://www.libertynet.org:80/~balch/
The nation's only museum, library and archive (based in Philadelphia) dedicated to collecting and
interpreting materials drawn from America's ethnic, racial, and immigrant experiences. With
education as its focus, the Balch's mission is to promote greater intergroup understanding. The
WWW page offers among others on-line Guide to Manuscript and Microfilm Collection, which
includes rare manuscripts, photographs and publications concerning the history of among others
the following ethnic groups: Albanian; Carpatho-Rusyn; Croatian; Czech; Estonian; Hungarian;
Latvian; Lithuanian; Polish; Romanian; Russian; Serbian; Slovak; Slovene; Ukrainian. See also
Institute's on-line exhibition: Preserving Polonia in America. Polish American Experience (http://
www.libertynet.org:80/~balch/polonia/preservi.html).
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/ets/offsite.language.html
Columbia University
Special Collections
Hilandar Research Library and the Resource Center for the Medieval Slavic Studies
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/cmrs/rcmss/default.htm
Columbus, Ohio
The Hilandar Research Library has the largest collection of medieval Slavic manuscripts on
microform in the Western Hemisphere. The more than 4,000 manuscripts from more than 69
different monastic, private and national collections in 20 countries are used by scholars from all
over the world. Of special interest are the more than 1,200 manuscripts from different
monasteries on Mount Athos, Greece, including the entire Slavic collection of Hilandar
Monastery. The manuscripts on microform from Mount Athos together represent over a million
pages of material. Other collections that are remote or generally closed, such as those of the
Serbian Orthodox Church in Hungary are also available. In addition to microformed manuscripts,
the library has a substantial collection of early Slavic printed books on microform. The Hilandar
Research Library also contains a large specialized reference collection, print and microform, as
well as numerous microform readers, a reader-printer and computers. The WWW page includes a
list of links to other pages offering information on Medieval Slavic studies. No connection to
OPAC is available.
European Collection.
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/library/westeuro.528/eurdesc.htm
The East/Central European Collection (in order of acquisition effort: Poland, Czech, Republic
and Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia/Former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia,
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, and Greece) includes
approximately 250,000 books in the various East European languages and an additional 100,000
in other languages, 6,000 serial titles, 1,000 newspapers and over 700 archival units. Library's on-
line catalog Socrates, which holds records for materials cataloged from 1977 on, is a Telnet
service. To access Socrates, Telnet to: forsythetn.stanford.edu. For the account, use: Socrates.
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/LIBRARY/RUSSIAN5.27/RCOLLIB.HTM
one of the world's great scholarly resources for the study of Russia, the Soviet Union and the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the twentieth century. Geographically, this
includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian
Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, and constitutes some of the most
important holdings of the Hoover Institution. Subject areas collected include twentieth century
history, politics, government, economics, military affairs, and political and social movements,
especially communism. The collection includes: 327,000 monographs, 6,100 periodicals and
1,260 newspapers. In addition to monographs and serials, the collection encompasses 26,000
reels of microfilm, 750 motion picture films, over 1,000 manuscript collections, 20,000
pamphlets, 10,000 political posters, and 23,000 photographs. Library's on-line catalog Socrates,
which holds records for materials cataloged from 1977 on, is a Telnet service. To access
Socrates, Telnet to: forsythetn.stanford.edu. For the account, use: Socrates.
Indiana University.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/resource.html
It includes: Russian List of Lists--Links to different Russian resources on the Web and links to
resources in the following categories: Art; Cooking; Films; Fonts and Other Software; Jobs;
Language; Literature; Music; News and Information; Sports; Study; Tourism.
Indiana University.
(http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/index.html)
Library of Congress.
European Division
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/european/eurguide.html
The Division prepared descriptions of some parts of its collection including: the Czech and
Slovak Collections; the Hungarian Collections; the Polish Collections; the Russian Collections;
the South Slavic Collections and the Ukrainian Collections. Library's catalog is available at:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/online.html
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/slav.balt.html
The Slavic and Baltic Division of the NYPL is the locus for the Library's single largest
concentration of Slavic and Baltic vernacular language monographic and serial materials, with
more than 385,000 volumes, 1,200 current serials, and 20,100 microform titles. Materials in
Albanian, Finno-Ugric, Romance, and the many non-Slavic languages of the Former Soviet
Union are held by other Library units. In addition, upwards of 200,000 volumes of Slavica and
Baltica in Western European languages, as well as archival and visual materials, are found in
other divisions of the Library. CATNYP, the library's on-line catalog (items acquired after 1972)
is available at: http://www.nypl.org/catalogs/catalogs.html
A Brief Guide to Selected Slavic, Baltic, East European, and Eurasian Internet Sites
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/sites.html
The intent of this list is to provide useful links to relevant library and archival institutions
throughout the world. Other areas--such as general reference, electronic journals, maps, etc.--are
covered far less extensively. The following categories of information are covered: Book Studies;
Electronic Journals/Newsletters/Newspapers/Digests; Cataloging; Collections in North America;
Collections in the Former Soviet Union; Collections in Europe and Asia; Maps; Miscellaneous
Sites; Online Directories/General Reference; Organizations; New York-based Organizations;
Slavic and East European Internet Guides.
The Slavic and East European Collections at UC Berkeley number in the neighborhood of
500,000 volumes and include over 10,000 serial titles. The bulk of the collections are in the
Social Science and the Humanities and housed in the Main Library. Special Collections in the
Main Library include: Russian Independent Press; The Miliukov Collection; The Russian Emigre
Literature Collection; The Masaryk-Benes Collection of materials relating to the First and Second
Czech Republics. Significant number of resources are also maintained in the 20 branches of the
UC Berkeley Library and its affiliates. Records for all materials are listed in: -GLADIS, the on-
line catalog for the UC Berkeley Library (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8000/) -Melvyl, the on-line
catalog of the UC System (http://www.melvyl.ucop.edu/)
Research Guides for the Study of Russia, the Former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/Slavic/refe.html
The staff of the library created useful lists of reference materials to help patrons get a head start
on their topics. Included also are general guides to doing research in Slavic Studies created by
experts at other locations. This is a work in progress. Here are some that are already available:
-"How To" Manuals; -Library of Congress Transliteration Tables for Cyrillic based alphabets
(from Princeton University); -Another version of transliteration tables (from the University of
Chicago); -Slavic Cataloging Manual (from Princeton University) has information about current
practices for place names, personal names, etc; -How to find dictionaries, and a few links to
electronic ones; -How to find maps; -Guides to Reference Materials; -Guide to Russian
Reference Works by Wojciech Zalewski, Curator for Slavic and East European; -Collections,
Stanford University (N.B. This work is under copyright); -Sources for Russian History and
Literature (a brief bibliography); -Electronic Reference Sources for Slavic & East European
Studies; -New Reference Sources for Former Soviet Union & EE Studies; -Miscellaneous
Guides; -Russian Federation election results (1991-1993).
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/Slavic/internet.html
This WWW Page is designed to assist patrons in learning about the collections, conducting
research on the UC Campus, and connecting to data available in electronic formats wherever they
can be found in the world. (Geographic coverage: Russia and the republics of the Former Soviet
Union, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Romania, and Albania). Links to on-line information include: Electronic publications Library
catalogs and other databases Web sites in the Former Soviet Union (From REES). National
Home Pages (From REES) Major Sites and Archives (From REES)
University of Chicago.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/LibInfo/SourcesBySubject/Slavic/
The Slavic and East European collections contain over 525,000 volumes on Russia and the
former Soviet Union, as well as the countries of Eastern Europe. The collections, which are
accessed through the Library's Horizon Catalog and General Card Catalog, include material from
all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences and in all of the vernacular languages of
these geographic areas. The collections are especially strong in Slavic philology and linguistics,
Russian and other Slavic literatures, history, economics, political science, geography, and the
history of religions. Special collections include the Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad, the
Samuel Harper Collection of Russian Pamphlets, and the Louis Szathmary Hungarica Collection.
Library's's catalog is available at: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/LibInfo/Catalogs/Chicago/
University of Illinois
The Slavic and East European Library is the third largest collection of its kind in North America
and the largest west of Washington, D.C. The Slavic and East European Library's collection
includes more than 638,000 printed volumes, 92,000 microforms, and subscriptions to
approximately 4,000 current periodicals, mostly in the vernacular, dealing with all parts of the
former Soviet Union as well as Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, the
former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, and Albania. The library also possesses Slavic
Newspaper Index which contains detailed holdings of more than 850 Slavic & East European
newspapers held by UIUC in print, microfiche and microfilm. The index can be searched by
country of publication, city of publication, title or language. It's available at: http://www.library.
uiuc.edu/spx/spxnews.htm. Library's on-line catalog is available at: http://gateway.library.uiuc.
edu/resource/catalog.asp.
University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.pitt.edu/%7Ecrees/crees.html
Hillman Library of the University of Pittsburgh has developed a Russian, Soviet, and East
European collection of over 300,000 volumes, of which more than 145,000 are in the languages
of the area. The library contains nearly 1,000 serial publications on the area, including 620
periodicals in native languages and 39 foreign-language newspapers. In 1991 the University
acquired the Polish National Alliance collection of 39,000 volumes and 10,000 documents,
formerly housed at Alliance College in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. The University Center
for Instructional Development & Distance Education houses a substantial collection of Soviet and
East European films. Other materials relating to the region are found in the Fine Arts Library, the
libraries of the Law and Business Schools, and the Economics and Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs library. An extensive exchange of materials with Russian and East European
institutions provides material unavailable through other sources. PITTCAT-University of
Pittsburgh OPAC is available at: http://www.library.pitt.edu/pittcat/
University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.pitt.edu/~cjp/rees.html
The REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states,
the Caucusus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian
Federation, and the former Soviet Union. It includes the following categories: -Resources by
Discipline -Resources by Type -National Homepages -Major Sites and Archives of Information -
WWW Servers in the Former Soviet Union -Some New Items This Month in REESWeb -Related
Sites in the WWW Virtual Library
http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/CPSEES/online.html
The Library's SEES collection supports to some extent all aspects of the programs, but its
primary strengths are in Russian language and literature and Russian and Soviet history, which
together comprise around two-thirds of the total number of works. Next in size and scope, as well
as in projected growth, is the collection in Czech language and literature. There are also a
substantial number of works representing Czech-American culture. Altogether the SEES
collection comprises close to 75,000 volumes of books, over 500 titles on microfilm, and over
400 current serials subscriptions. It is housed primarily in the Perry-Castañeda Library, but
materials are also found in the Fine Arts Library and the Architecture and Planning Library. The
Population Research Center houses complete census data for Eastern Europe and the former U.S.
S.R. from 1897. In addition, the University of Texas possesses the Soviet Data Base on computer
tape. Library's on-line catalog can be accessed at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/
http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/CPSEES/Ania/EastEuroRes/eeres.html
This is a list of printed sources, which have to be accessed in a library. The listing is divided into
the following categories: literature, history, sociology, geography, history, economy, business,
political science.
University of Washington
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~mbiggins/slavic/index.html
Numbering upwards of 300,000 volumes, and with active subscriptions to more than 1,200
journals and 60 newspapers, the Slavic and East European collections at the University of
Washington Libraries are a major area studies resource, both regionally and nationally. The
Slavic and East European area has been the object of intensive collection development at the UW
Libraries since the 1950s. Primary collection focus is on the social sciences and humanities, with
materials housed in the open stacks of Suzzallo and Allen Libraries. There are extensive
collections for Russian and East European history and for Slavic languages and literatures. Slavic
and East European materials are also a conspicuous presence in the Libraries' collections on
religion, geography, social sciences including economics, political science and government,
music, art and bibliography. Older materials in all of these subjects are also housed in the Dewey
Decimal stacks on the 4th floor of Suzzallo. Some area studies materials are maintained in branch
libraries, such as Art, Music, Natural Sciences, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, and elsewhere.
Yale University
http://www.library.yale.edu/htmldocs/col_idx.htm
Yale's library was among the first in America systematically to collect Slavic materials. Joel
Sumner Smith, its Associate Librarian in the late 19th century, was one of the very few in his
profession at the time who read Russian. The books and serials he acquired at the time today
form the core of one of the leading holdings in the West. With over 100,000 volumes concerning
Central and Southeast Europe, as well as some 500,000 volumes relating to Russia and the states
of the former Soviet Union, Yale's libraries are among the five largest collections in the United
States. Yale also has 5,518 current & recent subscriptions to serials and 142 current
subscriptions, as well as 245 microfilms of newspapers. ORBIS, the library's OPAC (materials
obtained after 1977) is available at: http://webpac.library.yale.edu/webpac/orbis.htm
Yale University
http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/slavic.html
■ WWW Gateways,
■ Reading Cyrillic on the WWW,
■ Academic Departments & Programs,
■ Journals,
■ Libraries,
■ Major Microfilm Sets,
■ News,
■ Newspapers,
■ Resources.
http://ragnar.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/frames.html
The AAASS, a nonprofit, nonpolitical, scholarly society--is the leading private organization
dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Russia, Central Eurasia, and Eastern and
Central Europe. The AAASS publishes a newsletter and a scholarly journal, Slavic Review (see
below), and awards prizes annually to the best books in the field. It organizes a huge national
convention which is an annual forum where scholars enjoy a broad exchange of information and
ideas. This WWW page includes among others information about conferences, and links to a few,
but comprehensive Slavic sites.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/%7Eaatseel/
The AATSEEL, founded in 1941, exists to advance the study and promote the teaching of Slavic
and East European languages, literatures, and cultures on all educational levels, elementary
through graduate school. While the largest proportion of its activities and members concentrate in
the area of Russian, AATSEEL has from the beginning stressed that it embraces all Slavic and
East European languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures. AATSEEL holds an annual
conference in December of each year; its publications include the Slavic and East European
Journal (four times a year) and the AATSEEL Newsletter (six times a year). The organization's
WWW page is an excellent source of information in the following categories: AATSEEL
(membership, committees, annual meetings, conferences) List of Slavists, e-mail addresses and
links to individual home pages Departments and programs (Slavic and East European
departments and programs in the USA) Information on the profession (employment, internship,
grants, fellowships, scholarship) Meetings and conferences (includes abstracts of papers
presented at conferences) Resources for teaching Research and scholarship Guide to Slavic and
East European Library Collections on the Internet Links to Libraries in Russia LIBNET. Russian
Network of Libraries on the Internet Calls for papers for publication Dissertation abstracts
Dissertations in progress Translations in progress Research papers Book Reviews Bibliographies
Slavic fonts and keyboard drivers Internet resources Surveys and databases The Association of
Women in Slavic Studies http://ash.cc.swarthmore.edu:80/slavic/ The Association of Women in
Slavic Studies is a networking resource for people concerned with the problems, status, and
achievements of women in the profession. It also attempts to cover research and teaching in
women's studies and questions of gender and family life in Central/Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union. The organization is affiliated with AAASS (The American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies).
http://www.princeton.edu/~nshapiro/eastconsrt.html
The East Coast Consortium of Slavic Library Collections was established in 1993 to better
coordinate activities among major Eurasian area studies collections in the Eastern United States.
The Consortium presently numbers six member institutions: Columbia , Cornell, Harvard, The
New York Public Library, Princeton, and Yale. Initially, the meetings of the Consortium offered
a venue for the discussion of issues related to the state of post-Soviet publishing and the book
trade, sharing information on dealer and exchange relationships.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/Slavic/Pacslav/
PACSLAV was formed to promote the development of Slavic Studies resources in this region of
the United States and Canada. The services provided by the Consortium are for the use and
benefit of the faculty, students, and staff of its member institutions. The participating institutions
are: Arizona State University, Stanford University Libraries, University of Arizona, University of
California Library, Berkeley, University of California Library, Los Angeles, University of
Hawaii Library at Manoa, university of Oregon Libraries, University of Washington Libraries,
Seattle.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/%7Ejsl/contents.html
http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/jsm.htm
Editors: David M Glantz, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Christopher Donnelly, NATO HQ, Brussels,
Belgium The Journal of Slavic Military Studies(until 1993 The Journal of Soviet Military
Studies) investigates all aspects of military affairs in the Slavic nations of central and eastern
Europe in historical and geopolitical context and offers a vehicle for central and eastern European
security and military analysts to air their views. Its unique international editorial board and
diverse content including translations of newly released Soviet and Russian documents as well as
specialist book reviews make the journal a must for academics, military figures and civilians
alike who are interested in this region's security and military affairs. Journal's WWW page offers
only table of contents starting from vol.8, no.4.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/%7Eaatseel/AATSEEL/seej.html
The Slavic and East European Journal is published quarterly by the American Association of
Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. This WWW page does not provide full text
articles, not even abstracts or table of contents. Information you will find on this WWW page
include submission requirements, and evaluation process for submissions.
Slavic Review
(http://ragnar.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/ )
DICTIONARIES
http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html
This service is offered by Robert Beard (rbeard@bucknell.edu) and consists of links to 70+
languages guides on the web. The very attractive table at the top guides you easily to your area of
interest, so you're bound to find what you need. In addition to every language you can imagine
(and some you couldn't), some interesting other dictionaries include: Multilingual Dictionaries,
Specialized Dictionaries (synonym, acronym, computer, legal, and medical to name a few),
Thesauri and Other Vocabulary Aids, Language Identifiers and Guessers. The is also an Index of
Dictionary Indices. A nice touch is an English language search option at the top of the page. A
number of dictionaries offered for particular languages varies. The following Eastern European
languages are covered:
Albanian
Belarusian
■ English-Belarusian-English
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Estonian
■ Estonian-English-Estonian
■ Estonian Computerized Dictionaries
■ Sünonüümisõnastik (Dictionary of Synonyms)
■ English, Estonian, Finnish, French Multilingual Computer Dictionary
Hungarian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovene
Ukrainian
http://ragnar.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/frames.html
http://ragnar.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/frames.html
This dictionary is copyrighted by Marek Tiits, Institute of Baltics, and includes 17000
records.
http://ragnar.econ.uiuc.edu/~slavrev/frames.html
The dictionary is maintained by Attila Vonyó and László Drótos from MTA SZTAKI,
Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest,
Hungary. It contains nearly 131,500 records. The extension dictionary (addition to the
main service) currently includes more than 60,000 records.
English-Russian English-Russian
http://www.slovak.com/dict/dict.exe