tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168Sun, 19 May 2013 09:42:07 +0000Union Catalogs are always changing. One of the Russian sites that is really useful is the RIBK (Russian Library Information Consortium).DINabstracthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giffull-textphotographsdocumentsCyrillic scriptsISOLibraryGulagInternet Usage World Statistics. The current interest in Internet usage makes this a very useful site.GypsyBook FinderetcNew resources at feb-web.ru. Full-text of Masanov's pseudonym dictionary and the bibliographies for Russia's pre-revolutionary periodicals.diacritical markingsmultimediatransliteration systemstransliterationThe National Library of Kazakhstan has tens and tens of thousands of records for individual articles available.The Russian National Library has made the scanned card catalogs of its Armenian-language holdings and added part of their Georgian card catalog .Endnotevirtual exhibitstransliteration tablesPortalsThe database BIBLIO is a working database of the Bibliographical department of the Library of the Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.European LibraryThe Russian Book Chamber have now added some new retrospective resources to their current online searches.full textISO-9Romasuch as RefWorksnon-Latin charactersPolish medical journalsdiacritical marksRomanidiacriticsWe are sometimes asked by our patrons about the various bibliographic management tools available on the marketHow will we tame the information beast? We will use its weapons! Welcome to the SRS Blog. Here we will guide you to and through some of our favorite resources for studying Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. http://srscite.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)Blogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-3998528451180503996Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:59:00 +00002013-04-10T09:59:30.234-05:00The Russian National Library is an essential resource for many scholars studying Russia and the former Soviet Union. Not only does the library have an amazing scanned card catalog and periodicals database (both of which are heavily used by the Slavic Reference Service), the institution's librarians also create detailed guides to reference and bibliographic sources open to public use.  List of http://srscite.blogspot.com/2013/04/guide-to-linguistics-from-russian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-6300006893232728073Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:21:00 +00002013-03-29T15:21:29.624-05:00 The Baltic states are small but they pack a punch when it comes to digitization and open access of scholarly materials. Latvia is no exception. The Latvian National Digital Library offers amazing access to full-text resources, including periodicals, books and maps. This digitization project was made possible in part by the European Regional Development Fund. The European Union created this http://srscite.blogspot.com/2013/03/latvian-national-digital-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-768820490616652039Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:27:00 +00002013-03-13T10:45:36.181-05:00Are you working on a research project that involves the Balkans? Don't forget to take a look at COBISS.net, which provides access to the national and regional library catalogs from Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Albania. As you can see, there are hundreds of libraries that participate in this project for sharing information across the region. http://srscite.blogspot.com/2013/03/exploring-cobissnet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-947175314487210017Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +00002013-01-28T10:00:06.035-06:00 From OCLC: "...There are currently some 1.4 million Polish records already in WorldCat. This new agreement with the National Library of Poland will nearly double the number of Polish records in the database. 'We are very pleased to be able to enrich WorldCat with additional Polish content,' said Eric van Lubeek, Managing Director, OCLC EMEA. 'Polish communities and other researchers around http://srscite.blogspot.com/2013/01/national-library-of-poland-adds-13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-7258397400693580102Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:23:00 +00002013-01-24T12:24:07.241-06:00 Scholars looking for information about Georgia should include the National Parliamentary Library in their search repertoire. This institution offers incredible access to the information it holds and organizes. Georgian is a beautiful language, but don't fret if you have no clue how to read it, or are just starting to learn it, because the website it available in English. This helps http://srscite.blogspot.com/2013/01/resources-of-national-parliamentary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-5835787693482629174Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:16:00 +00002012-11-19T10:16:26.163-06:00A well-known "secret" within the Slavic Reference Service is that libraries and information organizations from across Eastern Europe provide full-text access to many of their best resources. Hungary, oddly enough, is one of the best examples of this phenomenon. Below is a list of a few online databases that offer the full-text feature for their items. Be prepared to encounter some restrictions, http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/11/full-text-disclosure-hungarian-example.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ula Biegaj)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-8671445221851321798Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:03:00 +00002012-07-25T10:03:09.910-05:00After 30 years I will be leaving the Slavic Reference Service for some new opportunities that arose in the library.  This was something I had been considering for the last couple of years and all the retirements in our library afforded me some wonderful opportunities.  The Slavic Reference Service will of course continue its excellent work. Thank you for all your support over the years!  The newhttp://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/07/after-30-years-i-will-be-leaving-slavic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-6187279247521733639Tue, 10 Jul 2012 21:54:00 +00002012-07-10T16:54:17.456-05:00 Dear Slavic Reference Service Patrons, We are currently conducting an external evaluation of the Slavic Reference Service.  The SRS staff would be extremely grateful for your participation.  We value your feedback.  As with any surveys, please refrain from using any personal data.   If you have any questions or concerns regarding this external survey, contact Ms. Julia Burke [Email: jlburke@http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/07/srs-external-survey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dmitry Tartakovsky)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-1325823511176064472Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:38:00 +00002012-06-21T08:38:06.803-05:00 Congratulations to Professor Ann Kleimola who, in May 2012,  was  made a laureate, Socius Honoris Causa, of ELTE (Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem/ Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, the oldest university in Hungary), Ruszisztikai Központ (Faculty of Russistics). Professor Kleimola is a long time attendee of the Summer Research Lab at the University of Illinois and the moderator of our http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/06/congratulations-professor-kleimola.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-6456258109112006560Mon, 14 May 2012 16:02:00 +00002012-05-14T11:05:42.895-05:00 The major Ukrainian library has been successfully developing its collection of digitized materials. Library users can access full-text governmental publications of different historical periods; rare books and early Ukrainian prints; rare publications on Ukrainian history and culture; Western European incunabula of 15th-16th centuries; publications on ethnography. http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/05/digitized-collections-of-vernadsky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Volodymyr)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-2663914304167424242Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:52:00 +00002012-04-23T09:52:24.882-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/04/digital-library-culture-of-ukraine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Volodymyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-4964160504402541659Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:34:00 +00002012-04-20T11:34:33.424-05:00Borys Hrinchenko's Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language is one of the most important books in the history of the modern Ukrainian language. It has 68 000 registered words, and it is the first significant Ukrainian lexicographic collection with the translation of its words into Russian. The Dictionary is an indispensable source for those who are interested in the Ukrainian language and its historyhttp://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/04/b-hrinchenkos-dictionary-of-ukrainian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Volodymyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-6436172686480489394Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:50:00 +00002012-04-20T10:50:51.337-05:00During the last twenty years the archival system of Ukraine went through dramatic changes in order to make country's rich archival archival resources available for public. As a result of these changes, central and local archives not only declassified their numerous records that were previously inaccessible, but they also created registers of declassified records that now are available in the PDF http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/04/register-of-declassified-archival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Volodymyr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-8272213719702331112Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:00 +00002012-01-23T08:52:12.585-06:00The Chronicle of Higher Education, in the "Global Ticker" section, posted a short piece on the new code of conduct proposed by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education of Uzbekistan. The article appeared in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [on Monday. January 23, 2012] under the following article title: "The Byzantine 'ethics' of Uzbek bathrooms breaks, handshakes, Youtube posts." Among http://srscite.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-code-of-conduct-for-uzbek-students.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-726575746372124463Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:37:00 +00002012-01-23T08:51:42.726-06:00http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifThe Slavic Reference Service, in collaboration Dr. John H. Brown and Dr. Steven A. Grant, is hosting a searchable database version of The Russian Empire and Soviet Union: A Guide to Manuscripts and Archival Materials in the United States [Link note: researchers will be able to view UIUC print holdings, digitized text of the guide[the Library of Congress], and the searchable database-- all in one http://srscite.blogspot.com/2011/10/searchable-database-at-uiuc-russian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-5289469011574588582Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:31:00 +00002011-08-05T13:52:39.351-05:00LibraryAs of August 22, 2011, the Slavic Reference Service will be one of the array of services offered in the new International Area Studies Unit (IAS).   While the collection and staff are being moved, August 5-21,  we will be closed for walk-in requests.  However, we will try to address ILL, email and chat requests, as time permits. The new unit will be locatd in room 321 Main Library, the third http://srscite.blogspot.com/2011/07/srs-merged-to-form-international-area.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-4262367097450651514Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:14:00 +00002011-06-06T14:19:10.063-05:00One of the types of materials frequently requested by patrons, but not always easy to locate, are photographs of particular historical persons, events or locations. Polish non-profit organization, Ośrodek Karta, which is dedicated to preserving historical materials. Among other initiatives, the organization is dedicated to digitizing its collection of over 160,000 photographs illustrating the http://srscite.blogspot.com/2011/06/polish-digital-photo-archive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jan Adamczyk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-3203725977424667547Fri, 13 May 2011 19:41:00 +00002011-05-13T14:42:39.394-05:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA HE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>http://srscite.blogspot.com/2011/05/polish-full-text-works-available-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jan Adamczyk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-7163334297209880014Fri, 13 May 2011 18:33:00 +00002011-06-25T11:30:44.460-05:00Book Finder We have found this site, http://www.bookfi.org/ which claims to contain close to a million scanned Russian books, especially useful for Russian etexts. It also claims itself to be the largest electronic library of the Russian net. It is not possible for us to verify these claims, but preliminary searches have shown that one can find many digital versions of works on the site that are not http://srscite.blogspot.com/2011/05/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-ja-he.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jan Adamczyk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-6776467855410270508Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:46:00 +00002010-11-05T16:57:49.325-05:00 Федеральный образовательный портал: ЭСМ I periodically look at this site as most people do but as I was looking at it today I noticed the "Журнальныи зал" link and came across a really significant archive of social science materials.  If you have not looked at this recently and have need of these publications you may find this very useful.  The following titles were available there: http://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-8751237465008486939Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:06:00 +00002010-09-14T12:53:49.604-05:00 The Slavic Reference, Serials, Newspaper and Film Collection begins the first stage of its move today from Room 225 Library to Room 200 Library. This is the first step in a move that will, ultimately place us in a new International Area Studies Unit in 2011. If you have any difficulty finding anything please ask any of the Slavic Reference Service staff. While the first week or two may have http://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/09/slavic-reference-and-film-collection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-419039572787285120Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:37:00 +00002010-10-12T13:48:24.820-05:00Dear Colleagues, During a recent search for holdings of a truly obscure Polish newspaper (Zolnierz Wolnosci from 1943 published at the time in the USSR for the purposes of the newly-formed Polish Kosciuszko Division) I went to the Centralny Katalog Czasopism Polskich. In our work we do not use that database that often, and I at least often forget it can be very useful in tracking down holdings ofhttp://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/08/dear-colleagues-during-recent-search.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jan Adamczyk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-901321891421761898Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:32:00 +00002010-07-23T11:35:46.110-05:00 Vostochnaia Literatura (srednevekovye istoricheskie istochniki vostoka i zapada) = Oriental Literature (medieval historical sources of the East and West). Bibliograficheskie Ukazateli Starting from the main Vostochnaia Literatura website, researchers can explore the digitized content by selecting "Ukazateli"(left navigation bar, under "katalogi"). Using Djvu, "a digital document format," http://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/07/digitized-indices-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joe)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-7719547124529036687Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:06:00 +00002010-10-12T13:55:22.630-05:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"MS Mincho"; panose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; mso-font-alt:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:modern; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:-1610612033 1757936891 16 0 131231 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; http://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/07/bibliographic-guides-by-national.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jan Adamczyk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6510168.post-2824917464882744577Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:37:00 +00002011-06-25T11:34:12.650-05:00   http://www.cisstat.com/eng/frame_nacserv.htm This is a rich and complex site with a wealth of statistical information available. For those interested in the region it is an extremely useful overview of comparative statistical information with posts of the most current statistical data available. It includes links to all of the statistical offices for the individual republics. There http://srscite.blogspot.com/2010/03/cis-statistics-httpwwwcisstatcomengfram.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Slavic Reference Service)0