Search for books at hundreds of libraries all over the world all at the same time. If UCLA doesn't have a book you need, you can Interlibrary Loan it for free.
Strategy: When you find a book on your topic in an online catalog, scroll down to "Subject(s)". The subject hyperlinks will take you to more books on the same (or similar) subject.
Strategy: When you hold a book on your topic in your hands, look at the bibliography and/or the footnotes for a goldmine of related sources.
It's google, but for scholars! Find books and journal articles, and if you're in the UCLA system, links will take you directly to Libary holdings. Strategy: When you find a resource on your topic, follow the "Cited by..." and "Related articles" links to find more potentially useful things.
Strategy: Be specific! Try revolution 1905 economic causes vs. history Strategy: Specify exact phrases: mikhail bakunin or idealism is the despot of thought
STRATEGY: Exclude or require a word: proliferation -nuclear or bush legacy +environment
STRATEGY: Limit your search to web page title with commands intitle:hybridallintitle:hybrid mileage or website or domain with command site:whitehouse.gov
Type the text you need in Cyrillic, then copy and paste into a search box on another page. Extremely useful when working with Russian-language search engines and databases on public computers.
Covers North American scholarship since the late 1980s on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications. Available from UCLA IP addresses only.
Slavic languages and literatures; Slavic and eastern european studies;
Universal Database of Russian National Bibliography (UDB-BIB) for Russian printed works by the Russian Book Chamber (Knizhnaia Palata); covers publications from over 20,000 publishers. Includes citations for books, newspaper articles, journal articles, book reviews, maps, dissertation abstracts, sheet music, art works; includes a list of all Russian periodicals and continuing publications; searchable in transliteration (LC) or Cyrillic.
Russian national bibliography; RNB; letopis; UDB-BIB; East View
Russian national bibliography; RNB; letopis; UDB-BIB; East View
Use "A-Z List of Databases" to find this resource. MLA = Modern Language Association. Indexes worldwide publications on topics including literature, language, linguistics and folklore from 1923 to the present.
Russian-Related Biographical and Historical Resources: Online