Arts & Humanities DatabaseThis link opens in a new windowThis database features hundreds of titles covering art, archaeology, anthropology, classical studies, history, philosophy, music, literature, theatre, modern languages and cultural studies.
Subject index to scholarly publications in the fields of modern languages, literatures, linguistics, drama, and folklore literature. Also covers ethnomusicology.
Full text versions of scholarly journals and books from many leading University presses and Scholarly Societies, covering the humanities and social sciences. Full text access is available for material subscribed to by UoE. Table of contents access is freely available for all non subscribed material.
Comprehensive data source on all of the recognized languages in use today. The collection provides detailed profiles for every language and country on earth, as well as maps, statistical data, language identification, typology, classification and status as well as population data, language and dialect usage and development.
Izvestiia was the official daily newspaper of the Soviet government from 1917 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, when Izvestiia became an independent publication. The archive covers content from 1917-2017. A Cyrillic virtual keyboard, supports the ability to search in transliteration.
Full archive of the Russian language journal published from 1922 to 1941 by the Central Archives of the USSR and Central Archival Administration. Content includes diplomatic papers, official documents of the police department, diaries and personal correspondence of political figures of Tsarist Russia and was published 'for the education of the proletariat".
Long-standing USSR satirical journal published between 1922 - 2008. Featuring a wide range of political opinions and commentary on Soviet bureaucracy and excessive centralized control, religion, US foreign and domestic policy, Western political leaders and events, and more.
Full text archive of Pravda, the official voice of Soviet communism and the Central Committee of the Communist Party from 1918 - 1991. Russian language.
English language archive of the Russian magazine. Published by the Soviet Women’s Anti-Fascist Committee and the Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR to counter anti-Soviet propaganda, and introduce Western audiences to the lifestyle, role and achievements of Soviet women. Publication spans from 1945 to 1991.
Publication of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Offers essays on Russian and world history. Was preceded by Istorik-marksist, Bor'ba klassov, and Istoricheskii zhurnal.
Contains un-catalogued pamphlets pertaining to communism, socialism, and class struggle. The pamphlets are global in scope, although mostly in English and cover 1901-1969. The bulk of the collection originates from China and Soviet Russia during the post-WWII period, although Cuba and Britain are strongly represented as well.
Online dictionaries, reference books and encyclopedia covering general reference, language and quotations and subject topics across, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
Fully searchable and regularly updated online access to Oxford bilingual dictionaries.
NexisThis link opens in a new windowBusiness and news reports from regional, national and international news titles. OCR text content only. Date coverage: Mainly 1990s-Current
A wide range of Modern Language newspaper archives can be accessed via Nexis UK.
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Izvestiia was the official daily newspaper of the Soviet government from 1917 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, when Izvestiia became an independent publication. The archive covers content from 1917-2017. A Cyrillic virtual keyboard, supports the ability to search in transliteration.
Contains all obtainable published issues of the English-language Moscow News (1930-2014), including issues of the newspaper’s short-lived sister publication Moscow Daily News (1932-1938). Note: Moscow News was shut down by the Politburo in 1949 and did not resume publishing until 1956.
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