Research Guides: Modern Languages and Literatures: Search Databases & Websites

Websites & Web Portals

Culture & Politics

Russian Language News & Newspapers
News sites selected by Mark Szarko, MIT Libraries.
Center for Russian, East European & Eurasion Studies (REEES)
Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. Includes the REEES Newsletter.
FEB-web
"FEB-web" is short for The Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature and Folklore, a project instituted in 1995.
CREECA - Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia
The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin- Madison is one of the premier institutions in the world for research and training on the Eurasian region.

Business

Expert
Business journal.

Russian News Sites

Pravda Online
Nezavisimaya Gazeta
Gazeta.ru
Russian news site based in Moscow.
Moscow Times
English-language daily published in Russia.

Learning Russian

Russnet
Russnet provides Russian-language learning services and products - information, language modules, courses, materials, in-service teacher training, databases, discussion forums, and gateways to other Russian language resources.
DuoLingo
Free language-learning platform that includes a language-learning website and app along with a crowdsourced text translation platform and a language proficiency assessment center.

Databases

Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database is an excellent starting point for finding scholarly journal articles and popular magazine articles on a wide range of topics.
Academic Video Online [ALEXANDER STREET, a PROQUEST COMPANY]
Interdisciplinary streaming video collection containing documentaries and motion pictures.
**Limited PPR
You can use the following URLs to search within specific disciplines. These discipline pages will also cross-search your other Alexander Street content on the same platform:

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ARTSTOR on JSTOR [ITHAKA]
Diverse collections of high-quality images, curated from leading museums and archives around the world that are rights-cleared for education and research, and include Open Access content as well as rare materials not available elsewhere.
Historical Abstracts [EBSCO]
Citations and abstracts to journal articles and books covering world history from 1450 to the present (excluding North America).
JSTOR [ITHAKA]
Core interdisciplinary research database. Full text access is limited to backfiles (generally on a 5 year rolling wall basis).
Use Interlibrary Loan to request access to current content.
Archive Journal Collections
- Arts & Sciences I-XV
- Business IV
- Hebrew Journals
- Ireland
- Life Sciences
- Lives of Literature
- Public Health Journals
- Security Studies
- Sustainability
Primary Source Collections
- 19th Century British Pamphlets
- World Heritage Sites: Africa
- Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
- Global Plants
MLA International Bibliography [EBSCO]
Core database for literary research, includes citations to articles and books related to literature, language, and folklore.
Oxford Reference [OXFORD]
Reference database that provides background information on a wide range of topics, particularly in the humanities.
230+ in-depth, specialized titles from Oxford University Presss award-winning Encyclopedias and Companions, and a selection of partner publishers scholarly works.
Project MUSE - College Edition
Full-text articles and article citations from over 100 journals, with a particular strength in literature, fine arts, history, and the humanities.