This list of resources is intended as a guide to beginning research in Russian language, linguistics and literature at PSU Library. All of the reference works listed here can be found on the 2nd Floor of Millar Library, in the Research and Learning Center.
Sections of this guide:
Language Learning & Teaching | Literature
| Full Text News & Journals
Finding Articles | Finding
Books | People & Organizations
| Web Resources
For more information about resources on teaching, see the Education subject guide.
A bibliographical guide to the Russian language
REF Z2505 .U5East European languages and literatures : a subject and name index to articles in English-language journals, 1900-1977
REF Z7043 .T47Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
REF P51 .R66 2000
Gales Literary Index
Reference Index, Z6511 .G35.
A master index to 43 literary series published by Gale. Use this resource to find biographical entries on authors and critical analysis of literary works. Indexes such resources as Contemporary World Writers, Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Reference Guide to World Literature, Twayne's World Authors, World Literature and Its Times, and World Literature Criticism.
The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies
Shelves PB1 .Y45
MLN (Modern Language Notes) 1886-1994
1995-present through Project Muse
Over a century ago, MLN pioneered the introduction of contemporary continental criticism into American scholarship. Its reputation for high standards and excellent quality continue into the new millennium. Critical studies in the modern languages (Italian, Hispanic, German, French) and recent work in comparative literature are the basis for the articles and notes in MLN. The journal publishes four single-language issues and one comparative literature issue.Project Muse: Scholarly journals online
Holds over 100 full text scholarly journals online in the arts & humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics. The back files for the journals are scant. Important for this subject are Comparative Literature Studies (1999-present), Language (2001-present), Linguistic Inquiry (2000-present), and Studies in Philology (2003).
To find articles on a specific topic in journals, magazines, or newspapers, you will need to use one of the Library's print indexes or article databases. An index or article database will allow you to look for articles by title, by author, or by a few keywords that describe your topic.
Humanities Index 1984-present
AI3 .H8, Print edition in Reference covers 1975-present.
Citations to about English-language periodicals in the areas of archaeology, classical studies, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion. Provides article citations to the major journals in these disciplines.Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
P1 .L15, Print edition in Reference covers 1994-present; volumes for 1983-1993 are on the 4th floor.
This resource covers all aspects of the study of language and linguistics.MLA International Bibliography 1963-present
Z7006 .M64, Print edition in Reference covers the years 1921-?
For literature as a whole, this is the single most important bibliography. The Modern Language Association's bibliography covers literature, languages, linguistics and folklore from over 4,000 journals and series published worldwide.
Vikat, the online catalog, will help you locate books in PSU's library. You can search by keyword, but often subject heading searching can be more productive. Listed here are some major subject headings of interest for research in Spanish. Copies of the complete set of the Library of Congress Subject Headings are available at the reference desks throughout the library. Most books are located on the 4th floor of Millar Library under the call numbers beginning with PC4000 (Spanish language) and PQ6000-8000 (Spanish literature) and PB1 (language learning).
Subject headings:
Russian Literature
Russian Language
Ethnic groups -- [country]
Ethnic relations --[country]
[name of country]For literary criticism, use the term "Criticism" and the name of an author or title in the catalog to find books analyzing specific author's works. For example: enter criticism Chekhov as a general keyword search in the catalog. Other useful subject headings may include: Literature - History and Criticism, Rhetoric, Deconstruction, Feminist Criticism, Formalism, and Literary Analysis.
Summit
If you are not able to find what you need in VIKAT, do the same searches in SUMMIT, the catalog of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance. You can request items through SUMMIT and they will be delivered to Millar Library for you in two working days.WorldCat
If you have no luck in Vikat or Summit, try WorldCat. This resource contains more than 30 million records for materials cataloged by the libraries around the world, including most academic and many public libraries in the U.S. Items found here can be requested through Interlibrary Loan, directly through the catalog.
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
http://aatseel.org/MLA - Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org/
