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Research Tools

• Slavic and East European Studies Research Guide at Berkeley's Main Library
• Access the MLA Bibliography at Berkeley's Main Library
• A great variety of research tools and databases for Slavic materials can be accessed through "Slavic and East European Studies: Selected Internet Resources" at Yale University. Tools available through the Yale website include:
  • List of Slavic libraries with Major collections
  • List of on-line dictionaries and other language resources
  • List of journals, databases and indexes relevant to the field
  Check their website for more research tools, including literature resources, women studies, maps, and more.
  A Guide to Slavic Collections in the United States and Canada. Edited by Allan Urbanic and Beth Feinberg. (2004). Print edition available in the Doe Library Reference Room under call number Z730.7.G85 2004. Online version available as V. 5, no. 3/4 of the journal Slavic & East European Information Resources.

At Berkeley

• Slavic Collection at the Main Library
  • Research Tools
  • Electronic Texts
  • Electronic Journals
  • New Acquisitions
• Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) serves as a resource at the University for students and faculty who conduct research and teaching on the geographic region of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. You can find information about Slavic studies at Berkeley, in the U.S. and in the world (events, people, conferences, professional organizations, funding opportunities, jobs, etc.) at the ISEEES website.
• Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies
• Berkeley Language Center: a resource center for UC Berkeley language teachers.
  

Library Catalogues

• Main Library catalogue
• Melvyl: The Catalogue of All University of California Libraries. This catalogue provides more possibilities for searching books at Berkeley, as well as access to information on books in other UC libraries, which can be ordered through the Main Library's Interlibrary Service Office.
• Interlibrary Borrowing Service at Main Library
• Stanford Libraries: with your Calnet ID card, faculty and graduate students can order books from the Stanford Libraries through the Research Libraries Cooperative Program. Undergraduate students can borrow books by going to Interlibrary Borrowing Services, Doe Library, Rm. 133 or by using the online form on the IBS website.
• Library of Congress Catalogue
• Catalogue of the Slavic Collection at New York Public Library
• How to Find Slavic Books in the Libraries in the US and in around the world?
  Write to Reference Service, Slavic and East European library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  225 Main Library, 1408 West Gregory Drive
  Urbana, IL 61801
  Reference librarian Hellen Sullivan hfsulliv@uiuc.edu
  tel. 217-333-1349
• How to purchase US dissertations: Dissertations can be purchased through University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  UMI
  300 North Zeeb Rd
  P.O. Box 1346
  Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346
  tel. 1-800-521-3042 1-800-521-0600 1-313-761-4700

National Professional Associations

• ASEEES:Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (formerly AAASS)
  Site includes information on:
  • Listings of current employment opportunities for Slavic scholars
  • Listings of current opportunities for support for Slavic scholars
  • Listings of current calls for papers and articles for Slavic scholars
• AATSEEL: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
• Council of Higher Education: A non-profit organization to promote Czech and Slovak heritage and culture.
  • Provides scholarships to American and Canadian students of Czech, Slovak and/or Ruthenian ancestry

Berkeley Student Organizations

• UC Berkeley Russian Club: A student organization whose goals are to inspire the exploration and understanding of the cultures of Russia and the former Soviet Union, to provide a place for the Russian-speaking community get-together and to promote diversity on campus. Absolutely everybody who has an interest is welcomed. The club is organizing social events as well as sports activities, cultural shows and other gatherings.
• UC Berkeley Armenian Student Association
• Serbian Student Organization at Berkeley
• The Czech Club - please contact Ellen Langer for information

Other Slavic Departments

• Brown
• Columbia
• Cornell
• Duke
• Harvard
• Indiana University
• NYU
• Ohio State University
• Princeton
• San Francisco State University
• Stanford
• SUNY Albany
• University of Arizona
• UCLA
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois
• University of Kansas
• University of Michigan
• UNC Chapel Hill
• University of Oregon
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Southern California
• UT Austin
• University of Toronto
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin
• Yale

Slavic Interest Links

• Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list:
  SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
  A by-subscription list for scholars involved in Slavic Studies in the US. The list distributes useful information, from jobs and support opportunities to news and gossip.
• Hoover Institution Archives
• Stanford University: Slavic and East European Collections in the Stanford University Libraries
• Museum of Russian Culture

Slavic Books

• Esterum.com: comprehensive book seller for academic customers, expensive, but useful as a source of information on available new Russian books.
• kniga.com: Russian books on-line for non-academic buyers
• Globus Slavic Bookstore: small local bookstore, carries academic books. 332 Balboa St. (Between 4th and 5th Avenues), San Francisco, (415) 668-4723.
• Maksim Moshkov's online library: a good collection of Russian texts online.
• Bilingual web anthology of Russian poetry by Andrew Wachtel
• ozon.com: Russian books, periodicals, music and films online.
• Szwede Slavic Books: the best academic store for Slavic Books in the world. Not far from Berkeley.
  Szwede Slavic Books
  1629 Main St.
  Redwood City, CA 94063
  Phone: 650-780-0966
  Fax: 650-780-0967
  e-mail: slavicbooks@szwedeslavicbooks.com
• Znanie Bookstore: local store for non-academic buyers. 4720 Geary Boulevard (near 17th Avenue), San Francisco, (415) 752-7555

Slavic Film

• Slavic Film Series
  
• United Nations Association Film Festival
• San Francisco International Film Festival