Full-Text Electronic Resources

Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources

Full-Text Electronic Resources

Electronic Journals, Magazines, Reviews, and Collections

Sites with Lists of Titles of Electronic Journals, Magazines, or Reviews or Other Electronic Resources

Russkaia Literatura v Internete - Zhurnaly - Russian Literature on the Internet. [Russian] journals. Listing states whether access is free or through subscription.
Corpora and Corpus-based Computational Linguistics: Manuel Barbera's Web Resources Reference Guide.

Sites with Individual Titles of Electronic Journals, Magazines, or Reviews

Belarusian Review. Published by Belarusan-American Association, Inc. - a fraternal nonprofit association.
Belarus Today.
Books from Finland. A quarterly journal of writing from and about Finland. Published by Helsinki University Library. Partial Online archive from issue 1/1998 to date.
Carelia. Finnish language journal published monthly in Petroskoi [Petrozavodsk], Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. Partial on-line version available from V. 1 No. 6 June 1998 to date.
Caspian Crossroads Magazine. From the United States-Azerbaijan Council. Online issues from Vol. 1 No. 1 (Winter 1995 - Vol. 4 No. 4 (Spring 1999).
Caucasian Regional Studies. Published by the International Association for Caucasian Studies (IACRS). In English and Russian language versions. Online archive from vol. 1 No. 1 - 1996- to date.
TDL - Transitions Online: Unique coverage of all of the region's 28 post-communist countries. Formerly Central Europe Review. Online archive from issue 1, June 28, 1999 - to date.
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture: A WWWeb Journal. Includes an Online archive from V. 1, No. 1- 1999- to date.
Dugir - Kovara kurdî li derveyî welêt. Quarterly Kurdish culture, art and literature magazine. Founded 1995 in Hässelby. Sweden.
East European Consitutional Review. Quarterly. Published online by New York University's School of Law. Since 1992 the EECR has covered the challenges and obstacles of postsocialist law and politics of the region. Online archive from Volume 6 Number 2, 3 - Spring & Summer 1997 to date.
European Journal of International Law. And Past Issues of the EJIL. From Volume 1- ; 1990- to date.
Ethnopolitics. Peer-Reviewed Journal on Ethnopolitics. Online archive from Volume 1 Issue 1 (September 2001) - to date.
H l a s P r a v o s l a v í - Casopis Pravoslavné církve v Ceských zemích a na Slovensku. (oficiální mìsíèník Pravoslavné církve v Ceských zemích). Monthly Journal of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and in Slovakia. From Issue 10 - 1999 to date.
Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies. an electronic journal dedicated to the study of the Syriac tradition, published semi-annually (in January and July) by The Syriac Computing Institute. Online archive from January 1998 to date (v. 1 No. 1 - ).
KINEMA - A Journal for Film and Audiovisual Media. Established in 1993 at the University of Waterloo, Department of Fine Arts (Film Studies), the semi-annual KINEMA publishes articles, critiques of film and media literature. Back issues from Spring 1993 to date. East European cinema well represented in the journal.

KURDICA Newsletter For Kurdish Language and Studies. On-line Newsletter from Kurd_lal: Kurdish Language and Linguistics. On-line text available from Vol. 1- 1997- to date.
Macedonia Heritage - An On-line Review of Macedonian Affairs, History, and Culture. [Greek Viewpoint and Perspective].
the eXile - Moscow-based Alternative Newspaper. Electronic brainchild of Mark Ames and Matt Taibbi. A sample from 1997. And another sample.
The Mendele Review. The Mendele Review is a literary supplement edited by Leonard Prager of Haifa University. Part of the Mendele Forum, it focuses on topics related to the Yiddish language and Yiddish literature. It is available in an electronic archive and available from Vol. 1 # 1, April 1997 to date. Mendele is also available electronically from Vol. 1, May 1991 to date.
The Newsletter of the Society Farsarotul. Published by The Society Farsarotul, Trumbull, Connecticut 06611. Founded in 1903 by Nicolae Cican, the Society Farsarotul is the oldest and largest Arumanian ( Aromanian, Vlah or Vlach) association in America.
ORIENTAL RUG REVIEW - A Bimonthly Journal of Oriental Rugs and Other Textiles. This is the home page of Oriental Rug Review, a journal of oriental rugs, other textiles and the pertaining literature which was published in the U.S.A. for 15 years, from March, 1981 to March, 1996. Though no longer being published, the backfile is available electronically.
Palestine Times. A Monthly political English-language newspaper [i.e., "magazine"] that contains Palestine news, interviews and analysis. Online previous issues from Number 71- May 1997- to date.
The Sarmatian Review. Founded by Polish-American scholars. Focus is on Central and Eastern Europe in general, and strives for a plurality of views, as expressed in the Polish term Sarmatism (sarmatyzm in Polish) dating from the time of The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Triquarterly. Online archive from April 1992.
The Scribe. Journal of Babylonian Jewry. Published by the Exilarch's Foundation. The Archive of back issues. [Issues 01-11 (September/October 1971 - May/June 1973) and Issue 70 (October 1998 to date)].

Electronic Newspapers

Sites with Lists of Titles of Electronic Newspapers

Russkaia Literatura v Internete - Gazety - Russian Literature on the Internet. [Selected Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian] newspapers. Listing states whether access is free or through subscription.
Alfabitnyi Katalog Gazet i Zhurnalov na Russkom Iazyke. From Alexandre Tchourkine.
[Directory of Russian Periodicals Online]. Subject-based listing of online periodicals. Many are free; others require a paid subscription. Some are listed below in "individual listings" section.
Finnish Newspapers Association - Sanomalehtien Liitto. Their Links to Online [Finnish] Newspapers.
Digiteeritud eesti ajalehed - Valik ajaleht aastatest 1821-1944. Digitised Estonian Newspapers 1821-1944.
Donelaitis-seura - Liettuan Ystävät. Their Liettua-linkkejä with links to many Baltic States newspapers.
Georgian Newspapers OnLine. [Requires Georgian fonts].

Sites with Individual Titles of Electronic Newspapers

Helsingin Sanomat. In Finnish. Daily. Published in Helsinki, Finland. Selected coverage. Online Archive from May 17, 1996 to date. Helsingin Sanomat International Edition. In English.
Ilta-Sanomat. In Finnish. Every day but Sunday. Published in Helsinki, Finland. Second Largest Finnish Newspaper after Helsingin Sanomat. Archive from December 1, 1998.
Keskisuomalainen. In Finnish. Daily. Published in Jyväskylä, Finland. Only recent information available.
Kouvolan Sanomat. In Finnish. Daily. Published in Kouvola, Finland. Selected coverage. Online Archive from December 1, 1999.
Kodima - The Vepsian Newspaper. In Vepsian-Karelian. Published in Petroskoi [Petrozavodsk], Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation by the Vepsian Cultural Society. Online version available from issue Number 4- 2001- .
Karjalan Sanomat. Newspaper founded in 1920 in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation. In Finnish. Archive of articles from 2004 to date.
Eesti Päevaleht Online. In Estonian. Daily. Published in Tallinn, Estonia. Online archive from October 5, 1995 to date.
Lietuvos rytas. In Lithuanian. Daily. Published in Vilnius, Lithuania. Online archive from 1997 to date.
Gazeta Wyborcza. In Polish. [Poland's Largest Daily Newspaper]. Use of the Archive requires registration and payment of a user fee.
The Slovak Spectator International Weekly. In English. Bratislava?, Slovakia. Online archive from Volume 5, Number 35 - September 20 - 26, 1999 to date.
Naša Niva [Our Field]; Pershaia Belaruskaia Gazeta. In Belarusian. The only independent Belarusian newspaper writing about culture, arts, and literature. Nasa Niva was founded in 1906. Modern edition has been renewed in 1991. Archive issues from 1997 to date.
Shabat Shalom. Ukrainian-Jewish monthly newspaper from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Began in 1991. Online archive from No 8 (78) August 1999 to date. In Russian.
The St. Petersburg Times. Biweekly English-language Newspaper from St. Petersburg Russia. Online Archive from July 19-25, 1994 to date.
The Moscow Times. English language newspaper from Moscow, Russia. Subject searching of older issues possible; but online archive of past issues by date not available?
Nezavisimaia Gazeta Online. Russian language independent newspaper from Moscow. 5 times a week. Online archive from September 1, 1999.
Izvestiia Online. Moscow daily newspaper. Registration required to access the Online archive.
Komsomol'skaya Pravda. Online archive of selected articles available from June 20, 1998 to date.
Moldova News. English - Romanian - Russian - daily news from major Moldovan news agencies, selected by the Independent Journalism Center. Online archive from November 16, 1998 to date.
Dnevnik. Macedonian-language daily newspaper. Skopje, Macedonia.
Vest. Macedonian daily newspaper. Skopje, Macedonia.
Aravot. Daily Armenian language newspaper from Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Requires Armenian fonts. Online archive from June 2, 1998 to date.
Asbarez. Armenian Daily Newspaper - The Online Version. Free registration required. Online archive of the most recent two months.
The Jerusalem Post - Internet Edition. The most recent six months' issues can also be searched for free.
The Jordan Times. An Independent Arab Political Daily published in Amman by the Jordan Press Foundation. On-Line Edition. Current week available for searching.
Panorama - Kazakh Weekly Newspaper. [Password required to access the archive of the newspaper].

Electronic Texts or Databases

Selected Electronic Texts for Information by Country or Region

The Library of Congress Country Studies. Prepared by the Library of Congress.
Inventory of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Digital Projects. Site maintained by the Slavic and East European Library, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Background Notes. Prepared by the Bureau of Public Affairs - U.S. Dept of State.
Country Commercial Guides. For Country Guides from 2002 - . For Earlier Guides 2001 and Earlier.
Languages-on-the-Web - languagelinks - ESTONIAN.
Welcome Artsakhworld. Includes numerous electronic texts as well as links to architectural, historical, and cultural sites in Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh.

Selected Electronic Texts of a Religious or Spiritual Nature

The Writings of the Early Church Fathers. From Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Contains electronic texts of Ante-Nicene Fathers - The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers - St. Augustine Volumes, St. Chrysostom Volumes, and other Post-Nicene Fathers.
St. Pachomius Library. A First Draft for a Living Encyclopædia of Orthodox Christianity.
Saint Ephrem the Syrian Library.
Bar Ebroyo CyberLibrary. From Syriac Orthodox Resources.
Russian New Testament Bible. From International Bible Society.
Bibliia. Russian-language Old and New Testament. From International Russian Radio/Television. Page includes a Turkish language New Testament and the Finnish Bible - Raamattu which uses the 1992 Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church-approved translation. Another Finnish Bible Page with the 1933 Old Testament and 1938 New Testament translations.
Biblioteka Pravoslavnoi Literaturi. [Links to Old and New Testament on-line].
Orthodox Liturgical Texts And Resources.
Index to the Writings of Our Father Among the Saints St. John Chrysostom.
The Doukhobor Collection. Site maintained by Simon Fraser University Library, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Rough Translation of the Meaning of The Noble Quran In the English Language. A Summarized Version of At-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi and Ibn Kathir with comments from Sahih Al-Bukhari By Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Ph.D. Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan.

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