RSSS 210 Utopian Visions
Resources
Reference Works: Art & Culture:
Between heaven and hell : the story of a thousand years of artistic life in Russia NX556.A1 L53 1998 Main
Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture DK32 .C33 1998 Main
Constructing Russian culture in the age of revolution, 1881-1940 DK189.2 .C66 1998 Main
Cultural Atlas of Russia G2111 E6 M6 and DK32 .M62 Map Collection Atlas and Main
Icon and the Axe DK32.7 .B5 Main
Natasha's dance : a cultural history of Russia DK32 .F54 2002 Main
Russia imagined : art, culture and national identity, 1840-1995 DK189.2 .W55 1997 Main
Russian context : the culture behind the language P35.5.R9 R87 2002 Main
Russian Culture: An Outline DK276 .K34 Main
Russian popular culture : entertainment and society since 1900 DK266.4 .S76 1992 Main
Also try browsing the Art Subject Guide for more resources
Reference Works: Geography & Demographics:
Atlas of Russian and East European history G2111.S1 A2 1967 Main Ref & Map Coll
Atlas of Russian history; eleven centuries of changing borders G2111.S1 C5 Main Ref & Main
Atlas of Soviet affairs G2110 .T2 1965 Main Ref
Historical geography of Russia HC333 .P36 1969 Main Ref
Imperial Russian history atlas G2111.S1 G52 1978 Main Ref
Penguin historical atlas of Russia DK38 .C4 1995 Main Ref
Routledge atlas of Russian history G2111.S1 G52 Map Coll
Reference Works: Biographical Information:
Artists of the World (in 10 volumes) N40 A63 Main Ref
Contemporary Artists N6490.C6567 CCP Ref.
Dictionary of Art N31 D5 Main Ref
Dictionary of International Contemporary Artists. N40.D524 Fine Arts (Music) Ref
Encyclopedia of World Art. N31.E533 Main Ref.
Russian Biographical Index. (4 volumes) CT1203 1997 Main Ref. [Gives references for the Russisches Biographisches Archiv. CT1203 1997 Main Ref MICROFICHE. Information is in various languages: Russian, German, English].
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists N33.T4 Main Ref & Fine Arts (Music) Ref.
Also try browsing the Online Biographies page for more resources
Reference: History
Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution DK265 .B54 1988 Main
Cold War Encyclopedia. - D840 .P28 1996 Main Ref
Encyclopedia of Russian History (Online)
Great dates in Russian and Soviet history DK36 .G74 Main
History of Russia DK40 .R5 2000 Main/Main Reserve
Longman Companion to Russia since 1914 DK266 .M353 Main
Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history DK14 .M6 Main Ref
Russia : a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present DK36 .B59 Main Ref
Russian History Atlas G2111 S1 G52 Main/Main Ref/Map Coll Atlas
Times Atlas of European History G1797.21.S1 T56 Main Ref
Also try browsing the European History Subject Guide for more resources
General Reference Works:
Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union. - DK14 .C35 1994 Main Ref.
Great Soviet Encyclopedia - AE55 .B6233 Main Ref. (Be sure to use the index. The ordering follows the Russian alphabet).
Also try browsing our Reference Resources page for more resources
Select Databases:
Biography and Genealogy Master Index. — A remarkable resource. However, it gives no actual biographical information. Rather, it does indexes hundreds of sources with biographical information on people worldwide and from all time periods. As such, you will need to consult the SABIO catalog to find the call number for each referenced information source.
Biography Resource Center
Encyclopedia Britannica Online — A very good source for background information on movements, artists and others.
Grove's Dictionary of Art Online — Contains biographical information on artists, significant summaries of artistic movements and references to additional sources.
Historical Abstracts — Selecting the "CLIO Notes" link (on the top right) and then selecting from the drop-down menu, provides a nice, annotated chronology of various historical periods and provides subject terms for directly searching the database for articles on the time period or topic chosen.
Historic New York Times (Online) — Gives the fulltext to the NYT, 1851-2001
Times Digital Archive — Fulltext of the London Times, 1790-1985
Wilson Biography Reference Bank — One of the better online biographical sources
World Biographical Dictionary of Artists (CD-ROM) In CD Cabinet, Information Commons. Very comprehensive. In English and German
Comprehensive list of our Online Library Databases (alphabetically or by subject)