Russian Resources: Reference Resources
Useful Reference Tools
- Columbia Granger's World of PoetryThis resource is very helpful to students of poetry who wish to locate poetic works and identify within which publication the single piece has been published. Short biographies and abbreviated "Further reading lists" are provided. Notable Russian poets are included, such as Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Joseph Brodsky.
- Literature Resource CenterLiterature Resource Center is your most current, comprehensive, and reliable online resource for research on literary topics, authors, and their works. Its coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world. LRC offers a large breadth of coverage over Russian authors : books reviews, biographies, literary criticism, primary sources, and full-text of many poems and short stories
- Oxford Language DictionariesOLD provides access to complete dictionaries from English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, and vice versa. OLD offers a feature called "Language Web," which is a useful tool to linguistics students in order to view relationships between language groups.
- International Encyclopedia of Communication OnlineSpans the breadth of communication studies, uncluding coverage of theories, media and communication phenomena, research methods, problems, concepts, and geographical areas. Editorial areas include: communication theory and philosophy, interpersonal communication, journalism, intercultural and intergroup communication, media effects, strategic communication, public relations and advertising, communication and media law and policy, media systems in the world, and communication and technology.
- The Cambridge introduction to Russian literatureBy Caryl Emerson, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. A very concise, yet informative electronic overview of Russian literature, which addresses major time periods and themes in Russian literature.
- A Reference Grammar of RussianBy Alan Timberlake, New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Intermediate Russian : A Grammar and WorkbookBy John Murray, London : Routledge, 2001.
- Encyclopedia of Russian & Slavic myth and legendBy Mike Dixon-Kennedy,Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1998. Covers the myths and legends of the Russian Empire at its greatest extent as well as other Slavic people and countries. Includes historical, geographical, and biographical background information.