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Recommended Databases for Slavic Folklore
- American Bibliography of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ABSEEES) This link opens in a new windowCovers English-language scholarship on East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books and book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, online resources, and selected government documents.
- Historical abstracts This link opens in a new windowA bibliographic (citation only) database to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada which are covered in the database "America: History and Life"). Indexes the journal and book literature.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowA searchable full-text database that provides online access to current issues of selected scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. A list of the journals contained in this database can be found at the Project Muse homepage.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowIncludes the full text of core academic journals in a variety of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Covers most journals from inception through 2006. Does not provide access to current issues.
- Anthropology plus This link opens in a new windowMost of the content on Slavic folklore in this database is in a foreign language. This index (citation only) offers coverage of all core periodicals in the anthropology in addition to local and lesser-known journals.
- eHRAF world cultures This link opens in a new windowHuman Relations Area Files of world cultures is a cross-cultural database that contains pages of information on all aspects of cultural and social life. Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit consortium of universities and colleges, seeks to encourage and facilitate comparative studies of human behavior, society, and culture.
- Academic search complete This link opens in a new windowContains indexing and abstracts for more than 8,750 journals in a broad range of subject, including 45 journals related to Slavic and Eurasian Studies.
- ProQuest research library This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive database available through the ProQuest online system. It indexes and abstracts general interest magazines and scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines and newspapers in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. The database includes more than 3820 titles -- over 2550 in full text -- from 1971 forward.
