Below is a guide to Slavonic and Central/East European websites of interest to the researcher. The majority of the following links are to libraries and academic institutions, but commercial sites have also been included where they contain useful information or links.
Key resources | Slavonic and East European research and study resources in the UK | Slavonic and East European research and study resources world-wide | Information sources on Central and Eastern Europe
Key resources
British Library Integrated Catalogue (searchable free on the web)
Friends and Partners (joint US/Russia information service)
The European Library (the information server for Europe's National Libraries)
Intute: arts & humanities: Slavonic and East European Studies
LibDex: the Library Index (links to library catalogues by country)
Portals to the World: Eastern Europe (Library of Congress)
REESWeb (guide to Russian and East European Studies on the web)
SOSIG, EuroStudies (Social Science Information Gateway)
Slavonic and East European research and study resources in the UK
BASEES (British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies)
Bodleian Library (online catalogue and information on the Central Bodleian Library, Oxford)
The British Library of Political and Economic Science (of the London School of Economics)
COCOREES (Collaborative Collection Management Project for Russian and East European Studies, a project supported by the Research Support Libraries Programme, RSLP)
COPAC (merged online catalogues of the members of the Consortium of Research Libraries)
COSEELIS (Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services)
CURL (Consortium of Research Libraries)
Current Serials Received - Cyrillic (British Library Document Supply) (list of serials received in Cyrillic)
LUCRECES (Leeds University Centre for Russian, Eurasian and Central European Studies)
Natural History Museum, Earth Sciences Library (holdings of Slavonic material on natural history and the history of science)
Oxford University, Russian Society
Ralph Cleminson's page (Chairman of the Slavonic and East European Mediæval Studies Group)
Royal Institute of International Affairs (research programmes include Europe and Russia and Eurasia)
Scott Polar Research Institute Library (University of Cambridge, strong holdings relating to the Russian North)
SOLANUS (International Journal for Russian and East European Bibliographic, Library and Publishing Studies, list of contents)
The Taylor Institution Library, Slavonic, East European and Modern Greek Library (University of Oxford)
Union List of Slavonic and East European Newspapers in British Libraries (via COSEELIS website)
University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)
University of Birmingham, Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) and the Alexander Baykov Library
University of Bristol, Department of Russian Studies
University of Cambridge, Modern and Medieval Languages
University of Durham, Department of Russian
University of Edinburgh, Department of Russian
University of Essex, Pan-European Institute (including Russian studies)
University of Exeter, Department of Russian
University of Glasgow, School of Slavonic, Central and East European Studies
University of Leeds, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Nottingham, Department of Slavonic Studies
University of Oxford, Russian and East European Studies
University of Oxford St. Antony's College, Russian and East European Centre
University of Sheffield, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies and Bakhtin Centre
University of Strathclyde, Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies
University of Sussex, Russian and East European Studies
University of Warwick, Language Centre
The Warburg Institute (University of London)
Slavonic and East European research and study resources world-wide
AAASS (American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies)
ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, by subscription from EBSCO; access is available for registered readers using British Library computers in our Reading Rooms)
Central European University (Budapest-Warsaw)
Centreurope.org (from France, with academic and research guide)
CERL (Consortium of European Research Libraries, members include libraries in Eastern Europe)
EBSEES (European Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies)
Harvard University, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center
Indiana University, Russian and East European Institute
The Library of Congress Home Page, European Reading Room and Online Catalog
The Library of Congress, Foreign Newspaper holdings (searchable index)
New York Public Library, Slavic and Baltic Division
SEEIR (website for the journal: Slavic and East European Information Resources)
Stanford University, Center for Russian and East European Studies and Slavic and East European Collections
Université Paris-Sorbonne, Centre d'études slaves
University of California at Berkeley, Slavic and East European Resources
University of Chicago Library, Slavic and East European Collection (includes resource guides)
University of Hawaii, Russian Division
University of Helsinki Department of Slavonic and Baltic languages and literatures
University of Michigan Libraries, Slavic and East European Division
University of Pittsburgh, Russian and East European Studies
University of Texas, Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC)
Yale University Library, Slavic & East European Collections
Information sources on Central and Eastern Europe
ARGE (Archeological Resource Guide - Europe, by countries)
C.E.E.O.L.: Central and Eastern European Online Library (electronic versions of periodicals and books, by subscription; access is available for registered readers using British Library computers in our Reading Rooms)
Center for Research Libraries, International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) database (searchable, holdings include CEE publications)
Central Europe Review: the fortnightly journal for Central and East European politics, society and culture
Demographic & Social Change in Eastern Europe (joint research program of Echo Survey Institute and Kansas Population Center)
EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe (European Commission and World Bank site)
Ethnologue country index: Europe (ethnological and linguistic database)
European Union - Enlargement (with the latest developments, documents and legal texts)
Forum 18 News Service (based in Oslo, Norway; promoting freedom of religion in CEE)
Habsburg Home Page (Habsburg Monarchy and its successor states in Central Europe from 1500 to the present)
Inkternational News Links (Inkpots' extensive guide to newspapers in Russia and Eastern Europe)
NewsLink, European newspapers (links to online newspapers in Europe including CEE)
Project on Ethnic Relations (links to online publications on ethnic relations in CEE)
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (online reports)
REECA Web (Russian, East European, and Central Asian Collections, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries)
Slavic Review (electronic post-print editions of the journal Slavic Review)
Spaces of Identity (multidisciplinary international web-journal, dedicated to issues of tradition, cultural boundaries and identity formation in Central and Eastern Europe)
Transitions Online (TOL - internet magazine covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union)
Virtual Library Eastern Europe (ViFaOst, academic portal for history, culture, politics and society)
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