Guides: POLI 340: Russian Politics: Home

APSA Citation Resources

RefWorks This link opens in a new window
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A research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to generate citations and bibliographies. Group code: RWStetsonU.
Note to legacy RefWorks Users: As of June 30, 2023, legacy RefWorks is deactivated.

APSA Documentation
Style Manual for Political Science. Revised 2018 Edition. For parenthetical citations see pg. 38, for full references see pg. 42.

If you need a source the library does not have, use the following tools to get it:

Interlibrary Loan
Request books and articles that the library does not have.
EndNote Click (formerly Kopernio)
EndNote Click is a free browser plugin that works in your browser to get you a copy of open access articles you need.

This survey is intended for you to fill out after a librarian visits your class.

This guide describes databases, search tools, and library services that support your research for assignments in POLI 340.

The library is here to support you in all your research endeavors. Librarians are happy to answer any questions or provide additional help.

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General Info

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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A starting point for research and learning that offers unlimited access to hundreds of full text reference books on every subject. Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.

OSCE
"The OSCE stands for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. With 57 States from Europe, Central Asia and North America, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization."
U.S. Department of State
The State Department's Website has data and statistics on countries and regions of the world, trade policy, free trade agreements, national export initiative information and more.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies) This link opens in a new window
ABSEES is an EBSCHOhost database that covers North American scholarship on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. It contains bibliographic records for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications.
Russian Social Sciences & Humanities Journals This link opens in a new window
Cross-search the contents of major Russian periodicals on social sciences and humanities. Comprised of all journals of the Russian Academy of Sciences ranging from archeology to linguistics, as well as popular literary editions, and independent scholarly publications.

Press Sources

Russian Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of national news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia. Also has several English-language newspapers including the Moscow Times.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
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A collection of thousands of U.S. and global news sources. To see Russian news sources, click on Access World News --> A-Z Source List, search for Russia. Then check the box next to the publications you'd like to search and hit "Search within these selections."
NexisUni This link opens in a new window
News, business and legal sources from LexisNexis. newspapers, magazines, and some journals. Coverage includes general news topics; foreign language news; company, industry, and market news; legal news; general health topics; accounting/tax info; government topics.
Journals List This link opens in a new window
Use the journals list to find out if the duPont-Ball Library has a particular periodical, and how you can access it.