Check
here for English translations of articles published in Russian newspapers
or articles translated from Russian
Browse by a Topic such as Chechnya, nuclear or Iran or use the search feature
Overview:
Historical to Current
These
resources will provide you with descriptive information on issues and
countries. Additional resources are listed on Sara Nixon's International
Relations and Country
Information Web sites.
Overview:
American Foreign Policy
Open CRS:Congressional Research Reports for the People
CRS Reports
are prepared by staff of the Library of Congress Congressional Research
Service and are intended to provide an overview of the legislative topics
being addressed by the U.S. Congress. They are meant to provide fact-rich,
unbiased, non-technical background information on policy issues.
This Web
site allows keyword searching of and provides summaries for over 12,600
CRS Reports that are available through various repositories sponsored
by organizations such as National Council on Science and the Environment,
Federation of American Scientists, and Thurgood Marshall Law Library at
University of Maryland School of Law.
2ACT
is another service that provides access to about 16,000 research reports. University
of North Texas Libraries includes CRS reports back to 1990.
Some examples:
Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations. 4 vols. 1997
Traces
the history of U.S. foreign policy regarding countries including Russia
and the former Soviet Union, Iran, Korea and issues including Antiballistic
Missile Treaty, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Comprehenisive
Test Ban Treaty, Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Nonproliferation,
Nuclear Weapons and Strategy, Human Rights, Oil and Foreign Policy,
Nongovernmental Organizaions, Accompanying bibliographies provide suggestions
for further reading.
Ref
E183.7
E52
Encyclopedia of American
Foreign Policy. 3v. 2001
Includes
topics such as Arms Control and Disarmament,
Deterrance, Nuclear
Strategy and Diplomacy, Cold War, Post-Cold War Policy,
Oil, Human Rights.
Ref
E183.7
G85
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: A Guide to the Literature. 2nd
ed. 2 vols. 2003
Annotated
list of resources published by the Society for Historians of American
Foreign Relations. Includes U.S. document collections, personal papers,
bibliographies, historiography and biographies for a time period as
well as overviews of relations between the U.S. and other countries
and regions.
For U.S.
foreign relations with Russia, check Chapter 31: US and New Cold War
under Carter and Reagan: US - Soviet Relations, pp.1846-52 and Chapter
32: US and End of Cold War and After: End of Cold War and the Soviet
Union, pp.1871-74.
Check
for availability of books of interest that you find in the Towson and/or
USMAI Catalog. Check for availability of journal articles from the Cook Library Web site, by checking the Journals List to see if the library subscribes to the journal/newspaper/magazine that you want.
Overview:
Russia
Ref JN4 E8
Europa World Year Book. 1961- [annual] Latest
kept on Reserve.
Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia . 2002- [annual]
[Ref DJK1 E2]
Regional supplement to Europa World Year Book with extended political and economic sections
Ref
HC340.12 A1
O43
2004
OECD Economic Surveys: Russian Federation. November 2006
[annual]
Includes
sections on Sustaining Growth, Industrial Competitiveness, Natural Gas,
Power Sector Restructuring, and Banking Reform.
For
this and other current OECD publications, search Business Source Premier.
In the Advanced Search screen, search for Russia [Subject Term] and
type OECD in the box next to the word PUBLICATION, under the Refine
Your Results: section of the search screen.
Business Source [TU users only]
Available
through Cook Library Web site under Research Databases.
Click on Business Source.
The
country reports published by various concerns that are available through
this database provide up-to-date descriptive information on the economy
and politics of nations.
This
database provides full text access to Country Monitor, Country Profile and Country Report (Economist Intelligence Unit), and Political
Risk Yearbook: Country Forecasts and Country Conditions.
Although the emphasis of some of these publications is economic, basic
country information and extensive current political profiles are included.
The Country Profile, and the Political
Risk Yearbook are published annually. The Country Report and Country Monitor offer monthly updates. NOTE:There may not be a report for every country in each (or
any) of the six publications
Once
in Business Source Premier, click on the Advanced
Search tab
Type the name of the country you are researching in the first
box and change Select a Field to SUBJECT TERMS (e.g. Russia)
Further
down the screen, next to the box that says Publication,
type the word country
Click
on Search
To
limit your search to the politics of a country, add economic to your search (e.g. russia and economic[SUBJECT TERMS]
To
search for a specific publication, type its title next to the box
that says Publication
Provides overviews of "political, economic, and social developments in Russia and its regions, and looks at Russia's role in international relations" - from the Web site
A combined search in Academic Search/Social Sciences Abstracts, the Towson (Cook)/USMAI Catalogs, and think
tank Web sites are all potential sources of analysis
of issues. Here are some strategies for finding this type of information.
Access Academic Search/Social Sciences Abstracts [Ebsco] from Research Databases on the Cook Library Web site from on campus and through Research Port with your 14-digit library ID and last name from off campus
Search [TU users only] combined in the ADVANCED
SEARCH and limit to peer-reviewed articles
For
example: russia and nuclear [SUBJECT TERMS] and
decommission* or stockpil* or waste or disposal [Select a Field ] and select peer-reviewed
Searches
like this will direct you to articles in scholarly journals
Use similar terms when searching the library book catalogs
Search Google with keywords and site:org and you will retrieve a list
of analytical sources from think tanks
For
example: russia iran nuclear site:org will bring up resources from organizations like Globalsecurity.org,
Nuclear Threat Initiative [NTI], Arms Control Association, Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists, International Institute for Strategic
Studies, Center for Defense Information [CDI] and Council on Foreign
Relations
For
example: chechnya site:org will
produce a list of results from organizations like Human Rights Watch,
Global Issues, Council on Foreign Relations, and Rand
Homeland Security Digital Library [TU users only]
Access from Research Databases on the Cook Library Web site from on campus and through Research Port with your 14-digit library ID and last name from off campus
This full text database contains a wealth of primary and secondary sources from the U.S. government and unaffiliated organizations and research institutes
This site covers political, economic and social developments in Russia and its regions, Caspian Sea, Caucasus (Georgia), Northern Caucasus (Chechnya) and looks at Russia's role in international relations through the Russian Analytical Digest which includes reports from Russlandanalysen, Russian and Eurasian Security, and the Russian Regional Report
"Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs." - from the site
Provides
full text of political transcripts from U.S. Federal News Service and
FDCH News Service including FDCH Political Transcripts and Congressional
Testimony, interviews, speeches and GAO reports.
Also includes statements of visiting dignitaries.
Click on the Sources tab and
Select Country ( United States) > News > NewsTranscripts > and check off those transcripts that you want to search including
and
Below the search box, click on show options to search specific document sections
Search HEADLINE (For example, chech! = chechen or chechnya or chechnia)
If this search yields over 3000 results, try adding another search term
If you want more results, search HLEAD (headline and lead paragraph)
search by names, if desired (e.g. obama, bush, rumsfeld, fleischer)
Results
arranged in reverse chronological order by publication date
To
move longer "more relevant" resources to the top, change Publication Date to Revelance at the top of the results list
To limit your results by length of article, search section LENGTH, >1000 (for example)
If desired, limit specifydate option from all available dates to previous year, date is between )
LexisNexis also provides full text of world newspapers. Search these from the entry screen of LexisNexis using a Power Search.
Provides full text access to four U.S. newspapers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the Wall Street Journal, back to the mid-1980s.
"
"Kremlin Package" consists of same day, English translations of verbatim
transcripts of press conferences and speeches in the USSR by [Putin, Medvedev] Gorbachev,Shevardnadze,
Ligachev, Yeltsin, Gerasimov, Maslennikov, Minister of Defense,Chairman
of KBG, etc."
- Direct quote taken from the LexisNexis Web site
Click
on Sources tab
Select Country > then Russia
Select Newswires for
,
, and TASS
Official Kremlin Intl News Broadcasts has primary sources such as speeches, interviews, and press conferences
Enter search terms
and select the field in which you want to search for your terms
For
example: chech! (! = The way to search for chechen or chechnya or chechnia)
Results
arranged in reverse chronological order by publication date
To
move longer "more relevant" resources to the top, change Publication Date to Revelance at the top of the results list
If desired, limit your specifydate of your search from all available dates to previous year, date is between )
Select Country > Russia > Newspapers for the Moscow News, Moscow Times, and Russian News Digest
Indexes
theCurrent Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, which Cook
Library owns in print from 1992 - 2004. Later issues available from other USMAI libraries through ILLiad. Cook also owns the Current
Digest of the Soviet Press from 1949-1991.
Click
on the words Advanced search
Type your search words in the search boxes, as desired
On the search screen under Limit Your Results, next to the box labeled Publication, type current digest