| Description | A collection of 65 Russian central newspapers, including official resources, independent media and partisan publications. Also includes several English language newspapers, including The Moscow Times. This collection is also known as the Universal Database of Russian Central Newspapers (UDB-COM). Access varies by title depending on Library subscription. Current (in 2010) subscriptions are limited to: Kommersant, Literaturnaia gazeta, Nezavisimala gazeta, Pravda, The Moscow News. However previous issues are also available for selected titles. The newspapers may be searched in Cyrillic and in transliteration using the Library of Congress transliteration system (tables can be found at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html). Search terms in English or other languages may also be searched to find foreign language words as they appear in an article. New Universal Databases User Guide (PDF, 596kb) |
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| Subjects | Russian language newspapers |
| Coverage | Coverage varies. Selected titles include coverage from as early as 1980. |
| Publisher | East View Information Services |
| Vendor | East View Information Services |
| Interface | Universal Databases of Russian/CIS Publications (UBs) |
| License | There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access to Russian Central Newspapers is restricted to patrons of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law. |
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