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Find Primary or Secondary Articles in Databases

JSTOR
A database of journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines including some volumes dating back to the 19th century.
Project Muse - Standard Collection
A database of over 100 full text scholarly journals mainly within the past five years.
World History In Context
Covers information on the most significant people, events, and topics in world history. Includes magazine, journal and news articles, as well as primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for nearly 3,970 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.

Open Access Search

HathiTrust Digital Library
"HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world." Search "post-soviet" + your country or topic of interest

Directories to Online Newspapers

Most print newspapers have online editions. Most of these offer some free content. The amount and selection of online content compared to print content varies.

ABYZ Newslinks
Lists over 15,600 newspapers and other news sources by country and by region within each country. There is a language code next to each newspaper and separate links to alternative language versions if they are available.
Google Directory - Newspapers
Links to online newspapers from the United States and around the world.
World Press - World Headlines & Newspapers
One of the web’s largest and most comprehensive directories of World Newspapers and Magazines, sorted by Country, region, and political affiliation.

Informational Websites

Freedom House
Nations in Transit Report for 2010 tracks democratic developments and setbacks of 29 countries in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia.
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Country Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from regional bureaus.
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Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Use the search box to locate information on this site including podcasts and webcasts. Please note that there is at least one podcast of a lecture about Putin and education reform.