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HIST 2969: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire (Fall 2024)

A guide to library research

Subject vs Keyword

  • subject words = less hits & better
  • keywords = more hits & sometimes worse

A keyword means find the word anywhere--title, author, notes, description, publisher, etc.

Transliteration

North American catalogs use the Library of Congress Romanization Table for Russian. Use this system for searching. Searching in Cyrillic will retrieve only a subset of material in Russian.

 

Requesting Books from Elsewhere

  • For books that are checked out, or that Cornell doesn't have, use Borrow Direct
    Books arrive in 3-4 business days.
  • For items (books, articles, microfilm) Cornell doesn't have, use Interlibrary Loan Services
    Items can arrive in as little as a few days to a couple of weeks.
  • For items at another campus library or the Library Annex
    Use the "Request" button in the Library Catalog and choose Library to Library Delivery.