University of Michigan Graduate Library, Slavic and East European Division

Resources

The Slavic and East European General Collection

LOCATION
The major portion of the Slavic and East European Collection is located on the central campus of the University of Michigan in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Slavic and East European materials are shelved within the general library stacks.

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ACCESSING THE COLLECTION
Cataloged materials can be located using MIRLYN, the library catalog of the University of Michigan .

Many of the printed materials in the collection are written in Cyrillic and other non-roman characters. To make them computer accessible, these scripts have been transliterated into roman characters according to the LC Romanization Tables. In order to fully access the records on MIRLYN, this particular romanization system must be used. Please see a Slavic Unit staff member for assistance with transliteration.

As noted above, both vernacular and western language material in the Slavic and East European collection are shelved together within the general library stacks. Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Slovak, Czech, Bulgarian, and Belorusian language and literature materials, are given the U-M Library's version of Dewey classification numbers. These call numbers will begin with the number 8. All other materials are given Library of Congress call numbers. These call numbers will begin with an uppercase letter.

SIZE
As of August, 1994 the Slavic and East European collection of the Graduate Library included approximately 376,750 catalogued monographs (including 120,000 in non-vernacular languages) and 1,600 current subscriptions to serials in vernacular languages.

TOPICAL STRENGTHS
Notable holdings include Russian revolutions and revolutionary movement, Russian and East European emigre and dissident writings, South Slavic history and literature, modern Armenian history and literature, and serial publications of the Slavic and East European academies.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND LINGUISTIC COVERAGE
The collection includes materials from and/or about Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Modern Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Soviet successor states, and Yugoslavia. The majority of these materials are written in the predominant languages of each of these states. However, materials will also be found in English and other western languages.

The Slavic and East European Reference Collection

The Slavic and East European Reference Collection is housed with the other Area Programs Reference Collections in room 110 of the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Here you will find dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, maps, and other reference materials written in the vernacular languages of the countries covered by the Slavic and East European Division. Please note that reference type materials are also available in the general stacks, the Documents Center and the General Reference Room

Items of note within our collection

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Related Collections on Campus

The main collection is located in the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library; other area-focused materials are in the libraries for:

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Related U-M Academic Departments

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Questions or comments concerning this homepage or the Slavic and East European Division in general can be directed to: besnyder@umich.edu

Last modified July 12, 2004