Taken
together, these bibliographies offer the beginning researcher a guided
tour of a considerable quantity of the scholarly literature on Catherinian
Russia. It is important to note, however, the dated character of these
reference sources. Most were published prior to the early 1980s. And while
it is true that the scholarly output in this field is not torrential,
it is hardly static. To discover more recent scholarship it will be necessary
to consult the more current resources discussed on the Indexes
and Abstracts page.
Subject Bibliographies
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Clendenning, Philip and Roger Bartlett. Eighteenth-Century Russia: A Select Bibliography of Works Published Since 1955. Newtonville, Massachusetts: Oriental Research Partners, 1981. Located in the Davis Library Reference: Z2508. C58. Expressly written as an aid to undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this volume provides citations to articles, monographs and collective works that were published between 1955 and the late 1970s. Works are in a number of languages, including English, and are sorted by period and topically. This work is a chronological extension of Peter Crowther's bibliography.
- Cross, Anthony Glenn and Gerald Stanton Smith. Eighteenth-Century Russian Literature, Culture and Thought: A Bibliography of English-Language Scholarship and Translations. Newtonville, Massachusetts: Oriental Research Partners, 1984. Located in the Davis Library Stacks, 8th Floor: Z2502. C767 1984. This work provides citations to scholarly works about Russia's intellectual and cultural history. Works are sorted by period and by broad subject categories, such as Censorship, Theater, and Personalia.
- Crowther, Peter A. A Bibliography of Works in English on Early Russian History to 1800. New York, New York: Barnes and Noble, 1969. Located in the Davis Library Stacks, 8th Floor: Z2506. C75 1969b. Provides citations to English-language historical works that were published prior to the late 1950s. Should be used in conjunction with Philip Clendenning's bibliography.
- Kazmer, Daniel and Vera Kazmer. Russian Economic History: A Guide to Informational Sources. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Incorporated, 1977. Located in Davis Library Stacks, 8th Floor: Z7165. R9 K34. As one would expect of a work written by an analyst from the CIA, this volume is primarily concerned with the economy of Soviet Russia. It does, however, provide some useful references for the eighteenth century and Catherine's reign in particular.
- Nerhood, Harry W. To Russia and Return: An Annotated Bibliography of Travelers' English-Language Accounts of Russia from the Ninth Century to the Present. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1968. Located in the Davis Library Reference: Z2491. N435. This bibliography provides numerous citations to English language primary sources concerning eighteenth-century Russia. These sorts of on-the-scene accounts can be a valuable primary source for research papers.