Ukrainian Studies
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The library guide for Ukrainian Studies collects a selection of resources available in the library and online. Monash University Library is home to the leading collection of materials in Australia pertaining to Ukrainian Studies both in Ukrainian and English.
Online Resources
- Central and Eastern European online library This link opens in a new windowOnline database which provides access to full text articles from humanities and social sciences journals, electronic books and re-digitised documents pertaining to Central, South-Eastern, Baltic and Eastern European topics. Most of the content comes from material published in Central and Eastern Europe and is thus in the original language (titles, abstracts and some keywords are translated into English).
- American bibliography of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowABSEEES database provides information on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Some of the many subjects covered include: anthropology, culture & the arts, economics, education, and geography. Sources indexed include journals, books, dissertations, online resources and selected government publications published in the U.S. and Canada. Coverage for ABSEEES ranges from 1989-present.
- East View DatabasesEast View is a leading provider of native and translated foreign language information products and services, including Russian, Chinese, and Arabic databases, print periodicals, books and microforms.
Included are databases such as the Russian Central Newspapers, Ukrainian Publications, several digital archives and ephemera collections for recent elections.
- Ukrainian publications (UDB-UKR) This link opens in a new windowThis database imcludes content from Ukraine's leading periodicals, covering a broad range of political, economic, and cultural affairs, some with archives from 1997. Titles and back issues are added on a regular basis. Publications are in Russian, Ukrainian, and English. Topics include Ukraine's progress along the reform path, the view and positions of various political forces, changes in legislation, ethnic relations, and organizational trends in development of the armed forces.
- Ukraine parliamentary election, 2012 This link opens in a new windowIncludes ephemera and primary source material documenting the Ukrainian Rada elections of October 28, 2012. It contains over 12,000 pages of unique print materials collected by East View researchers in Kiev, Kharkov, Simferopol, Crimea and elsewhere throughout Ukraine.
- History of modern Russian and Ukrainian art This link opens in a new windowThe collection documents the history of modern Russian and Ukrainian art. It encompasses critical literature, illustrated books, and art periodicals ... These historical sources of pre- and post-revolutionary art reflect the diversity of artistic thought in the first thirty years of the 20th century, the intense discussions about the nature of the new art, its form, and its aims. The collection consists of 215 titles that were published in two parts on microfiche.
- MLA international bibliography (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowProduced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. International in scope, it includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations. The database also includes the MLA Directory of Periodicals and the MLA Thesaurus, a proprietary, searchable collection of thousands of subject terms, and personal names used in indexing the bibliography.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a comprehensive library of important scholarly literature, built by over 1,700 worldwide participants, including major Australian universities. It includes thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources from a wide range of academic publishers and university presses. Titles span across disciplines, including core areas such as business & economics, social sciences, education, history, language & literature and science. Current journals are linked and cross-searchable with archival journals and ebooks.
- Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI) via Web of Science This link opens in a new windowArts & Humanities Citation Citation Index is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers 1800+ of the world's leading arts and humanities journals across 28 arts & humanities disciplines. It also indexes individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.
- Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. ВернадськогоNational Library of Ukraine
- Державна архівна служба УкраїниState Archival Service of Ukraine
- ELibUkr-OA - мультидисциплінарний відкритий електронний архівOpen Access Electronic Library of Ukraine, a multidisciplinary open electronic archive. Interface also available in English. The ELibUkr-OA provides access to a large number of academic repositories and national collections. Includes declassified materials Archive of Security service of Ukraine (SSU).
- Наукова бібліотека Національного університету "Києво-Могилянська академія"National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Libraries, available in Ukrainian and English. Provides open access to eKMAIR (contains research works of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy professors and faculty members).
- Archive of the Ukrainian Liberation MovementThe project aims to provide open access to electronic copies of documents on the history of the Ukrainian liberation movement in the 20th century. This includes documents and materials covering the activities of organisations of the Ukrainian Liberation Movement: the armed underground (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Ukrainian Insurgent Army, Ukrainian Main Liberation Council, etc.), dissident and mass national democratic movements in the second half of the 20th century, and documents of repressive structures of occupation regimes (NKVD-MGB-KGB, German Gestapo and security service, etc.).
East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies
East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies is a scholarly, peer-reviewed, Open Access, online periodical, publishing original research articles, reviews and review articles.
ISSN 2292-7956
Publication Date: 2014 - present
- Internet Encyclopedia of UkraineComprehensive source of information in English on Ukraine, its history, people, geography, society, economy, and cultural heritage. At present, the IEU team is working on phase 1 of the project: the creation of an Internet database containing the revised and updated contents of the five-volume Encyclopedia of Ukraine (University of Toronto Press, 1984-93).
- Harvard Ukrainian Research InstituteFounded in June 1973, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) serves as a focal point for graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research in Ukrainian language, literature, and history as well as in anthropology, archaeology, art history, economics, political science, sociology, theology, and other disciplines.
- MAPA - Digital Atlas of UkraineThe Mapa: Digital Atlas of Ukraine program is undertaken by the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute together with partners in Ukraine. One of the projects focuses on the history of the Holodomor ("death-by-starvation") – the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33.
- Ukraine Conflict CollectionThis collection seeks to document conflict in Ukraine as it progresses. Contributions to this collection were made by the Archive-It team and subject matter experts from Stanford University, Global Investigative News Network, and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in the fields of Investigative Journalism, Russian, and Eurasian studies. Content includes news outlets, social media, blogs, and government websites. Sites are in English, Ukrainian, Russian, and other languages.
- UA Zone : The Ukrainian Information ProjectUA Zone is a public, volunteer driven project following the several goals. First of all it is aimed to provide the reliable information about Ukraine; promote Ukraine, Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian business in the world. The second goal of this project is to provide some useful information about Ukraine to Ukrainians themselves, to help Ukrainians communicate to each other.
- Державна служба статистики УкраїниState Statistics Service of Ukraine
In the Library
- Вільна думка = Vil'na dumka = Free thought (Sydney, NSW)Publication Date: 1949 - presentIn Ukrainian.
- Church and Life: Ukrainian Weekly (Melbourne, VIC)Publication Date: 1967 - presentT︠S︡erkva i z︠h︡ytti︠a︡
Text in Ukrainian and English.
Ukrainian Through Its Living Culture: Advanced Level Language Textbook by ISBN: 9780888645784Publication Date: 2012
Colloquial Ukrainian : the complete course for beginners by ISBN: 9780415448451Publication Date: 2003
Encyclopedia of Ukraine by ISBN: 0802039936Publication Date: 1984 - 2001Over thirty years in the making, the most comprehensive work in English on Ukraine is now complete: its history, people, geography, economy, and cultural heritage, both in Ukraine and in the diaspora.
Вільна думка = Vil'na dumka = Free thought (Sydney, NSW)Publication Date: 1949 - presentIn Ukrainian.
Church and Life: Ukrainian Weekly (Melbourne, VIC)Publication Date: 1967 - presentT︠S︡erkva i z︠h︡ytti︠a︡
Text in Ukrainian and English.
Історія української літератури у дванадцяти томахCall Number: 891.7909 D678.I 2014ISBN: 9789660012998Publication Date: 2014Istorii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï literatury u dvanadt︠s︡i︠a︡ty tomakhАнтологія української готичної прози by
ISBN: 9789660369436Publication Date: 2014Antolohii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoï hotychnoï prozy
available in the library
30 доказів існування Бога (і 29 заперечень) by ISBN: 9789662449433Publication Date: 201430 dokaziv isnuvanni︠a︡ Boha (i 29 zaperechenʹ) : vybrane 1993-2013
available in the library
Taste of Ukraine: Rustic Cuisine from the heart of Ukraine by ISBN: 9780987594310Publication Date: 2013
Contemporary Ukraine Research Forum: The Case of Euro-MaidanThe Contemporary Ukraine Research Forum aims to provide an international research forum where academics and students share, discuss, explore, reflect upon, develop, and transform understandings about the EuroMaidan in Ukraine.
Єлюди : теплі історії з Майдану by ISBN: 9662665404Publication Date: 2014I︠E︡li︠u︡dy : tepli istoriï z Maĭdanu
Євромайдан. Хроніка в новелахISBN: 9786177236060Publication Date: 2014I︠E︡vromaĭdan : khronika v novelakh
Learn Ukranian
Search for Ukranian dictionaries in the Library catalogue using the following subject heading:
English language -- Dictionaries -- Ukrainian
Search for textbooks in the Library catalogue using the following subject headings:
Ukrainian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
Language Learning Games:
Press Play and then select the Ukrainian Flag. In this game you are given a word and have to pick the corresponding image
Video/Media:
See what's trending on YouTube in Ukrainian:
Ukrainian children's educational youtube channel