Russian 250: Queer Literature in Russia

Welcome to the online research guide for Russian 250!
 

Hello!  My name is Ken Johnson and I am the librarian working with the Russian department this spring.  If you need assistance throughout your work in this class, please feel free to get in touch with me.
 

You can use the "Request research consultation" link in my profile on the left side of this page.  Just pick a date and time you can meet with me and fill out the form.  You will get a calendar invitation with a Google Meet link in it.  The form allows you to upload any work that you would like me to see before our appointment.
 

A second option would be to use the IM bubble on the lower right hand corner of your screen.  A librarian or research tutor will take your question and get back to you.

Primary Sources: these are original sources of information and include letters, diaries, interviews, artifacts, autobiographies, manuscripts, documents, recordings, etc.

How to Find Them: In Catalyst use  the terms mentioned above in your search or use the filter to the left of your search results entitled "Genre/Form" and select the subheading "Sources".  Primary sources can be published or unpublished. Published primary sources may appear in book form or as digital resources.  Unpublished primary sources (if they are available) are most likely found in an archive where researchers can visit and look at them.  Some archives do publish primary sources online.
 

Secondary Sources: these are one step removed from primary sources such as books written about a particular subject or a newspaper or magazine article that informs you about something.  The writer of a secondary source may have consulted primary sources in preparing their work.
 

Typical examples of secondary sources: monographs, magazine articles, journalistic essays, newspaper articles, scholarly articles.

How to Find Them: Most of the books and articles you find in Catalyst or the article databases are secondary sources.  They are written about a particular topic but the writer was not a first hand witness of what they are writing about.
 

Tertiary Sources: compilations of primary and secondary sources such as encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, companions, guide books, etc.

Where to Find Them: These are normally found in the reference room but sometimes there are older copies or second copies in the regular book collection.