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Universal Database of CIS/Baltic Periodicals (UDB CIS)


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Description: Universal Database of CIS/Baltic Periodicals includes a number of authoritative periodicals published in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The sources are in Russian and in English and cover a variety of international and domestic issues. The database currently consists of titles from Ukraine, Latvia, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadjikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

For details on UNC-CH holdings see List of CIS/Baltic Periodicals in UDC/BP.

The UDC/BP Help file provides instructions on searching techniques and other useful information. If you have any questions, feel free to email East View or call at 800-477-1005. Technical specialists will be happy to walk you through the process of fine-tuning your computer system so that you could use all the benefits of the Russian-language search mechanism. This database works best with the Internet Explorer 4.01 and Netscape 4.00 and up.

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Access:  UNC-CH campus. Cyrillic keyboard applications are available on terminals INET 5 and INET 6 in the reference department. On these terminals patrons can search the UDRN in Russian. Students, faculty, and staff or AHEC users affiliated with UNC-CH with an AHEC Digital Library account may access from off-campus.  (instructions)
Medium:  web
Coverage:  Varies
Updated:  Varies
Language:  English,Russian