The Slavonic Library
Periodicals in the Slavonic Library
Collection materials in format
Analogue
Digital
Digitised
On microfilm
On microfiche
Periodicals collection in the Slavonic Library includes periodicals published in Russia, the Soviet Union and Slavic language area in Eastern Europe.
Collection description
Periodicals collection in the Slavonic Library includes scientific journals as well as literary, culture and general periodicals published in Russia, the Soviet Union and Slavic language area in Eastern Europe. In 1828–1917, periodicals and official publications from around the Russian Empire were received as deposit copies. Subsequently, the collection has focused in journals related to humanities and social sciences. The collection also includes periodicals published by Russian emigrants in various countries.
Collection languages
Material type
journals
electronic material (born-digital)
Accrual status
Continuous
Temporal coverage of the collection
modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century) modern times (1900-)Main collection
The Slavonic LibraryParent collection
The Slavonic LibrarySubcollections
Periodicals in the Slavonic Library published after 1917 Periodicals in the Slavonic Library published prior to 1917Restrictions of use
Only for reading rooms In the open collection Digitised on legal deposit terminals as e-material for remote access On the University of Helsinki’s Intranet As a microfilm on reading stations Available for home loan Kept in closed stack collection, use requires ordering the publicationCollection themes
Cataloguing principles
The description retains the character set and orthography of the publication whenever possible. Cyrillic characters may also be retrieved as transliterated according to the ISO-9 standard (see the transliteration guidelines).
Catalogue information
Card catalogue made of the collection
The collection has been described in the reference database
The collection has been only partially catalogued
More information about cataloguing
All incoming periodicals and most periodicals published after 1950 can be found through the National Library Search. However, periodicals which were published before 1950 must be searched for through both the search service and the card catalogue.
Acquisition policy
Research literature on Russia and Eastern Europe is acquired for the Slavonic Library, along with reference works in cultural and social studies. The primary fields are history, literature, culture, art, society, philosophy and religion. Fiction is only added to the collection if it is in one of the Slavic languages. Newspapers and periodicals are primarily acquired in electronic formats, but printed versions may be included if online editions are not available.