{"id":4545,"date":"2017-05-09T23:07:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T23:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/?page_id=4545"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:10:16","slug":"collectionhighlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/spx\/collectionhighlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-teams=\"true\">The University of Illinois Library is one of the largest public university research libraries in the United States. Its REEES collections constitute one of the Library\u2019s most notable strengths. With well over 800,000 volumes across numerous regional languages, the University Library&#8217;s holdings document the history, society, culture, and politics of Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus region, and Central Asia. The collection integrates perspectives from different disciplines that focus on these regions, including over 6,000 periodicals and well over 100,000 archival microforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While not exhaustive, the following list attempts to list these collections that would potentially hold the greatest research value for students and scholars alike: <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u00a0opisi\u00a0of the\u202f<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/findaid.oac.cdlib.org\/findaid\/ark:\/13030\/tf1q2n9845\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Communist Party Archives<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0on\u00a0562 microfilm reels.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Catalogs of the \u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nlr.ru\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Russian National Library<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f&#8217;s (Saltykov-Shchedrin) holdings on microfiche. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u202f\u201cPrague Spring\u201d\u202fmicroform collection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u202f\u201cPolish Independent Publications\u201d\u202fmicroform collection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u202f\u201cGULAG Press, 1920-1937&#8243;\u00a0microfiche collection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The\u202fBeloe\u00a0Dvizhenie:\u00a0Katalog\u202fKollektsii\u00a0Listovok\u00a0(1917-1920 gg.)\u202fon microfilm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The complete biographical archives published by K.G. Sauer relating to\u00a0 SEEE countries. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The microfilm collection of 18th century Russian publications based on the\u00a0Svodnyi\u00a0Katalog.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"10\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The majority of the archival\u00a0guides referenced\u00a0by\u00a0Patricia\u00a0Grimsted\u2019s\u00a0in\u00a0her writings.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These high-level collections are representative of the richness of the holdings present at the International and Area Studies Library. For a more granular exploration of our holdings, we have included a series of collection summaries below, all separated by country\/historical regions. If you are planning a research trip outside of the country, we encourage you to visit the IAS Library and determine which of your sources already exist here. We are also happy to assist you in or determining which repositories will prove the most useful in your research efforts abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/russia-e1712782567585.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to Russia and the Former Soviet Union<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id1_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id1_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to Russia and the Former Soviet Union\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Library holds approximately 190,700 volumes in the languages of the former Soviet Union, plus another 58,465 or so volumes on Russia and the former Soviet Union in other languages.\u00a0Materials related to the\u00a0humanities and social sciences\u00a0are covered extensively. Pre-Revolutionary publications are well represented, while\u00a0Soviet imprints of the 1920s and 1930s\u00a0are\u00a0somewhat less so. The collection is most comprehensive for the period from 1950 onward\u00a0due to\u00a0standing orders, blanket orders, and exchange programs with Russian and other republic libraries, all of which\u00a0have resulted in the acquisition of many provincial publications\u00a0that were\u00a0not generally exported. There is a good collection of books and journals published in Russian and\u00a0Ukrainian outside the Commonwealth of Independent States, including the imprints of \u00e9migr\u00e9 publishing houses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In terms of microform materials, the\u00a0library\u00a0possesses about 99,818 additional volumes of Russian and Ukrainian titles, a collection that includes most serials of importance that are not available in the original.\u202fThere are also long runs on microfilm of some 155 newspapers in Russian, Ukrainian, and Estonian, including both pre-Revolutionary and Soviet titles. Most of the important 19<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and 20<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> century Russian periodicals and newspapers (typically represented in their entirety) are also available on microform, microfiche, or the original print version. Additional holdings of note include near-complete collections of Russian books dating from the 17th and 18th centuries that originated from major Russian repositories, and Russian book, periodical, and newspaper collections from the Hoover Institution, Harvard University, Columbia University and Library of Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/czech_slovak-e1712783371566.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to the Czech and Slovak Republics<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id2_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id2_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to the Czech and Slovak Republics\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Currently, the IAS Library\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">total holdings\u00a0related to the Czech and Slovak republics reaches\u00a0around\u00a048,344 volumes.\u00a0Nearly all of the major Czech and Slovak scholarly periodicals\u00a0related to the subjects of\u00a0history, literature, the social sciences, philosophy, art,\u00a0and religion are encompassed within the larger collection.\u00a0The literature collection\u00a0(which totals\u00a0about 9,350 volumes)\u00a0includes\u00a0complete editions of all\u00a0noteworthy\u00a0authors, with\u00a0nearly all standard critical and bibliographical works\u00a0being represented as well.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">More than 9,950 volumes on Czech and Slovak history and politics are also encompassed within the wider collection. Said volumes necessarily include many complete runs of historical journals, collections of published documents, and standard monographs.\u202f Czechoslovakia-focused historical materials leading up to 1948 find extensive coverage, as well as contemporary periodicals and historical, literary, political and philological journals from the 19th century. Finally, the I. Perlstein Collection of Czechoslovak Book Design contains approximately 750 volumes of limited, signed bibliophile editions of Czech literature from the 1920s and 1930s and is housed in the Rare Book Room of the Main Room.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/yugoslavia-e1712783532420.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to the Former Yugoslavia<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id3_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id3_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to the Former Yugoslavia\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Th<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">e IAS Library\u2019s holdings related to the Former\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Yugoslavia\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">currently totals around\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">41,425 volumes.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0In general, materials relating to the subject of \u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Law<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">has<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0received particular emphasis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0within the collection. C<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">omplete sets of nearly all of the publications of the Yugoslav Academy and its various historical and literary document series<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0are present<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0as well as strong coverage of similar materials originating from the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Serbian Academy.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Slovenian periodical holdings are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">well-represented<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0Taken in total,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">there are more than 1,200 Yugoslav serial titles<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0present within the broader collection<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">\u00a0Note:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40606658 BCX0\">Current publications are received on blanket orders which are in effect for all countries of Eastern Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/poland-e1712783648492.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to Poland<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id4_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id4_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id4\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id4\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to Poland\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id4\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">Currently,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight BCX0 SCXW120319377\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">he Polish<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0component of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian-focused<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0collection\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">comes to around<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\"> 49,494 volumes.\u202fThere are about 11,425 volumes related to Polish literature<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">, a collection that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">includ<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">es<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0standard editions of the major authors and a fairly complete selection of literary history and criticism.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">10,175 volumes in Polish history are present<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">, with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">holdings in Polish law<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0making up a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">substantial<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0subset of this section<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">Retrospective periodical holdings are extensive in most fields, but there are fewer complete<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">d\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">runs of journals in the Polish collection than in the \u2018<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">Czech and Slovak<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0Republics\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW120319377\">\u00a0and \u2018Former Yugoslavia\u2019 collections.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/hungary-e1712783721986.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to Hungary<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id5_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id5_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id5\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id5\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to Hungary\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id5\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">Currently, materials related to Hungary come to<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW150321712 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0approximately 23,990 volumes.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0This collection<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0contains standard reference works and a representative selection of works in most disciplines.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">The monographic literature is strongest in the history of Hungary up to 1918.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">The<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0IAS L<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">ibrary also possesses an excellent collection of official documents and law books<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">for example, the complete records of the Hungarian diet and parliament from 1790 to 1944 and nearly 2,500 items on all aspects of Hungarian law published before 1918<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0are held by the library<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">The periodical and serial collections\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">related to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">history, literature, and language are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0also very<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW150321712 BCX0\">\u00a0strong.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/bulgaria-e1712783797359.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to Bulgaria<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id6_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id6_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id6\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id6\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id6\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to Bulgaria\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id6\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW196259921\">Within the larger collection,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW196259921\">Bulgaria is represented by extensive retrospective periodical runs<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW196259921\">, which includes\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW196259921\">most of the Academy and university publications.\u202f Of the 13,755 volumes on Bulgaria, about 3,700 are devoted to literature and 4,450 to history and related fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring sh-relative\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-2\/6 sh-ml-11\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/slavic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2024\/04\/romania-e1712783214672.jpg\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-h-full\" alt=\"\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-4\/6 sh-flex \">\n          <div class=\"shortcode sh-flex sh-justify-center sh-items-center sh-grow\"><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Collections Related to Romania<\/span><\/div>\n          <div> \n            <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\">  \n              <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id7_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n              <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-angles-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-industrial_blue !sh-text-white !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id7_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id7\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id7\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id7\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Collections Related to Romania\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id7\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">At the present moment, materials related to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">Romania<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">\u00a0come to approximately<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">\u00a015,830 volumes.\u202f Besides a basic collection of bibliographies and reference aids, there are significant holdings in history, language, literature, and law.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">\u00a0Historical materials include\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">numerous general histories, monographs, and collections of sources<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">\u00a0(materials related to the period of 1800-1945 and Transylvania are particularly numerous).\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">The periodical collection contains the major publications of the Romanian Academy and its institutes since 1914.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">\u00a0Finally, t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW20886909\">he library currently receives almost all significant national and provincial periodicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">For more information on the digital facets of our collection, please utilize the pages related to <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Underlined MacChromeBold BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ias\/spx\/fulltext\/\">Databases<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/quest.grainger.illinois.edu\/Turkestan\/\">Turkestanskii Sbornik collection<\/a><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">, a digital collection\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun Highlight BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">onsisting of over 220,000 full-text pages of newspaper articles, journal articles, and books on Central Asia published between 1867 and 1917<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">\u00a0that originated with the National Library of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, and<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">\u00a0UIUC\u2019s own\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a 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MacChromeBold BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">Research Resources<\/span><\/span><\/a> <span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">section for additional<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">\u00a0reference\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">materials\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW226755173\">noted on a country-by-country basis. 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