MIPP Released Subject e-Catalog on Political Studies

Political Studies e-Catalog has been released recently by MIPP Electronic Resources Department. The e-Catalog gives an overview of the major online journals and collections of electronic books available for subscription from MIPP International.

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Modern Prose eBook Collection

Moskva-Petushki: Poema | Moscow-Petushki: Poem. Erofeev V. M.: Soiuz, 2008. ISBN 978-5-904118-01-3. In Russian. The first Russian print of the complete version (Jerusalem 1973, Paris 1979) of the famed postmodernist poem by a cult satirical writer of the Soviet dissent of the 1970-1990ss and the present-day Russia, reveals many of those interesting detail of Venechka's alcoholic railway journey from Moscow to the end of the line that were not included into the abridged Soviet edition. eBook Preview

Novye pis'ma schast'ia: Stikhotvornye fel'etony | New letters of happiness:Satirical articles written in verse. Bykov D.L. M.: Vremia, 2010. ISBN 978-5-9691-0516-4. In Russian. The book of the author gathers his satirical articles written in verse which create an impression of impromptu. He touches upon burning issues of reality expressing them in a humorous form. eBook Preview

Opravdanie | Justification Bykov D.L. M.: Vagrius, 2005. ISBN 5-9697-0107-6. In Russian. A novel of D.Bykov the noted poet, publicist, and critic, one of the most distinguished representatives of modern literary life in Russia. The title is the first author's prose writing, in which Bykov offers his interpretation of certain events in the history of Russia. eBook Preview

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Printing texts from Digital Dissertations Library

Starting from March 11, 2012 Russian State Library cancelled the restrictions on the volume of authorized printing of dissertations and author's abstracts from Digital Dissertation Library in Virtual Reading Rooms. Previously it was possible to print out only 15% of a dissertation and 30% of an abstract.

A New User Guide to Legislation of the CIS Countries Database

A new User Guide to Legislation of the CIS Countries database has been released recently at http://www.base.spinform.ru/en/help.fwx . Created in line with the end user behaviour, this tutorial gives a step-by-step explanation on how the system should be used. It contains in-depth description of all menu items displaying screen shots of relevant pages for ease of reference.