The Society for Romanian Studies

REFERENCE SOURCES FOR ROMANIAN STUDIES

This page last modified: 19 iii 2006

GETTING STARTED

• Radio Free Europe, the premier source of current news and analysis on Eastern Europe. Check our their daily on-line news reports NEWSLINE.

• The ubiquitous GOOGLE has 318 million listings for Romania, probably all pretty much of equal value.

• GOOGLE for Moldova has only 178 million listings, but, hey, who's really counting?

• YAHOO's Romanian Search Page provides an excellent starting point for matters Romanian.

• YAHOO's Moldovan Search Page provides a good starting point for (you guessed it) matters Moldovan.

• CIA FACT BOOK: Romania. Good basic information.

• CIA FACT BOOK on MOLDOVA. More of the same.

• WASHINGTON POST/Romania Information Site, includes links to POST and Associated Press stories on Romania. A good way to pick up on current news about Romania.

• WASHINGTON POST/Moldova Information Site, includes links to POST and Associated Press stories on Moldova. A good way to pick up on current news about Moldova.

ROMANIAN LIBRARIES are becoming part of the virtual library system; the following libraries have online catalogues and other online resources.

• The Romanian Academy Library (Biblioteca Academiei)

• The Romanian National Library (Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei)

• University of Bucuresti Central University Library

• University of Iasi Central University Library

• Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Central University Library

• University of Timisoara Central University Library

WESTERN LIBRARY RESOURCES include:

• University of Illinois Slavic and East European Library, which includes links to their newspaper list and archives list as well as to the highly useful Slavic Reference Service. Their Romanian Resources Page is helpful.

• The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world and most bibliographical references can be verified through its catalogue. The European Reading Room provides bibliographical assistance by eMail and also has bibliographical guides to Romanian resources and Moldovan resources, edited by ace librarian Grant Harris, that are first-rate. LC has two book length country studies online for both Romania, which is excellent for the Communist regime (since it was published virtually simultaneouslly with its collapse), but needs to be replaced for post-1989 Romania; and Moldova, published in 1995. Lastly, you can download pdf "Country Profiles" of Romania and Moldova here.

• The Hoover Institution Library's Archives and Collections holdings are extensive for Romania. There is a special page Romanian Collections Page.

• Columbia University Libraries: Russian, Eurasian & East European studies

• Harvard University Widener Library Slavic Collection

• Indiana University Slavic Collection

• New York Public Library Slavic and Baltic Division

• Stanford University Slavic and Eastern European Studies

• UCal Berkeley Slavic Studies and East European Resources

• University of Chicago Library Slavic and East European Collection

• University of Kansas Slavic and East European Collections

• University of Michigan Graduate Library, Slavic and East European Division

• University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Slavic and East European Collections

• University of Pittsburgh's Russian and East European Collection

• The Russia and East European Information Network at the University of Texas has a Romania Page and a Moldovan Page.

• The British Library Slavonic and East European Collections

• University College/London School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library . SEES also has a Romanian Resources page.

• Oxford University Library

• Cambridge UniversityLibrary

• The Deutsche Bibliothek

• Bibliotheque Nationale

Recent historical work related to Romania can be found in online versions of

• BIBLIOGRAFIA ISTORICA A ROMANIEI 1994-1999 and

• BIBLIOGRAFIA ISTORICA A ROMANIEI 1999-2004

Other Information:

• Welcome to Romania, a comprehensive general information site.

• About Romania, with an extensive set of links.

• Romania.Org, with an extensive set of links.

• ROMANIA: USAID Programs

• MOLDOVA: USAID Programs

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