Jason Godfroy

SLM 505 summer 05

Pathfinder---Russian Revolution/Animal Farm Allegory

Russian Revolution--A Pathfinder

A pathfinder is a list of resources from every possible source that will help you find information about a topic. This pathfinder will help list resources for you to find out information about the Russian Revolution. There is a lot of information, so read carefully!!

Location

Kingsview Middle School Media Center

Reference tools--encyclopedias

When looking up items in an encyclopedia (whether it is a print encyclopedia or an online encyclopedia) it is a good idea to have a list of keywords to use in a search. Below is a list of some keywords for you to use about the Russian Revolution.

Key terms for searching:

Russia and revolution	Trotsky, Leon	Lenin, Vladimir
Bolshevik (Bolsheveik)	First Revolution of 1917	October Revolution
Joseph Stalin	Czar (Tsar) Nicholas	Communists
Karl Marx	Communist Manifesto	Pravda
Secret Police/ KGB/ KNVD	Proletariat	Russian Orthodox Church
White Russians	Great Purge	Expulsion of the Tsar

There are a number of print encyclopedias to choose from. They are found in the reference section. The call number is REF 031.

Also use:

	REF 940.3 GRO The Grolier Library of World War 1 (search using the index)
	REF 306 ENC The encyclopedia of world cultures. Volume 6 Russian and Eurasia-China. 1993.

There are also a number of online encyclopedias to choose from. Here is a link to them: Media Center Online Resources. Make sure you enter in one of the above key terms when searching.

Also, you will probably come across other terms while searching. It is a good idea to keep a pad of paper next to you so that you can write those key terms down.

Books--non-fiction

Below is a list of non-fiction books and their call numbers that you can use.

	92 LEN Haney, John. Vladimir Lenin. 1988.
	92 STA Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. Joseph Stalin. 1985.
	92 STA Whitelaw, Nancy. Joseph Stalin: From peasant to premier. 1992.
	947 CUM Cumming, David. Russia. 1991.
	947 DES DeSomma, Vincent V. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1992.
	947 GRE Greenblatt, Miriam. Peter the Great and Tsarist Russia. 2000.
	947 HAR Harvey, Miles. The Fall of the Soviet Union. 1995.
	947 RIC Rice, Terence M. Russia. 2000.
	947 ROG Rogers, Stillman D. Russia: Enchantment of the world. 2002.
	947 RUS Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 2000. 2000.
	947.084 VAI Vail, John J. 'Peace, Land, Bread'. 1996.
	947.084 WIL Willoughby, Susan. The Russian Revolution. 1996.
	947.085 KOR Kort, Michael. Russia. 1995.

Books--Fiction

Below is a list of fiction books and their call numbers that you can use.

	F DOS Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. 1981.
	F SCH Schur, Maxine. The circlemaker. 1994.
	F PRI Price, Susan. Ghost dance. 1994.
	F PAS Pasternak, Boris. Doctor Zhivago. 1958.
	F MEY Meyer, Carolyn. Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess. 2000.