The Library of Congress has a plethora of electronic resources for Russia and Russian studies and the collection of electronic materials is growing every year. Digitized versions of photographs, maps, rare books and other public domain materials appear on the main Library of Congress website using the search box at the upper right to locate materials and limit by material type.

The Library of Congress subscribes to many full-text, and increasingly, full-image databases devoted solely to Russian content, covering newspapers, newswires, scholarly journals, political ephemera, and e-books. These databases or digital archives are described in the sections of this guide titled Onsite Only Electronic Resources and the Russian E-Books. Although the contents of the various databases may be accessed only onsite, prior to a visit you can search the Library of Congress Electronic Resources Catalog from offsite to discover which databases and e-journals we offer.

In 2021 the Library of Congress transitioned away from preservation microfilming and began digitization of Russian newspapers and serials on newsprint. All digitized newspapers and other rights restricted electronic content are available via Stacks, an onsite-only database. To discover what newspapers have been digitized before you visit, consult the guide Russian Newspapers in the Library of Congress, which is updated annually to reflect new acquisitions and format changes of materials.

The section of the guide under the rubric of Digital Collections contains descriptions of Russian digital collections at the Library of Congress, such as Meeting of Frontiers.

Besides online digital content, the Microform and Electronic Resources Center (MERC) holds a small collection of Russian CD-ROMs, mostly of statistical titles that are no longer being published in paper. Materials are findable via the online catalog. Regarding born-digital content, the Library of Congress has been web archiving websites from the Russian government, political parties, and independent media beginning in 2014 and 2020 respectively. The web archiving content from Russia is described in the section of this guide titled Web Archiving.

Lastly, on the page dedicated to Social Media and Webcasts, we present an overview of the Library's efforts to highlight its Russian content by means of blogs, webcasts, and Facebook posts.