Emily,
Pardon my poor threading. I'm on mobile.
The language sources policy is here:
Jake
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From: "Jack, Emily" <jack(a)email.unc.edu>
Subject: [libraries] Question: using Russian sources on English
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Hi all,
This isn’t strictly a libraries question, but I’m sending to this group
because I appreciate the brain trust here. If there’s somewhere more
appropriate to post this question, please let me know.
A chemistry librarian I know sent this question:
“I am trying to help a professor who has written a biography of a fellow
chemist whose original work was in Russian, starting in the 50’s. My profs
article has been rejected as not being supported by reliable sources. The
journals are reliable sources but they just aren’t in English, apparently a
major sticking point. Some may not be available electronically either.
Obviously we are looking at the articles and do have access to most in
translation and most electronic. Reality remains, as we all know, that some
are just not going to be translated nor available easily online. Is this
the norm for Wikipedia? One journal they considered non-reliable was
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. Not exactly an unknown, unreliable source. We
can deal with this one but has left me wondering about the rules, who
decides what is reliable, etc. Would appreciate any insight and guidance I
can get.”
Anyone have insights? I would be grateful!
Emily
she/her