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Middle Eastern Studies Information Sources

Articles

    Best Sources for this Subject

  Academic Search Premier Available in Full Text 
    1975-current
Covers most academic disciplines. Database details. Help with this database
  Blackwell Synergy
Content now covered by Wiley InterScience
  Historical Abstracts
    1970s-current
Covers world history, 1450-present. Database details..
  Index Islamicus
A bibliography of books and index of articles in periodicals on Islam and the Muslim world. Also includes reviews.Database details.
  JSTOR Available in Full Text 
    Varies by title
Full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in many fields. Database details..
  LexisNexis Academic Available in Full Text 
Excellent source for newspaper articles. Database details..
  OmniFile Full-text Mega Edition Available in Full Text 
    Indexing 1984-present, Full-text 1994-present
Good coverage of most academic fields. Database details..
  RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
  Wiley InterScience Available in Full Text 
Scholarly publications in all subject areas. Database details.

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  CQ Researcher Available in Full Text 
    1991-current
Overviews of current issues (e.g., Democratization of the Arab world). Database details..

    Journals, Magazines, Newspapers

  Haaretz
  Jerusalem Post
  The Daily Star - Lebanon
  Zaman
A leading Turkish daily newspaper published in English.

Primary Source Materials

    Digital Collections

  Middle East 1916 - 2001 : A Documentary Record
  Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs
1,100 images from the 1600s to the early 1900s.
  Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Travel narratives, photographs, and interactive GIS maps.

    Local Collections

  Microtext Subject Guide: Middle Eastern History

Selected Resources

    Biographical Sources

  Biographical Dictionary of the Middle EastIn Print 
Location: 1st Floor - Reference: 920.5694 Sh6b
  Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to reference sources covering biographical information. Database details..
  Biography Resource Center Available in Full Text 
Biographical information on more than 340,000 people from Gale biographical sources, and an additional 1 million brief biographies from Marquis Who's Who. Database details..

    Curriculum Materials

  Arab Culture and Civilization
Online multimedia course materials about the Arab world. Includes a variety of original texts, images, video clips, and audio files.

    Dissertations and Theses

  Dissertations and Theses Full-text from Proquest Available in Full Text 
    1861-current
Dissertations and theses completed in the United States. Database details..

    E-Books & Books

  ACLS Humanities E-Book Available in Full Text 
    1950-current
Formerly History E-Book. Fulltext of scholarly titles in American, European, and Middle Eastern history. Database details.

    Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

  Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North AfricaIn Print 
Location: 1st Floor - Reference, 956.003 En1 2004
  Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: The Middle East and North AfricaIn Print 
Location: 1st Floor - Reference: 305.4203 G85w, volume 4
  Oxford Dictionary of Islam Available in Full Text 

    Government Information

  U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

    Maps & Atlases

  Atlas of the Middle EastIn Print 
Location: 4th floor: 921.56 N21a
  Middle East Maps
Political/historical maps of the region and specific countries, from the Perry-CastaƱeda Library Map Collection.

    Statistics & Data

  CIA World Factbook
Location: (Print) 1st Floor - Reference, 910.5 Un3w
  Country Studies
  Political Handbook of the WorldIn Print 
Location: 1st Floor - Reference: 327 P75
  The Middle East and North AfricaIn Print 
Location: 1st Floor - Reference: 956 M58

Websites

    Associations, Agencies & Organizations

  Middle East Studies Association

    Blogs, Listservs & Discussion groups

  H-Gender-MidEast Discussion Network
  H-Mideast-Politics Discussion Network

    Internet Guides

  MENIC (Middle East Network Information Center)
  Middle East Studies Internet Resources (Columbia Univ. Libraries)


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