Middle Eastern Studies is an interdisciplinary field with the majority of courses offered in the Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES) and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). NES offers courses in languages and civilizations of the modern Middle East and North Africa. Courses related to the Middle East and North Africa are also offered in many other departments on Campus.

To be able to locate materials in Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish, please follow the guideline set by the Library of Congress and the American Library Association, ALA-LC Romanization Tables

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• Brockelmann online
  Consists of both original volumes of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) by Carl Brockelmann (1868-1956), as well as the three supplement volumes, including indexes. Offers bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on the classical period. An important resource for anyone working on the Islamic world in general and the Middle East in particular.
  
• Index Islamicus
  Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.
  
• ISI Emerging Markets
  Indexes over 15,000 information sources local and international sources from more than 83 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Features news articles, company data, financial statements, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information.
  
• JSTOR
  Includes over 1000 scholarly journals with access to more than 2 million articles. JSTOR is an archive which means that current issues (generally the most recent 3-5 years) of the journals are not yet available. For more sophisticated search capabilities, go directly to JSTOR advanced search.
  
• Mideastwire.com
  Brief English translations of Arabic, Kurdish, and Persian news articles from 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Diaspora. Subjects covered are Middle East and North African politics, culture, economy, and opinion pieces appearing in the print, radio, and television media of these countries, with links to the original sources.
  
• Oxford Islamic Studies Online
  Includes over 3000 entries related to all aspects of Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture. Also includes chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines. Incorporates either in part or in full essential articles from the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, The Koran Interpreted, and The Concordance of the Qur'an,
  

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Shiraz School

From a 15th century manuscript at the British Museum

 

• Academic Search Complete
  A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than 10,900 journals. Some full-text.
  
• Anthropology Plus
  Indexes journal articles, essays, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology as well as ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture. This database combines the resources of Anthropological Index and Anthropological Literature.
  
• Cairn
  Offers the most comprehensive collection of French and Belgian journals in the humanities and social sciences available online.
  
• Dissertations and Theses (Dissertation Abstracts)
  Indexes graduate dissertations from over 1,000 North American, and selected European, graduate schools and universities.
  
• ERIC
  Indexes books, journals, reports, proceedings, statistical data, tests, dissertations, audiovisual materials, and ERIC documents on education research and practice.
  
• Ethnic News Watch
  Indexes over 200 ethnic, minority, and native press publications.
  
• FRANCIS
  Indexes journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Most records are in French, with about 33% in English.
  
• GenderWatch
  Includes magazines, academic journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government reports that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
  
• Google Scholar
  Lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas.
  
• LexisNexis Academic
  Covers international, national and local newspapers and wire services; radio and television transcripts; and business, medical, industry, and legislative magazines, journals, and newsletters from around the world.
  
• PAIS International
  Indexes publications from over 120 countries in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
  
• Sociological Abstracts
  Indexes journals, books, dissertations, and reviews in the social sciences on sociological topics as well as selected anthropology, criminology, demography, law, social psychology, and urban development.
  
• Sociology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
  Includes the full-text of 33 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. Covers such subjects as Childhood, Consumer Culture, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, Labor Studies, Leisure Studies, Social Theory and Sociology of Sport.
  

• ebrary
  A database of more than 37,000 complete e-books covering 16 key subject areas.
  
• HathiTrust
  Pronounced "hah-tee", this cooperative system contains millions of books scanned from UC and other major research libraries, including those digitized by Google and the Internet Archive. Full text is available for items that are not protected by copyright.
  
• Google Scholar
  Lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas.
  
• Humanities E-Book Project (formerly History E-Books Project)
  Access to the full-text of important and frequently-cited books in humanties. (These e-books are also listed in OskiCat and Melvyl.)
  
• Wiley Online Library Ebook Collection
  Includes 950 books with a 2011 publication date. The collection includes books in the life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
  

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• Encyclopedia of Islam
  Based on the 10-volume print encyclopedia and covers the Islamic religion and the Islamic world in general, both current and historical, including Iran, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and other Islamic countries. Includes articles on political and religious institutions, history, topography, and distinguished Muslims both past and present.
  
• Encyclopaedia Iranica
  A multi-disciplinary reference work and research tool about Iranian history and civilization. The disciplines represented include, but are not confined to, anthropology, archaeology, geography, art history, ethnology, sociology, economics, history of religion, philosophy, mysticism, history of science and medicine, Islamic history, botany, zoology, folklore, development of agriculture and industry, political science, international relations, and diplomatic history. Articles are in English with multilingual bibliographies. [Must use Internet Explorer to access.]
  
• Encyclopedia of the Quran
  An encyclopedic dictionary of quranic terms, concepts, personalities, place names and cultural history. Includes nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes.
  
• Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
  Includes critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. Covers every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. Online counterpart of the 6-volume print edition published by Brill in 2003.
  
• Oxford Islamic Studies Online
  Includes over 3000 entries related to all aspects of Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture. Also includes chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines. Incorporates either in part or in full essential articles from the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, The Koran Interpreted, and The Concordance of the Qur'an,
  
• Encyclopedia Islamica
  Based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Da'irat al-Ma'arif-i Islami, one of the most comprehensive resources on Islam and the Muslim world.
  
• Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Literature
  Covers all aspects of Arabic language and literature and contains topics from such interdisciplinary fields as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy and even computer science.
  

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The Saladin Citadel of Cairo

 

A short selection of dictionaries

This list contains a short selection of reference sources.  Please check our catalog for more sources.

Open Source materials:

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

 

 

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