Subject Guides : Global Studies : Middle Eastern Resources
Reference Books
| Title | Call Number |
| A History of Islamic Societies | DS 35 .L37 2002 |
| The Wisdom of Faith -videorecording | BR 127 .W57 1996 |
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E-Books
| Title | Description |
| Enclyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World | Looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries |
| Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa | Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism, the World Wars, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the United Nations involvement in the region |
| netLibrary | A comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks). |
| Oxford Reference Online | A cross-searchable collection of over 120 online reference books from Oxford University Press. It includes such books as, The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, A Dictionary of Buddhism, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary |
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To find more journals search the Library Catalog.
Research Databases
| Title | Description |
| Academic Search Elite (EBSCOHost) | Full text of nearly 1,850 scholarly journals in a wide variety of academic subject areas. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica Online | includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year |
WWW Resources
| General Sites | Description |
| Al-Islam | Maintained by members of the Ahulu Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)--Covers a wide array of topics on Islamic culture and religion including electronic editions of journal articles, image galleries, glossaries and encyclopedic references. |
| Holy Qur'an Resources on the Internet | |
| Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art | |
| Koran | Searchable by keyword and browsable by chapter. Electronic version of M. H. Shakir's translation of the Holy Qur'an, as published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an. Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia. |
| The Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide | Comprehensive guide to Internet resources for the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Resources are arranged by country and by academic discipline. |