Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Research Guide

RESEARCH TOOLS FOR ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION STUDIES

• INDEX ISLAMICUS

This database is a comprehensive index to publications on Islamic subjects throughout the world. Records cover almost 100 years, from 1906 to the present. The scope includes the Middle East, the Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere in the world. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.

• BRILL ONLINE REFERENCE WORKS

A large collection of extremely valuable databases and reference sources, including but not limited to:

1. Encyclopedia of Islam
2. Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures
3. Quranic Studies Online (includes 3 sources)
4. Classic Arabic Texts Online (includes 4 titles: Kitab Futuh al-Buldan, in Arabic and in the English translation; Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan, and the Tarikh of Tabari)

• BRILL ONLINE BOOKS AND JOURNALS A collection of over 300 books, 30 journals and another 30 book series covering Middle Eastern and Islamic studies

• THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF ISLAM AND POLITICS

• OXFORD ISLAMIC STUDIES ONLINE – “more than 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists in their fields, and much more. Qur'anic studies resources..”

• OXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHIES – ISLAMIC STUDIES
• The Middle East, Abstracts and Index

• MIDDLE EAST AND ISLAMIC STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE
• SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE

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