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MIDDLE EAST STUDIES: a guide to resources in English  Tags: middle_east islam  

Selected English-language sources useful for the study of the Middle East and Islam
Last update: Nov 12th, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.cornell.edu/middle_east_studies  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Middle East Databases & Indexes

  • Index Islamicus  
    Covers worldwide literature in European languages on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world. 1906 – present.
  • Middle East & Central Asian Studies (MECAS)  
    Covers research, policy, and scholarly discourse in the following fields: politics, economics, international relations, cultural heritage, arts and humanities, society and social welfare, anthropology, religion, history and archaeology. 1900 - present.
  • The Middle East. Abstracts and Index.  
    Olin Reference DS41 .M623 + (latest 5 volumes in Reference; previous volumes in Olin Library)
    Index of English language materials in the Humanities and Social Sciences relating to the Middle East. 1978 - present.
  • Islamic Book Review Index  
    Olin Library BP161.2 .I79
    An annual publication which indexes reviews of books written about the Middle East. Cornell has volumes : 1-11 only (1985-1992).
  • RAMBI: index of articles on Jewish studies  
    Selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Includes coverage of the modern state of Israel and Jewish communities in the Middle East.

Selected Databases in Related Disciplines

  • Research Library (ProQuest)  
    Scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, and dissertations in all subject areas.
  • Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)  
    Scholarly and popular journals in all subject areas.
  • JSTOR  
    Full text of scholarly journals, EXCLUDING THOSE FROM THE LAST 2-5 YEARS. Coverage of 29 Middle East Studies journals including the International Journal of Middle East Studies.
  • Web of Science: Citation Databases  
    Multidisciplinary database that indexes scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. The unique feature of a citation index is that it allows the user to find relevant material based on where a particular reference has been cited.
  • MLA International Bibliography  
    Covers scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literature, folklore, and drama, including film, opera, radio, television and theater.
  • PAIS International  
    Covers issues such as public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in general. 1937 – present.
  • Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)  
    A full text, comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Access restricted to workstations within the Law School.
  • Sociological Abstracts  
    Covers latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. 1963 - present.
  • Historical Abstracts  
    Published since 1954, Historical Abstracts currently covers over 1,700 journals published worldwide in over forty languages.
  • International Political Science Abstracts  
    A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. 1989 - present.
 

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Dissertations & Theses

  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses  
    [1861 - present] Dissertations published since 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Mostly full-text coverage from 1997 - present.
  • Foreign Doctoral Dissertations --Center for Research Libraries  
    NO LONGER UPDATED. The collection includes doctoral dissertations submitted to institutions outside the U.S. and Canada. The range of years includes mid-19th century through the present, with the greatest concentration in the late 19th, early 20th c.
 
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