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

Olin Library Reference Collection

Encyclopedias are useful for choosing a topic, educating yourself quickly, understanding various perspectives on a topic, variant spellings, vocabulary, and terminology, and providing bibliographies.

• Specialized Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:  Reference works covering history, culture, politics, linguistics, literature, theater, film, art, architecture, and religion with an empahsis on Islam.

• Biographical Sources

• Country Overviews

• Histories & Chronologies

• Language Dictionaries

• Atlases and Maps