Subject Guides: History: Middle East & Africa

Databases

Bibliography of Arabic Books Online This link opens in a new window
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Early Arabic Printed Books, 1475 - 1900 This link opens in a new window
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ATLA Religion Database This link opens in a new window Published by the American Theological Library Association, this database provides international coverage of topics such as Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues.
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Aluka Collections This link opens in a new window Please see separate links for the two new Aluka Collections: 'World Heritage Sites - Africa' and 'Struggle for Freedom - Southern Africa'.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Also known as: |Academic Search Premier| Academic Search Complete provides indexing and abstracts for a large number of scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines, and full text for a subset of these journals.
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Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan This link opens in a new window
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, 1971-1974 British Foreign Office Files dealing with the Middle East in the 1970s. The full file will be issued in three parts, and of March, 2016, only the first part (1971-1974) is available.

Websites

African Studies Centre: Darfur A bibliography of titles dealing with Darfur and the conflict in Sudan.
Middle East Research and Information Project Current events, analysis, and commentary.
Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas at Austin) A collection of online resources
Middle East Studies Virtual Library (Columbia University Libraries) Electronic resources from the Middle East. Organized by region, country and subject.
BBC News - Middle East
Islamic Heritage Project For the IHP, Harvard’s Open Collections Program (OCP) has produced digital copies of over 280 manuscripts, 275 printed texts, and 50 maps, totaling over 156,000 pages. Users can search or browse online materials that date from the 10th to the 20th centuries CE and represent many regions, including Saudi Arabia, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and South, Southeast, and Central Asia; languages, primarily Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Turkish; also Urdu, Chagatai, Malay, Gujarati, Indic languages, and several Western languages; and subjects, including religious texts and commentaries.