Middle East and Islamic Studies
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Article Indexes
Journal articles are not listed in QCAT. Use an index to find magazine and journal articles. Articles are important in your research as they contain the most-up-to-date research in a given field and often focus on a particular aspect of a topic. There are different types of articles: scholarly, popular or trade.
Tip: Remember to search journal title and not article title in QCAT
Key Indexes
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Other Useful Indexes
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Books / E-Books
To find books on a topic, search QCAT Library Catalogue by author, title, subject heading, or keyword.
To find books by a particular author/person, search QCAT by author:- Mahfuz, Najib
Oz, Amos
- Mahfuz, Najib, 1912-
Oz, Amos
- (economy or economics) and Yemen
- Israel--Social conditions--20th century
Pyramids--Egypt
Syria--Antiquities
Mass media and women--Middle East
Click on the subject heading to do a new search or use words from the subject heading to modify your keyword search.
Examples of subject headings relating to Middle Eastern Studies:
- Arab-Israeli conflict
Iran--Economic conditions
Israel and the diaspora
Jerusalem--Politics and government
Jewish-Arab relations
Middle East--Geography
Middle East--Students--United States
Persian Gulf War, 1991
E-Books
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Selected Journals
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Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa
REF DS44.C37 1988t
Chicago Online Encyclopedia of Mamluk Studies
Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
- Abridged from the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, this concise version is written by an expert team of 80 international and multi-faith contributors. It contains entries on all the major and many minor religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Shinto, Sikhism, and Taoism.
Dehkhoda Encyclopedia of Persian
- Covers Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Glossary and Index of Terms
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
REF DS37.E563
- An encyclopedia, with glossary, index of terms, proper names, subjects, and bibliography. Sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World including religion, history, politics and culture. Encompasses old Arabo-Islamic empire, Iran, Central Asia, India, Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states.
Encyclopaedia of Middle Eastern Mythology and Religion
REF BL80.2.K6 1993t
- Covers topics in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Isma'ilism, Druzism and Baha'ism in a single volume. Topics include geographical, political, theological, social and ethnic aspects of each religion, which are covered in short entries.
Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
REF HQ1170.E53 2003
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: Volume 4, The Middle East and North Africa
REF HQ1115.G74 2003
- Organized geographically, discusses the status of women and the issues they face in each Middle East country.
Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
REF DS119.7.H544 1996t
- Covers the full range of topics related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, with a specific focus on the period after the partition of Palestine in 1947. Includes bibliographic information for many of the entries. Covers 1947-1996, as well as significant topics prior to 1947.
North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada
BP67.A1 N57 2002
- Discusses major issues affecting Muslim communities, explores the impact of recent events on the lives of American Muslims, offers an overview of Muslim values and institutions, briefly traces the history of Islam in North America.
The New Encyclopedia of Islam
REF BP40.G42 2001
- Provides medium length entries on topics related to Islam and the Middle East. Includes relevant quotations, colour photographs and maps.
Oxford Dictionary of Islam
REF BP40.O95 2003
- A concise and accessible entry-point to topics in Islam, contains both topics of popular interest and more obscure subjects. Intended for a general audience, it focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth century impacts of Islam on politics, society and history.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
REF DS35.53.O95 2009
- 6 volumes. Designed to be a primary resource on topics related to Islam and the Middle East. The intention was to provide background information on current and historical events in the Muslim world.
The Qur'an: an Encyclopedia
- Covers all aspects of the text and its reception. Access via Routledge Religion Online and MyiLibrary.
Language Dictionaries
http://library.queensu.ca/research/guide/dictionaries-and-thesauriBibliographies
- Lists books, journals, primary documents, web resources, and multimedia in various discipline-based subject modules including Islamic Studies.
News Sources
- Source of global news, major daily newspapers, newswires, media programs. Same day and archival coverage varies, but some titles go back to early 1980. Includes Al Jazeera (2007-one day ago), Turkish Daily News (1997-Feb 16, 2009), Daily Star Lebanon (1998-current) and BBC Monitoring Middle East (1998-current).
- Coverage varies for each publication but many titles go back to the 80's. A news, law, and business information service, it includes up-to-date articles from international newspapers including some newspapers from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. It is organized by subject, and can be browsed by geographical area.
- Thousands of world newspapers.
- World newspapers sorted by country and region.
- Middle East Studies Association Bulletin is the journal of review of the Middle East Association.
- Mega-site gathering together a plethora of Middle East-related web resources in the areas of news, society and culture, business and the economy, education, embassies and missions, human rights, history, language, literature, web broadcasts, flags and maps, and more. A good place to start to locate Middle Eastern news coverage in the vernacular.
World News Connection from 1995-
- An online news service that offers translated and English-language news and information about the following areas: Central Eurasia, East Asia, Near East and South Asia, China, East Europe, West Europe, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Facts on File
REF D410.F14 from 1964 - 2010 (February 11) (Index Shelves)
- A Weekly World News Digest which reports from more than 70 major newspapers and news magazines from around the world. Provides concise news summaries highlighting factual content. Loose-leaf publication updated twice monthly and quarterly. Cumulative index is a key to locating all subjects, people, companies, organizations, and countries in News Digest. Also contains a World Atlas section.
Newspapers & Current Events (Arabic, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies guide, University of Ottawa Library)
For more news resources visit Stauffer Library's Newspapers Subject Guide.
Websites
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Culture and Society
- A journal about the media and society of the Arab world.
- One of the best sources of information on the politics and economics of the Arab world. It is organized by country, subject and type of resources and covers statistics and election data.
- The Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB) is an information portal for Middle East and Islamic Studies.
- Mega-site gathering together a plethora of Middle East-related web resources in the areas of news, society and culture, business and the economy, education, embassies and missions, human rights, history, language, literature, web broadcasts, flags and maps, and more.
Islam
- A large collection of online resources on every aspect of Islam.
- Produced by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan. Provides online access to over 100 Islamic texts in the original Arabic, focussing on works of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) from all the major schools of Islamic jurisprudence as well as other theological and mystical streams. Also includes three English language tafsir collections, full text translations of the Qur'an in eighteen languages (including English) plus Arabic, and audio files of Qur'anic recitations.
- Published in Iran, a quarterly journal of Islamic thought and culture.
Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and The Middle East
- Original historical texts with illustrations.
Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
- Includes information on all aspects of Islam. Nominated for the 6th annual Webby Award.
- Full length books and articles on Islamic philosophy, ranging from the classical texts on Islamic philosophy to modern works of Muslim philosophy.
Islamic Studies Pathways - an Academic Guide to Islamic Studies Resources on the Internet
- A gateway to over 100 sites on every aspect of Islam; maintained by Dr. Gary R. Bunt.
- A website on Muslim contributions to civilization.
Literature
- One of the best sites for Arabic literature. It includes thousands of pages of original works.
- A gateway to some of the best sites of all genres of Arabic literature.
Politics and History
- This site promotes a critical analysis of issues regarding the muslim world.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
- Database of primary documents, most of which are texts of United States Government documents and releases. These include documents on US foreign policy in the Middle East.
Center for Research Libraries Middle East Political Website
- A sample of Middle East political websites.
- Provides country reports, maps and an introduction to the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and international relations of each country. It includes statistics.
CIAO, Columbia International Affairs Online
- A source for theory and research in international affairs. Publishes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs. Includes maps, country data, case studies, and course packs of background readings.
- A variety of links to websites dealing with the ongoing crisis in Iraq, the war, the history of Iraq and its cultural heritage..
Human Rights Watch: The Middle East and North Africa
- Provides information about human rights issues and abuses by region, subject or country.
- Analytical and well researched reports on conflicts in the Middle East containing practical recommendations targeted at international decision makers.
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (text collections)
- Ancient history sourcebook, Medieval sourcebook,, Modern history sourcebook, African, East Asian, Indian, Jewish, Women's, Global, Science..
The Keele Guide to Middle East Government and Politics on the Internet
- Provides links to the most important sites for information on government and politics in the Middle East..
MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs
- Online journal in Middle Eastern Studies which also indexes the current contents of over 65 journals publishing articles related to the Middle East.
Gateways
- From Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB), it is a fully searchable database of selected websites relating to Islam and the Middle East. For best results, browse the subject catalogue instead of using the search function.
Middle East Studies Internet Resources (Columbia University)
- A subject directory of links to web resources about the Middle East, provided by Columbia University.
Theses
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Queen's
To find theses and dissertations produced at Queen's, search the following:
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The Library Catalogue (QCAT)
QCAT is the primary tool for finding theses written by Queen's students.- Search by author, title, subject or keyword.
- Search by department using a keyword search to retrieve all theses associated with that department: Queens and history and thesis.
- Note the call number (either in print, microfiche or online) and location:
- In print theses are denoted by the call number Thesis MA or Thesis PhD and are located in the University Archives (print copies do not circulate).
- Additional copies of each thesis may be available on microfiche (call number Microfiche 390) and housed in the Microforms section of Stauffer Library (lower level).
- Theses may be available online via QSpace.
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QSpace: Theses & Dissertations
- Queen's theses published since July 2007 are available online via the Queen's institutional repository (QSpace) and are linked in QCAT.
- Search full text by keyword in addition to search by author, title, subject and abstract.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ Queen's
- Full text online since 1997, with some retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
- Citations and some abstracts since 1965
Canada
Theses Canada
1965 - (microform)
1998 - Electronic theses and dissertations are harvested monthly from Canadian universities. However, for those that have been digitized by ProQuest Disserations & Theses, there is a four-year contractual time lag to access fulltext. Available to anyone on the web.
NOTE: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) ceased its interlibrary loan (ILL) service as of December 2012. Queen’s is no longer able to borrow material held at LAC which includes newspapers and archival material on microfilm and Canadian university theses.ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861-present.
Full text since 1997, with strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
Abstracts since 1980 for doctoral dissertations and since 1988 for masters' theses.
Citations since 1861.
Repositories
- Search for full text of open access dissertations and theses by searching the following sites:
- OpenDOAR - the Directory of Open Access Repositories
- PQDT Open
- OpenThesis
- PhdData
An open database of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.
United States
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861-present.
Full text since 1997, with strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
Abstracts since 1980 for doctoral dissertations and since 1988 for masters' theses.
Citations since 1861.
International
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
A comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world from 1861-present.
Full text since 1997, with strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.
Abstracts since 1980 for doctoral dissertations and 1988 for masters' theses.
Citations since 1861. Center for Research Libraries
CRL holds more than 800,000 doctoral dissertations outside of the U.S. and Canada.
Search dissertations in the dissertations section of the CRL catalogue.
Digitized dissertations can be searched in the catalogue's e-resources section.-
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
A collection of more than 800,000 international full text theses and dissertations. -
Google Scholar
Try searching Google Scholar for theses posted on institutional digital repositories or on personal web pages. -
Scirus
A web search engine devoted to Science and Technology. WorldCat
Search for dissertations, theses and published material based on theses catalogued in WorldCat by OCLC member libraries worldwide.
In Advanced Search, you can search by author, title, subject, year, and keyword.
Under Subtype Limits, select Theses/Dissertation from the Any Content menu.Austria
Österreichische Dissertationsdatenbank
The Austrian dissertation database contains the bibliographical data of dissertations approved in Austria from 1990 on, and in most cases the relevant abstracts. (This website is hosted by the National Library of Austria).
Australia
Australasian Digital Theses Program
Search for full text digital theses from Australian and New Zealand universities.
Britain
EThOS
Access to doctoral dissertations (paper and electronic) from UK institutions of higher education.
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Europe
DART-Europe
Access to full text theses and dissertations from many countries in Europe.Europeana
Additional electronic dissertations from other European libraries.
France
Système universitaire de documentation
Provides access to records and some electronic theses and dissertations published at French research institutions.
Fichier central des thèses
Germany
DissOnline
DissOnline provides information on the subject of electronic university publications. It can be used to find out directly all about online dissertations and post-doctoral theses. Sample documents can be downloaded to provide help in the creation of electronic university publications. For more information about the portal, please go to German National Library website (DNB).
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México
TESIUNAM: Tesis del Sistema Bibliotecario de la Unam
(Theses from the National University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). To search for electronic theses, click on “tesis electrónicas (REDUNAM).”
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Middle East
EThOS
The Center for Research Libraries and the British Library have made available online 400 UK doctoral theses focusing on the Middle East, Islamic studies, and related subjects. More information.
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The Netherlands
NARCIS
Some Dutch e-theses are available through NARCIS.
Spain
- There are several portals/catalogues in Spain for theses and dissertations. Here are some examples listed on Spain’s National Library website:
Spain’s Ministry of Education thesis database (TESEO)
Biblioteca Virtual del Español (on the Biblioteca Virtual, Miguel de Cervantes website)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s catalogue
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
This is a cooperative repository of digital theses from the University of Cataluña and other autonomous communities (such as Murcia, Cantabria, Barcelona, and Oviedo)
Switzerland
- For print and electronic dissertations, please consult the Swiss National Library website.
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Taiwan
NDLTD
National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan is an open full-text permanent archive of scholarly research in Taiwan.
Other Latin American Countries
- Some electronic theses from Bolivia, Brasil, Chile and Peru can be found at Cybertesis.NET, a portal created by the University of Chile (Information Services & Library System) that provides an easily accessible tool to full text electronic theses published in different universities of the world.
For more university/national library catalogues, search for the word University/Universidad and the country (Argentina, Peru, etc.) in Google. Find the link to the library (biblioteca) and search the catalogue for theses (tesis). You may need to click on the advanced search function (búsqueda guíada or búsqueda avanzada) and select tesis as a format or type.
- Some electronic theses from Bolivia, Brasil, Chile and Peru can be found at Cybertesis.NET, a portal created by the University of Chile (Information Services & Library System) that provides an easily accessible tool to full text electronic theses published in different universities of the world.
TIP: The Library sometimes can have a copy of a dissertation from another university--either purchased by the Library, or purchased by an individual student or faculty member and later donated to the library collection so always check QCAT.