Selected Resources for:
Islamic Studies

Index Islamicus   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=islamicus-set-c&adv=1

Major index to articles on Islamic history and the languages, literatures, and ethnography of the Islamic world. Also available in a printed version:

Location: Ref. Z 7835 .M6 L62

Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

JSTOR   

http://0-www.jstor.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Full text (in PDF format) of selected, important scholarly journals in a number of fields. Note: journals in JSTOR usually do not include the most recent three to five years. For more recent articles, use one of the other indexes listed in this section.

Proquest Research Library   

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1980s- (varies).

Provides indexing, abstracting, and many full-text entries for over 2,800 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Covers a very broad range of topics and sources, including most public policy issues.

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Historical Atlas of Islam  

Maps illustrate key points in Islamic history from its beginnings to the present. Chronology, bibliography, map list, and index.

Location: Ref. G 1786 .S1 R9 2004

Historical Atlas of the Middle East  

Useful for historical maps of the entire Middle East region in the Islamic period.

Location: Woodstock Ref. 911.56 F877,H5

New Islamic Dynasties  

Reference guide for Islamic history. Indexed by personal name, dynasty, and tribe.

Location: Ref. DS 35 .627 .B67 1996b

Cambridge History of Islam  

An introduction to the history and culture of Islam. Articles, arranged chronologically and by geographical region, give a broad overview of the material.

Location: Ref. DS 35.6 .C3

Dairat al-Maarif al-Islamiyah al-Shiiyah  

Shia interpretation of Islamic topics

Location: LAU Stacks PJ BP193.5 .A43 1992

Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI)  

http://0-www.brillonline.nl.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscriber/uid=1382/entry?entry=islam_title_islam

The major scholarly encyclopedia in Islamic & Middle Eastern studies, it is a multi-volume work containing signed articles on all aspects of the Islamic world: religious, biographical, historical, and social. Short bibliographies of classical works accompany signed articles. Many articles in the new editions (EI2 & EI3) have been revised and updated. The second edition is now complete and the online version includes entries for the 3rd edition, which is not yet complete. WORKS BEST IN MOZILLA FIREFOX

Location: 2d ed.: Ref. DS 37 .E523; 1st ed., 1913-1936: Ref. DS 35.53 .E5 1987;

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (EQ)  

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Almost 1,000 entries cover the concepts, personalities, place names, and cultural history of the Qur'an. Includes extended essays on the most important themes of Qur'anic studies. WORKS BEST IN MOZILLA FIREFOX

Location: Ref. BP 133 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World.  

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/

Contextualizes modern Islam in the history of the religion and cultural milieu & discusses significant world events in and around the Muslim world. It includes information on Islam in the 21st century, supplementing the excellent coverage of earlier periods in the Encyclopedia of Islam (Brill) and other works.

Location: Ref. BP 40 .E525 2004

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures  

Examines in-depth the role and conditions of Islamic women in history, law, family, politics, sexuality, among other topics, by subject and by geographic region.

Location: Ref. HQ 1170 .E53 2003

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World  

For the period of the late eighteenth century to the present, this four-volume set covers all aspects of Islam in not only the Middle East but also other regions. The articles take a comparative approach to topics on the sociology, economics, and politics as well as the religion, history, and literature of the Islamic world. Each essay includes a short bibliography.

Location: Ref. DS 35.53 .O95 1995

Oxford Islamic Studies Online  

http://0-www.oxfordislamicstudies.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Contains more than 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists. Qur'anic studies resources, including two Oxford World's Classics translations of the Qur'an, linked to the online version of A Concordance of the Qur'an by Hanna Kassis. Primary source documents with editorial introductions. Timelines covering major events in the Islamic world and corresponding events in general world history for context. Images provide visual perspectives on Islam.

GEORGE   

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record. For hints on locating Arabic materials in George and finding Arabic books in the stacks, see "Finding Arabic Books" (http://old.library.georgetown.edu/guides/arabic/); this includes a link to the Library of Congress romanization for Arabic, used in most North American research libraries' catalogs.

Library of Congress Catalog  

http://catalog.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world. An unparalleled world resource, the collection holds more than 138 million items, including more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings. The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. To make use of its resources as a Georgetown affiliate, consult GU-LC Connection. General information for researchers appears at LC's Researchers page.

WorldCat   

http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/autho=100161383;dbname=WorldCat;screen=advanced;done=http://www.library.georgetown.edu;FSIP

WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/.

WRLC Catalog  

http://catalog.wrlc.org/

The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog.

Conversion of Islamic & Christian Dates  

http://www.oriold.uzh.ch/static/hegira.html

Interactive resource for determining Islamic/Christian date equivalents,

Islamic and Christian Calendars: AD 622 - 2222 (AH 1 - 1650): a Complete Guide for Converting Christian and Islamic Dates and Dates of Festivals  

Conversion tables for Hijrah and Christian calendars.

Location: Ref. CE 59 .F74 1995

Concordance of the Quran  

Also included in "Oxford Islamic Studies Online". For other editions, search SUBJECT = Koran - Concordances in George

Location: LAU Stacks BP133 .K37 1983 and REF

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.