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Subject Guide: Middle East and Islamic Studies: Subject Databases

A guide to getting the most out of the Library and Collections resources for Middle East and Islamic Studies

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Provides access to resources and publications related to humanitarian crises, including recent issues of ICG regional reports and briefings. The database can be searched by country and limited by date, and can also be browsed by publication type & region.

These documents from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Prime Minister's Office, and Defence Intelligence files reveal Britain's exhaustive interest in the Middle East during the first half of the 1970s. Correspondence, minutes, reports and newspaper cuttings are used to explore the politics of the region in the run-up to the Arab-Israel War and its effect on global industry, political relations and social stability, as well as providing in-depth coverage of separate conflicts in Cyprus, internal and external political relationships, and details about military exports.

A compendium of early works of an astounding variety of disciplines from important Arab writers, spanning fields from feminism and social theory, to classics of literature, history, and the sciences. Incluudes works by the Four Imams of the Sunni Sect, the Al Azhar Modern Sheikhs; various authors of the Modern Arab Enlightenment, and rare works by the former Egyptian royal family. In total, this collection includes rare titles paramount for the understanding of Arab history, philosophy, theology, and politics. Each e-book is a faithful rendition of the physical title, all scanned from original editions. Search interface can be switched between English and Arabic, and both include a virtual Arabic keyboard for easy text input.

 

Middle East and Islamic Studies Resources

Scopus
Web of Science
Index Islamicus
Nexis UK
CrisisWatch
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses

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