Reference Sources
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- Cambridge HistoriesCovers multiple academic subjects across the humanities and social sciences with a concentration on political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music and the arts. Use search or filters (to the lower left) to find relevant titles.
- Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & AfricaConveys what daily life is like for people in these selected regions.
- Encyclopaedia IranicaComprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent
- Encyclopaedia JudaicaProvides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd edition)Includes articles on all aspects of the Islamic World. Discusses religion, history, politics, culture, distinguished Muslims, tribes and dynasties, crafts and sciences, geography, ethnography, flora and fauna, and other topics.
- Encyclopaedia of Islam ThreeBegun in 2007, the third edition of Brill’s Encyclopaedia of Islam sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic world. It is published in five substantial segments each year.
- Encyclopedia of AfricaArticles cover prominent individuals, events, trends, places, political movements, art forms, business and trade, religions, ethnic groups, organizations, and countries throughout Africa.
Reference Sources, cont.
- Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldEdited by retired OU Professor Dr. Norman Stillman, this source covers the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods.
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic CulturesA unique collaboration of over 900 scholars from around the world, the encyclopedia crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a ground-breaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world.
- Encyclopædia of the Qur'ānEncyclopedic dictionary of qur'anic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'anic studies.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic StudiesDesigned to help researchers efficiently locate reliable sources of information. Each subject module contains a literary research guide to the most significant sources in that area of study.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of African ThoughtOffers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition both on the continent in its entirety and throughout the African Diaspora in the Americas and in Europe.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic WorldComprehensive encyclopedia dedicated to the institutions, religion, politics, and culture in Muslim societies throughout the world. Placing particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
Dictionaries
- Cambridge English-Arabic DictionaryOne-way translation dictionary -- no Arabic-English.
- A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for English Readers.Ebook from the Internet Archive. No English-Hebrew.
- The Living Arabic ProjectTranslation dictionary from English into classical Arabic and regional dialects.