Middle East: Topics in History and Civilization
Resources related to the Middle East focusing on 18th and 19th centuries with emphasis on imperialism, nationalism,
modernization, and Islam.
| Searching the Library Catalog |
| Do You know the Difference Between Primary & Secondary Sources? |
| Background/General Resources |
| Primary Sources |
| Secondary Sources |
| Tutorials & Guides |
Searching the Library Catalog:
To find text books or sources that will give you an overview of a period or event search by LC SUBJECT. For example:
- Middle East—History—18th century
- Middle East—History—19th century
- Middle East—Relations—United States
- United States—Relations—Middle East
- Muslim—History
- Islam—History
- Islam and politics—Middle East
- Islamic countries—Relations—United States
- United States—Relations—Islamic countries
- Nationalism—Middle East
- Orientalism—United States—History
- Middle East--Statistics
Do You Know the Difference Between Primary and Secondary Sources?
Primary Sources: First-hand account of an event; an original work
Examples:
- Autobiographies, letters, e-mails, diaries, speeches, interviews
- Documents, laws, treaties
- Raw data that has been collected
- Works of literature, art, music
- Newspaper accounts of events by an eye-witness
Secondary Sources: A summary, interpretation, or analysis of another's work; a second-hand account
Examples:
- Articles, books, biographies which summarize, interpret the original statements, documents
- Encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks
- Analyses of statistics
- Criticism -- of literature, art, music
- Secondary accounts of events by those who compile and synthesize the original accounts
Background/General Resources (Selected):
Encyclopaedia of Islam DS35.53 E53 Main Ref.
Important reference work in English on all Islamic subjects.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East DS 43 E531996 Main Ref.
Scholarly, balanced, and proportionate coverage of the conflict between the Arabs and Israelis.
Geschichte der arabischen litteratur PJ7510 .B7 1943 Main Library
Two Volumes and Three Supplements Provides Bio-bibliographical survey of Arabic literature from classical times to 1942. Authors are listed by period, subject, and country, with extant works, publication details, and location of manuscripts.
A History of the Middle East
DS62.F79 2006 Main Library
Chronology of World History D11.M39 1999 Information Commons Reference
A year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present. Covers social, political, artistic, and technological events. Indexed by name, title, place and event.
What's Inside
A growing collection of content, including more than 3,000 reference articles and chapters by leading scholars and specialists in their fields, and much more
Qur'anic studies resources, including two Oxford World's Classics translations of the Qur'an, linked to the first 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 useful visual perspectives on Islam
Zionist Movement and the Foundation of Israel 1829-1972
DS149. Z677 2004 Main Reference
Primary Sources
Online Resources and Databases:
British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Includes the House of Commons Journal, House of Commons Debates by Grey, House of Lords Journal, and other Parliamentary documents.
CIS Congressional Universe (Congressional Research Service Reports)
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) was established within the Library of Congress to provide members, committees, and congressional staff with nonpartisan and objective research and analysis on all public policy issues. Currently, the CRS research divisions are: American Law; Domestic Social Policy; Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade; Government and Finance; Knowledge Services; and Resources, Science and Industry.
CIS Congressional Universe
DDRS Declassified Documents Reference System
Foreign Relations of the United States
The Foreign Relations of the United States series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
This database offers easy full-text access to the complete file for this period—nearly 79,000 items and 4.2 million pages issued by the House of Commons, including Bills, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, and Command Papers. Documents are displayed in facsimile page image and illustrations, charts, and maps are all fully indexed. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers.
Middle Eastern History Microforms
Collection of microforms of primary documents at the University of Arizona Library.
Repositories of Primary Source
A listing of websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar with worldwide coverage.
US Congressional Documents and Debates
Newspapers:
Middle Eastern Online Newspapers
A list of links to newspapers organized by country.
Proquest Historical Newspapers
(New York Times, LA Times, Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post)
Full text and full image searching and retrieving of all these newspapers simultaneously.
For dates of coverage see individual titles this page.New York Time
The Times (London)
Full text of all of the entire Times. Covers 1785-1984. One can view the entire page or specific article. The contents of this newspaper are completely searchable.
Maps:
To find maps use the keyword search page of the catalog:
- Search by entering the country name or region and changing the keyword from “Any Field” to “Subject”. On the second line, enter the word Maps and change the keyword to “Subject” and limit by dates.
e.g. Subject: Turkey and Subject: maps and Year: after 1900 and before 1930 - Atlases of historical maps can be found by searching Subject: country or region and Subject: historical geography and Subject: maps
e.g. Subject: Palestine and Subject: historical geography and Subject: maps
Secondary Sources
Background Informations:
Companion to the History of the Middle East (Blackwell Reference Online)
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
Looks at Islam's role in the modern world, in context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa
Covers the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa, with major sections on Colonialism and Imperialism.
Index Islamicus
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Includes work written not only about the Middle East and all Islamic communities. Indexing covers publications written since 1906, but the subject of coverals is the entire history of the Islamic world. Marterials indexed include journal articles, books, book chapters, conference papers, and dissertations.
On-line Encyclopedias in History
Full text encyclopedias on American, Middle Eastern, Vietnam, World History, Dictionary of Ideas, Genocide, Recreation, Fashion, and other related topics. Includes encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa , 2nd Ed., 4v, 2004.
Journals - Articles:
Dissertations and Thesis - Full Text (access through ProQuest)
These include dissertations and theses from all participating institutions, including the Univ. of Arizona.
World history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, from 1450 to the present. The section titled "Clio Notes" at the bottom of their search page, links to chronologies and short descriptions of historical events of the periods covered.
Humanities International Index Complete
A database index of the humanities literature, with abstracts and some full-text of articles in archaeology, art, classical studies, folklore, history, journalism, language and literature, linguistics, performing arts, political criticism, philosophy, and religion. The coverage includes 1,900 journal titles, some as far back as 1925 to-present.
Fully searchable and full image of complete runs of the major periodicals in history, economics, sociology, Asian, African and Latin American studies. Will not include the most recent few years of a journal, but in a few cases links to Project Muse.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Full text of news, business, government and politics, and legal information from over 6,000 sources.
Includes citations and abstracts to articles in business and the social sciences materials. Emphasis on international coverage of public policy, government, international relations and current economic, political and social thought. (1915-present)
PAIS Archive
Politics, government, public policy, law · Abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, proceedings, Congressional hearings
Periodical Archives Online
Periodicals Archive Online contains over 400 journals, published between 1802 and the 1990s, representing over 1.2 million articles. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of the most historically respected journals in the humanities and social sciences
Royal Historic Society Bibliography
An online bibliography which provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation exist.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Index to core journal articles and cited references in the social sciences. Includes some abstracts. (1956-present)
Statisitcs:
The Arab World, Turkey and the Balkans (1878-1914): A Handbook of Historical Statistics
HA4556.M35 1982 Main Library
Microfilm:
Microfilm/Microfiche Collections in UA Library
List of microform titles available at the University of Arizona Library grouped by the following: African American History, African, Asian and Middle Eastern History, American Indian History, European History, Foreign Language, Latin America, Mexican American and Japanese American, Mexican History, United States History, (19th Century and earlier), United States (20th Century and later), United States Women's History.
Biographies:
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to biographies on over 4 million people from the beginning of time through the present.
Tutorials & Guides
UA Library Subject Guides – History - Middle Eastern Studies - Political Science
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.
Evaluating Information on the Web
The world wide web is a very good resource to find information on any topic, but care should be taken while doing your research online. Please take a minute to review the guide:
Refworks -
Refworks(Guide))
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create personal databases by importing references from text files or online databases. Users can employ these references in writing papers and automatically format papers and bibliographies in seconds.
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