Middle East & Islamic Studies Resources
Islamic Studies Resources
Brill's Encyclopædia of the Qur'ān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ān. It is an encyclopædic dictionary of Qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies. The EQ online contains the complete articles of the printed volumes 1 to 5.
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Christof Galli, Subject Librarian
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Key Online Resources
Databases (Duke only!)
- ATLA Religion Database
- Encyclopædia of Islam
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
- Encyclopædia of the Qur'ān
- Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
- Historical Abstracts
- Index Islamicus
- Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (MECAS)
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Free Internet Resources
- Online Qur'an Resources
- These webpages were constructed for an online virtual seminar conducted in 2002-2003 by Bruce Lawrence and Daniel Varisco as a pilot project of the SSRC. Since then they have been updated annually.
- Almisbah - Database of Online Resources
- altafsir.com
- Arabic Newspapers
- Hadith Explorer
- Islamic Multimedia
- The Koran (M.H. Shakir's Translation)
- MENALIB (State- & University Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Germany))
- Muslim Students Association, Duke University
- Muslim Students Association - National
- Muslim Students Association, University of Buffalo, NY
- Quran Explorer
- Tafseer al-Mizan
- Tanzil.info Search Quran in Arabic
- Virtual Religion Index - Islamic Studies
This guide intends to provide a basic introduction to Islamic Studies resources at Duke University Libraries. It includes selective lists of reference resources, both on-line and in print, as well as suggestions about finding relevant books, articles, reviews, media, and websites of interest. To find information on the topic of your interest, please click on one of the headings in the Table of Contents in the left-hand column. If you need help with Islamic Studies materials, please contact the subject librarian, Christof Galli (christof.galli@duke.edu), for help or to schedule an appointment.
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