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General Background Sources:
- Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
- Oxford Reference Online: Premium (This link opens in a new window)
A comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
- Britannica Academic (This link opens in a new window)
Provides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 3rd Ed.Call Number: OnlinePublication Date: Ongoing
Covers all aspects of the Islamic world: religion, history, culture, people. The third edition is an entirely new work from the previous editions. Please note: Because this encyclopedia has gone through enormous changes during its time in publication, you'll need to make sure you correctly cite the edition you used. For help citing different editions, check out our citation guides.
Encyclopedia of Muslim-American HistoryCall Number: Reference Main Level E184.M88 E876 2010Publication Date: 2010
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and ArchitectureCall Number: Reference Main Level N6260 .G75 2009Publication Date: 2009
The Literature of IslamCall Number: Online and Stacks Lower Level BP161.3 .S585 2006Publication Date: 2006
The New Cambridge History of Islam by Call Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level DS35.6 .C3 2010Publication Date: 2010
Use Additional Online Resources
- Internet Islamic History SourcebookFordham University's collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts, including primary sources.
- Islamic Manuscripts - Princeton UniversityPrinceton's Library of Islamic Manuscripts holds nearly 10,000 volumes of Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish manuscripts, and other manuscripts of the predominantly Islamic World, written in Arabic script.
- The Noble Qur'anOnline edition of Islam's central religious text.
- Pew Research Center - Muslims and IslamReports and data on Muslims and Islam from the Pew Research Center.
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Islamic Studies Course Guides
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