Research in Middle Eastern Studies

4. Journal Literature and Electronic Journals

This section lists online resources as well as titles available only in print. Whenever an online version is available a link is provided.

Abstracta islamica. In: Revue des études islamiques, 1927-. Lists articles and books in European and Middle Eastern languages.

Gibb Islamic: Gibb 218.5
Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA10.1
Widener: Asia 18.5.6
Widener: Asia 18.5.6.3 v.19-30 (1965-76)

Abstracta Iranica (Studia Iranica. Supplément), 1978- 2000. Abstracts in French.
Gibb Islamic: DS251 .A27 x
Widener: WID-LC DS251 .A27x

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHOST): is a multi-disciplinary database containing citations and abstracts from over 4,500 scholarly publications (journals, magazines and newspapers). Full text is available and searchable for more than 3,500 of the publications. Most complete coverage begins in the 1990s, and the file is updated daily.

Alt-Press Watch: a full text database of newspapers, magazines and journals from alternative and independent presses. Serves a broad spectrum of subjects including arts, media and popular culture, business and labor studies, education, environmental studies and ecology, global studies, history, journalism, literary and critical studies, political science, government and public policy, social science and more.

Bibliographie analytique de l’archéologie de l’Irán ancien / par L. vanden Berghe, avec la collaboration de B. de Wulf et E. Haerinck.
Fine Arts: FA511.3
Fine Arts: FA511.3 (Suppl. 1)
Gibb Islamic: DS261.Z99 B37 x, 1979
Tozzer: REF DS261.Z99 B4 1979 Library has: 1 v. + Suppl. 1-3
Tozzer: AS. B 453 b
Widener: WID-LC DS261.Z99 B47 x Library has: 1 v. + 2 Suppl.

Bibliographie der Deutschsprachigen Arabistik und Islamkunde : von den Anfängen bis 1986 nebst Literatur über die arabischen Länder der Gegenwart, Fuat Sezgin, 1990-1995. 21 v.
Widener: WID-LC BP161.2.Z99 S49 1990x

Bd. 1. Allgemeines und Hilfsmittel der Forschung
Bd. 2. Islam
Bd. 3. Arabische Sprache, Philologie
Bd. 4. Poesie und Prosa
Bd. 5. Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Bd. 6. Kulturgeschichte
Bd. 7. Geschichte, Wirtschaft und Verwaltung bis ca. 1800
Bd. 8. Geschichte, Wirtschaft und Verwaltung ab ca. 1800
Bd. 9. Geographie
Bd. 10. Arabische Länder im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Bd. 11. Nachträge
Bd. 12. Autoren A-B
Bd. 13. Autoren C-F
Bd. 14. Autoren G-H
Bd. 15. Autoren I-L
Bd. 16. Autoren M-Q
Bd. 17. Autoren R-So
Bd. 18. Autoren Sp-Z
Bd. 19. Register der Rezensenten
Bd. 20. Personenregister; Register der Primärliteratur
Bd. 21. Register der Sachbegriffe.

Continued by:
Bibliographie der deutschsprachigen Arabistik und Islamkunde : 1987-1994 und Nachträge, ed. By Fuat Sezgin, 2001-
Bd. I. Allgemeines ; II. Islam. Religion und Theologie. Recht und Sitte
Widener: WID-LC BP161.2.Z99 S49 2001x

Bibliography of Periodical Literature. In: Middle East journal, 1947-. Arranged by broad subjects. Includes book reviews. Indexes about 300 journals. Covers the Middle East since the rise of Islam. Includes Muslim Spain, the Ottoman Balkans, Central Asia, and Transcaucasia.
Lamont: Periodicals, 1963-
Widener: Ott 13.5 Current Issues: Periodicals Reading Room Stacks

Cumulated in: Articles on the Middle East, 1947-1971 : a cumulation of the bibliographies from the Middle East journal. 4 v.
Widener: WID-LC DS44.Z99 A77 x

Continued in JSTOR (see below).

Bibliotheca orientalis.1943 to the present. Some recent years available online.
Widener AH 9.43

Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques. 1986-1999. Later holdings on CD-ROM at Fine Arts Library.
Widener WID-LC BP1 .B85x

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO): is designed to be a comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from non-governmental organizations, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. At least 400 working papers, 40-50 papers presented at conferences, and 10-12 complete books are added, cross-indexed, and archived annually. It also has more than 160 links to international affairs centers, institutes, and resources; U.S., international, and foreign government sites; environmental studies Web pages; and news media services. Please note: to access CIAO, you must use Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.2 or later.

CQ Researcher: reports on a current social issue each week. Reports are approximately 12,000 words long and provide background information, important points to consider, charts and graphs, and a source list for further reading. Frequently covered topics include public policy, public opinion, economics, education, environment, government, law, and medicine. Available and searchable from 1991 to the present and updated weekly.

Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East, 1980-1998.
Widener WID-LC DS41 .C87x

Dayan Center Bibliographical Database, 1979 forward: covers articles on the Middle East in English, French, and Arabic.

Declassified Documents Reference System Online: From the presidential libraries, the C.I.A., the F.B.I., and a host of other agencies comes this collection of U.S. government documents chronicling the major domestic and international events of the post-World War II world in information by and for presidents, senators, and congress members. All were classified. Some were top secret. View a digital facsimile to see what was removed and what was left in. A tool for international relations specialists, political scientists, economists, journalists, historians, and anyone else interested in how a government thinks and acts.

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Reports: this resource provides annual and quarterly analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment in more than 200 countries. It includes statistics, maps and charts. The "Country Profile" is the annual compilation and analysis of data on the country, with historical information as well as current information. The "Country Report" is the most recent quarterly update.

Ethnic NewsWatch: a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press from 1960 to present.

Historical Abstracts: is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).

Index Islamicus: is a bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world. Index Islamicus provides access to over 2,000 journals and series.

For earlier and supplementary material:

Index Islamicus, 1665-1905: a bibliography of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications, by W. H. Behn.
Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA31.60
Gibb Islamic: DS35.6.Z99 I518 x, 1989
Widener: RR 4881.10.9

Index Islamicus supplement 1665-1980. Bio-bibliographical supplement to Index Islamicus, by W. H. Behn, 1665-1980; 2 pts.
Fine Arts: Reading Room RFA31.60.7
Gibb Islamic: DS35.6.Z99 B45 1995x
Widener: RR 4881.10.5

Index of Islamic Literature, 1996 forward. In: The Muslim World Book Review, 1980+.
Widener: WID-LC DS35.3 M88 (1986-1996 at: Widener: WID-LC DS35.6 Z99 M87x)

Index to English periodical literature on the Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern studies / compiled and edited by William G. Hupper.
Widener WID-LC BS1171.2.Z99 H86 x, 1987

ISI Emerging Markets: provides current, comprehensive country and company information from more than 500 sources for emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East-North Africa. Arranged by country, this resource includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news. Some text and spreadsheet information is downloadable into Microsoft Word and Excel. The file is updated daily.

JSTOR Middle East Studies: (to get to the Middle East Studies section of JSTOR, click the link at left, and at the main JSTOR page click BROWSE. A new screen will open with the list of disciplines -- pick Middle East Studies): a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. For complete lists of titles and collections, please refer to http://www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html.

LexisNexis Academic: LexisNexis will give you the full text of recent articles from English-language newspapers, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, wire services, and radio and television broadcasts. It also offers international sources in Spanish, French, Italian, German and Dutch.

Lib-Web-Cats: provides links to web-based library catalogs throughout the world.

MERIA: The Middle East Review of International Affairs. Find good alerts for articles on the Middle East in the section “Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East,” which appears in MERIA six times a year (it’s both searchable and browseable!). Many useful links to scholarly web sites are here. “The goal is to save researchers time and to help them find the places which furnish the most data in the shortest period of time. Sites with significant material in English are given preference though… these provide links to materials in Arabic, French, Hebrew, Turkish, Persian, and other languages. (quoted from the site)

Middle East, abstracts and index. v. 1- Mar. 1978-
WID-LC DS41 .M44 [Latest 5 years located in the Loker Reading Room under: RR 3911.22] [Vols. 1-4 (1978-81) and v.21E at Harvard Depository]

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies (MECAS): an index to research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.

MLA Bibliography: a good place to look for citations to journal articles on literature, language, and linguistics.

MultiDataOnline: provides full text from and bibliographic citations to selected newspapers and periodicals from the Arab world in Arabic, English, and French.

Muslim world book review. 1980-forward.
Widener WID-LC DS35.3 .M88

Osmanische Bibliographie : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Türkei in Europa / von Hans-Jürgen Kornrumpf ; unter Mitarbeit von Jutta Kornrumpf. Covers articles and monographs published 1945-1975 on the Ottoman Empire, with emphasis on southeastern European and Turkish publications often not in Index Islamicus.
Fine Arts RFA10.46.2 Balcony
Widener OL 330.5.2 Bd. 8

Periodica Islamica, 1991 forward. Tables of contents of European-language journals including articles on the Islamic world.
Widener WID-LC DS35.6.Z99 P47x

PolicyFile: provides convenient, efficient, online access to public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers.

Repertorio español de bibliografía árabe e islámica, 1995-forward.
Widener WID-LC DS35.6.Z99 R47x

Studia Iranica: est publiée par l’Association pour l’avancement des études iraniennes en deux fascicules annuels.

Turkologischer Anzeiger. 1975 forward.
Widener WID-LC Z2831 .T87 10- [Vols. 1-9 bound with v. 67-75 (1975-1983) of Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes]

World News Connection (FBIS and JPRS): provides online access to full text English translations of current non-U.S. media sources from 6/1994 to the present. The file is updated monthly. Please note: coverage for earlier years is available for FBIS (1941-) and JPRS (1957-) in the Government Documents and Microforms Department in Lamont Library.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: indexes the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy, with abstracts for most citations. Older records are based on the merged backfiles of Political Science Abstracts and ABC-Poli Sci. Available online from 1975 to the present and updated monthly.

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Electronic Journals

Search and link to full-text of the following journals (please note: in some cases you will go directly to the journal, in other cases you will go to a window that gives you several options for getting to the full-text -- you may choose among them as you wish):

Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures (2000+)

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Bulletin (1974-1990, JSTOR)

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (1991-1998, JSTOR)

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (2000+)

International Journal of Middle East Studies (1970+, JSTOR)

International Journal of Middle East Studies (2000+)

ISI Emerging Markets

MERIP Reports (1971-1985, JSTOR)

MERIP Middle East Report (1986-1988, JSTOR)

Middle East Report (1988 +, JSTOR)

Middle East Policy (2001+)