• Academic Search Complete (general, scholarly)
• Periodicals Index Online (general, scholarly)
• Middle East Abstracts, 1978-2000. Clapp Ref DS 41 M44
• Index Islamicus
• JSTOR
• Historical Abstracts (world history)
• PAIS (public policy)
• MLA (literature)
• Literature Resource Center (literature)

• al-Ahram Weekly - 1998 to present
• al-Majallah Lond - 2001 through 8/19/2007 - Clapp qAP95 .A6 M248
• Arab News
• Arabic News.com
• Banipal: magazine of modern Arab literature (in English) PJ7501 .B26
• Middle East Daily
• Middle East News (Yahoo)
• LexisNexis Academic News (general)

• Middle East Studies Guide (Columbia Univ.)
• Middle East Research & Information Project (MERIP)
• Al-Islam.org
• History in the News: The Middle East
• Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (Georgetown)

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa
• Encyclopedia of Islam & the Muslim World
• Encyclopedia of Islam Online
• Oxford Dictionary of Islam
• Encyclopedia Judaica
• Introduction to Arabic Literature
• Monitor: A Dictionary of Arabic Grammatical Terms, Arabic-English, English-Arabic - Clapp Library PJ6640 .C3 1973
• Encyclopaedia of Middle Eastern mythology and religion. Clapp Ref BL 1060 K52 1993
• Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern & North African film. Clapp Ref PN1993 .A65 C66 2001.

• Try a subject search in the library catalog, for example:
  • middle east history
  • middle east religion
  • middle eastern literature
    
    
• Try a keyword search with a phrase such as
  • middle east literature criticism
  • middle east family life
    
    
• for items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)

Librarians for Middle Eastern Studies

Betty Febo
Research & Instruction, x3426

Pamela Bristah
Collections, x2366

Related resources

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing sources

Jewish Studies: Research Guide

Middle Eastern Studies Program at Wellesley College

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