Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Collection Home Page

The Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies collection supports the research and curriculum needs of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC) and related academic units in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The collection contains both primary and secondary source materials with an emphasis on scholarly publications in the humanities and social sciences, and on materials in the three main vernacular languages of the area: Arabic (50,000 volumes), Hebrew (19,000), and Persian (5,000). The collection also includes an extensive list of current serials in all languages.

A core, specialized reference collection of more than 200 titles is integrated into the general Reference Collection (most of these titles are included in the Annotated Bibliography of Reference Sources for Arabic and Islamic Studies in the Indiana University Libraries).

Quick Links to Electronic Resources:

Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd edition)

EI3 (2007-) is an entirely new work, reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. Its scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century, attention to Muslim minorities all over the world, and full attention to social science as well as humanistic perspectives.

Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd edition)

EI2 (1960-2008) is the standard, authoritative encyclopedia on the religion of Islam and the Islamicate world.

Index Islamicus

The primary international, classified bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, with extensive name and subject indexes.

Middle Eastern and Central Eurasian Studies

A systematic, non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa.

Basic Research Guide for Middle Eastern Studies