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Islamic World Studies Research Guide
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After performing a search in the Library Catalog, you may click the "Repeat search in the I-Share catalog" link to discover many more books on your topic.

You may then click the "Request" button to have the book delivered to you in three business days.

You will then recieve an email when the book(s) are ready to be picked up at the Donnelley and Lee Library circulation desk.

Search by some of these Subject Headings:
Islam
Civilization--Islam
Islam and politics
Islam and state
Muslim women
Islam--Essence, genius, nature

Click "Advanced Search" to search by Subject Keywords:

Islam? (very broad search — finds titles with Islam or Islamic anywhere in a subject heading)

Islam? (subject words) and law (any words)

Islam Pakistan (or Islam and another country)



Some of the books in the library purchased for Islamic World Studies:



Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary
(call x5074 for username and password)





Find Articles Using These Databases:
Index Islamicus
Northwestern University in Evanston has the Index Islamicus online. Get an Infopass from our library's reference desk, which you will present at the library at Northwestern. Then go to the Information Desk in the Information Commons, show a picture ID, and ask for a guest ID. This one-day pass will allow you to use computers in the Reference Room or the Periodicals Room, but not in the Information Commons.

Academic Search Premier

LexisNexis

Historical Abstracts

JSTOR

Military & Government Collection

MLA Bibliography (literature, language & linguistics)

Philosopher's Index

Project Muse

Sociological Abstracts

WebFeat (search multiple databases)






Website Recommendations for Your Research
"The Name Muhammad written in Classic Calligraphy." Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Islamic World Studies Academic Links
— selected by Lecturer in Religion Harry Bastermajian,
     Islamic World Studies Program Coordinator




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