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Middle Eastern Studies Librarian:
Roberta L. Dougherty

Mailing address:
University of Texas Libraries
P.O. Box P
Mail Code S5440
Austin, TX 78713-8916
Tel: 512.495.4257

Online Resources - Middle Eastern Library Program

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• Link to the library's online catalog.
  • In order to search successfully for materials in Arabic and Persian in the online catalog and in many databases, you must learn to apply the American Library Association/Library of Congress rules for romanization of these languages.
    • ALA/LC rules for Arabic
    • ALA/LC rules for Persian
• Many databases and indexes are available, including:
  • OCLC WorldCat, to find books, web pages, microforms, films, and sound recordings
  • Index Islamicus, to find articles and book chapters
  • Academic Search Complete, to find articles
  • Lexis/Nexis Academic, to find articles in news sources
• Some important full-text resources include:
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam
  • JSTOR
    • JSTOR titles for Middle Eastern Studies, including the years of coverage.
  • Library PressDisplay
  • e-Books
  • e-Journals

• The PCL Map Collection includes more than a quarter of a million maps shelved in the Map Room on the first floor of PCL
  • About 11,000 images can be viewed online; here you can view online images of maps of the Middle East and Africa