Subject Guides
ARAB 385D: Jesus, Mary, and Joseph … in the Quran!
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MEAMS Subject Guide
Library Databases
- Find It!Libraries' one-stop search tool for books, journals, articles, videos, sound recordings, digital images and more.
- Annee PhilologiqueAn exhaustive index of periodicals, books and festschriften in classics and classical studies. Coverage: 1969 - 2 years ago.
- ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1Provides religious and theological literature from the late 13th century to 1893. Vital for scholars seeking to understand religious thought and practice.
Find It! includes results from JSTOR, Historical Abstracts with Full Text, Project Muse, and more. It may be more efficient to search in Find It!, but you can also search directly in those databases if you feel more comfortable or prefer some of their advanced search features.
- JSTORPrimarily a journal archive with some current content. If you are looking for current information, you may want to try other databases as well.
- Historical Abstracts with Full TextCovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
- Project MuseHumanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals from several university presses.
Reference Works
- Brill's New Pauly OnlineUnrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world, covering more than two thousand years of history, ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. Special emphasis is given to the interaction between Greco-Roman culture on the one hand, and Semitic, Celtic, Germanic, and Slavonic culture, and ancient Judaism, Christianity, and Islam on the other hand.
- Brill's Encyclopaedia Islamica OnlineBased on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature is in the attention given to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage. Vols. 1-5 (A-BUR) currently available.