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Middle East Collection
THE MIDDLE EAST COLLECTION @PENN
 Middle East Studies Librarian, Room 524, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, (215) 898-2196
Arabic | Persian | Turkish
Manuscripts and Rare Books
Newspapers & Journals | Video & DVD
History of the Collection | Collection Development Policy
MIDDLE EAST DATA BASES
Index Islamicus | Oxford Bibliographies Online: Islamic Studies | Bibliography of Arabic Books Online (before 1960) | IMEMR - Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region | Dayan Center Bibliographical Database (public affairs) | More databases ...
MIDDLE EAST REFERENCE WORKS
Encyclopaedia of Islam | Cambridge History of Islam | Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an | Cambridge Companion to the Qur'an | Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures | Oxford Islamic Studies Online | Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
Arabic Literature in the Post-Classical Period (Cambridge History of Arabic Literature) | Other Cambridge Histories Online - Arabic Literature, Egypt, Iran Turkey, many more | Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy | OACIS
Cambridge Ancient History | ABZU - Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
OTHER E-RESOURCES
E-Journals | E-Books | Associations
RESEARCH COLLECTIONS & OTHER PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL
Early Western Korans: Koran Printing in the West, 1537-1857 | Afghanistan Digital Library
British documents collections: Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 | Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970 | Iraq 1914-1974 | Archive Editions reprint sets at Penn Libraries (mainly historical UK Foreign Office reports)
U.S. documents collections: Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files (1945- ) - Egypt/UAR, Iran, Saudi Arabia | Digital National Security Archive - Afghanistan: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1973-1990. Iran: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1977-1980. The Iran-Contra Affair: the Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988. Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian gulf War, 1980-1994 | Democracy in Turkey, 1950-1959 | Afghanistan and the U.S., 1945-1963 | U.S. and Iraqi Relations: U.S. Technical Aid, 1950-1958
EXTERNAL LINKS
EThOS (British Library: Online Theses in Islamic Studies) | Farabi Digital Library | Arab Cultural Trust | The American University in Cairo,  Center for Arabic Study Abroad (AVIA)| | Al-Hewar Center for Arab Culture and Dialogue | UAE Interact | The Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World | Arab World Documentation Unit | The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies | The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) | The Center For Arab Unity Studies | Country Profiles | Country Review | Country Watch | Country Reports | International Monetary Fund | International Intellectual Property Alliance | Library of Congress - the Country Studies | The Economist Intelligence Unit | Islam for Today Resources | Taimiah | Muslim Media Market | The Middle East Microform Project at The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
SELECTED RESEARCH GUIDES
History of the Middle East | Iraq in Perspective | Middle East/North Africa Business | Muslim, Christian & Jewish Relations in the Middle East | Iran: Research Guide | North Africa: Research Guide
THE MIDDLE EAST SEMINAR ROOM
History & Collections | Teaching in the Room
MIDDLE EAST COMPUTING & ORTHOGRAPHY
PC Configuration | Typing Diacritics | ALA/LC Romanization (transliteration) tables | Searching Franklin in Arabic script
STAFF & CONTACT INFORMATION
Staff