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History: Middle East

Middle Eastern history resources

Reference works are books and other materials that provide information on a specific topic. Examples include dictionaries, encyclopaedias, almanacs, and handbooks. They are often consulted for background information, to clarify concepts, or to find specific facts or details on a subject, and may provide useful bibliographies for further reading.

If you can't find something relevant in the list above then go to Search and copy the following search (replace sufism with your own keywords): sufism AND (handbook OR companion OR encyclopedia OR encyclopaedia OR dictionary)

If you'd like to go browse the shelves, some relevant locations are listed below. Otherwise you can search for books (print and electronic) in Search.

Iran 955
Middle East 956
1945-1980 956.04
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 956.042
Iraq 956.7
Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, Jordan 956.9

In History there are, broadly speaking, two types of databases: those you use to find primary sources, and those you use for journal articles. For primary sources look at the Primary Sources library guide.    

For journal articles, books, theses, conference papers and more:

For more, look at the full list of History databases.