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Specialized subject encyclopedias are a great way to get an overview of your topic, perhaps get citations to relevant works to get you started looking for books.
These are just some of the most relevant for this class. Be sure to browse the shelves in the Reference Collection. You can also find some online, be sure to add (encyclopedia* or dictionar*) to your keyword search!
Encyclopedias of History and Law/Politics
- Historical Dictionary of AfghanistanPrint: Ref DS 356 .A27 1997
2003 edition in Ginn Reference - Historical Dictionary of EgyptPrint: Ref DT 45 .W83 1984
- Historical Dictionary of IraqPrint: Ref DS 70.9 .G47 2004
- Historical Dictionary of Saudi ArabiaPrint: Ginn Reference DS 221 .P48 2003
Tisch Ref DS 221 .P48 1993 - Historical Dictionary of TurkeyPrint: Ref DR 436 .H47 1994
- Iran Today: an Encyclopedia of Life in the Islamic RepublicPrint: 2 vols. Ref DS 253 .I69 2008
- The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: a Political, Social, and Military HistoryPrint: 4 vols. Ref DS 119.7 .E5653 2008
Vol. 4 has documents - Encyclopedia of Politics and ReligionThe Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion traces the roots of the relationship between politics and religion from antiquity to the present, revealing how it has shaped public discourse, social attitudes, collective action, and national and international policy, particularly during the past two centuries.
- Encyclopaedic Survey of Islamic CulturePrint: 20 vols. In progress. Ref DS 36.8 .E53 1997.
- Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500Print: Ref DS 35.6 .R6 1982.
- Encyclopædia IranicaPrint: In Progress. Ref DS 253 .E52 1982.
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North AfricaPrint: 4 vols. Ref DS 43 .E53 2004
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic CulturesPrint: 6 vols. Ref HQ 1170 .E53 2003
v. 1. Methodologies, paradigms and sources -- v. 2. Family, law and politics --v. 3. Family, Body, Sexuality and Health -- v. 4. Economics, Education, Mobility and Space -- v. 5. Practices, interpretations and representations--v.6-Supplement and index. - The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic WorldPrint: 3 vols. Ref DS 35.53 .O96 2009
Also online in Oxford Islamic Studies Online above - The Columbia World Dictionary of IslamismPrint: Ref DS 40 .D5313 2007
- Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle EastPrint: Ref DS 62.8 .P64 2002
- An Historical Atlas of Islam = Atlas Historique de l'IslamPrint: Ref G1786.S1 H6 2002
Also on CD Rom on Ref CD-ROM station. - Historical Dictionary of IranPrint: Ref DS 270 .L67 2007
- Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and TurkeyPrint: Ginn Stacks BP 60 .M36 1999
Women's Issues
- Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic CulturesPrint: 6 vols. Ref HQ 1170 .E53 2003
v. 1. Methodologies, paradigms and sources -- v. 2. Family, law and politics --v. 3. Family, Body, Sexuality and Health -- v. 4. Economics, Education, Mobility and Space -- v. 5. Practices, interpretations and representations--v.6-Supplement and index. - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: The Middle East and North Africa, EuropePrint: Ref HQ 1726.5 .G74
Encyclopedias of Religion
- The Quran: an EncyclopediaPrint: Ref BP 133 .Q87 2006.
- Encyclopaedia of the QurānPrint: 6 vols. Ref BP 133 .E53 2001.
- Encyclopaedia of the Holy QurʼânPrint: 5 vols. Tisch Book Stacks BP 133 .E63 2000
- Dictionary of Qurʼānic Terms and ConceptsPrint: Ref BP 133 .M57 1987.
- Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim WorldPrint: 2 vols. Ref BP 40 .E525 2004
- A Popular Dictionary of IslamPrint: Ref BP 40 .N48 1992
Search Across Multiple Encyclopedias
- Credo ReferenceOnline reference resources from numerous publishers. This reference resource can be searched by individual title, broad subject headings, cross-references, audio and images. Use its research mapper to search for terms and topics that are interconnected and displayed in (a) visual form. Examples of titles are: Bloomsbury Guide to Art, Bridgeman Art Library Archive, Columbia Encyclopedia, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Harvard Dictionary of Music, and the Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science. The complete list of titles is available on the CREDO Reference site.
- Oxford ReferenceProvides web access to more than 100 major Oxford University Press dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in the humanities, social sciences, foreign languages, science, technology and medicine, the performing arts, and religion. Works can be searched separately or across the entire databases. Includes over 1.5 million entries.
