Library Sources in Arabic

This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Arabic available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library (WEB) on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching Sofia, the library catalogue.

• Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world
• Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa
• The Oxford dictionary of Islam
• A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic: PJ 6303 R93 2005 WEB Online

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• Al-Mawrid :a modern English-Arabic dictionary: REF PJ 6640 B35 2002 VAN
• Al-Mawrid dictionary : English-Arabic, Arabic-English : REF PJ 6640 B33 2001 VAN/WEB
• A dictionary of modern written Arabic : Arabic - English : REF PJ 6640 W43 1994 WEB
• Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics : REF PJ 6031 E53 2006 WEB

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• Arab women writers : a critical reference guide 1873-1999: REF PJ 7525.2 D4313 2008 WEB
• A brief introduction to modern Arabic literature: PJ 7538 T74 2008 WEB
• 'Abbasid belles-lettres: REF PJ 7530 A18 1990 WEB & Online
• Arabic literature [electronic resource] an overview : PJ7510 C35 2002eb
• An introduction to Arabic literature
• A literary history of the Arabs [electronic resource]: PJ7510 N5 1930eb

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• An introduction to the modern Middle East: DS 44 S67 2008 WEB
• The encyclopaedia of Islam three : REF BP 40 E533 2007 WEB
• The Arab diaspora
• History of the Arabs : DS 223 H5 2002 WEB
• Historical atlas of the Islamic world : REF G 1786 S1R88 2004 WEB

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• Index Islamicus: Covers all aspects of Muslim life including history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures.
• MLA International Bibliography: Includes references from more than 4,400 journals in the fields of literature, language, linguistics and folklore from 1926 to the present from all over the world.
• JSTOR: Contains 50 journal titles under Middle East Studies and 257 titles under Language & Literature.
• Historical Abstracts: Provides citations to articles, books and dissertations on world political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history

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• Al-Jazeera: Site of the Middle East's largest news network.
• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook: collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use.

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