Beginning research in Middle East and Islamic Studies
The AUP Library has a selection of reference tools, monographs, databases, periodicals,
e-books, e-resources that will help you conduct your research. It also presents you
various services that can help you reach out the information available in the rich universe
of French academic or specialized libraries.
1. REFERENCE & BACKGROUND
The Library presents a collection of general e-resources available on the web site
http://library.aup.fr/ under ‘Background, reference and e-books’:
General e-resources:
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Credo Reference
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Gale Virtual Reference Series
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Europa World Plus
Specialized:
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Encyclopedia of Islam
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Encyclopedia of Islam Three
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Encyclopedia of the Quran
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Cambridge Collections Online: The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'ān
E-books:
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My-I-Library, an e-book collection, presents a selection of e-books under political
science that can be searchable by subject. For e-book titles refer to Monographs
below.
2. MONOGRAPHS IN MIDDLE EAST & ISLAMIC STUDIES
Use the library’s online catalog to look for books in the library’s collection by author,
title, subject terms or keyword. Go to http://library.aup.fr/, select the feature ‘Search for:
Book, Film Journal’. For guidance and further details using the catalog refer to the
Library Guide under General Information on our web site.
E-book monographs: Available through My-I-Library, under the Background and
Reference, e-Books in the Library web site.
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Scruton, Roger. The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought.
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Fox, Jonathan. World Survey of Religion and the State, A. Cambridge Studies in
Social Theory, Religion, and Politics.
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Al-Azmeh, Aziz; Fokas, Effie. Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence.
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De Rivera, Joseph. Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace.
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Monographs:
The library online catalog allows you to search by author, title, subject and keyword.
Look for the Search for: Book, Film, Journal’ feature. A great selection of titles is
available unfortunately due to the number it is not possible to list them in this guide. For
further instructions on the online catalog refer to ‘Information Literacy: Tutorials:
Finding and evaluating a Book’.
3. DATABASES:
Another type of electronic resources constitutes the indexes and databases available
through the AUP Library web site, available through the feature ‘Search for Article (in
databases)’. It is important to access them through the library web page, otherwise you
will have to pay for most of the information. Some of the most useful indexes for articles
in Middle Eastern and Islamic studies are:
General indexes & databases:
- Academic Search Complete
- CAIRN (French database indexing also English language sources)
- CIAO Index
- Generalis Indexpress (French language database)
- International Political Science Abstracts – IPSA
- JSTOR
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe for News
- MasterFile Premier
- Keesing’s World News Archive
- Wilson Select Plus
Specialized databases:
- Middle East Newsstand
4. FINDING ARTICLES AND BOOKS IN OTHER LIBRARIES
For your convenience the Library has an interlibrary loan & document delivery service
that can help you access books and articles not found in the AUP Library. However, the
AUP Library cannot determine the response time as processing varies greatly from
library to library and the time of the year of the requests. Therefore, the following steps
are recommended before submitting a document request.
4.1. Tips to select your monographs:
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Search carefully in the online catalog to confirm that the University Library does
not own the item you are looking for.
Locate the section ‘Find Books in Other Libraries’ on the AUP library’s web
page:
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To locate
book or articles in France you can use the union catalog of French academic
libraries SUDOC or the Catalogue Collectif de France- CCFR (all French
libraries).Once you have located your item, fill out the AUP Library
document delivery request form (by going to our web site, selecting Library
Services: Forms: Document Delivery – Books or Document Delivery - Articles).
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To locate book or articles in the rest of the world you can use the world’s union
catalog called WorldCat. Once you have located your item, fill out the AUP
Library document delivery request form (by going to our web site, selecting
Library Services: Forms: Document Delivery – Books).
4.2. Tips to select your articles:
- Search carefully in the library online periodicals and their database coverage.
Using the library web page select the feature ‘Browse a List of Journals’ under
Resources. Enter your periodical title in the search box or select the initial letter
of the title. Once the results are displayed you may have a list of databases
covering the publication. Select your database.
- If the periodical title is not available at the AUP library you may check on
SUDOC, CCFR or WorldCat to see which library has it, then you may chose to
go to a specific Paris library or chose to send a request of document delivery.
- Fill out the AUP Library document delivery request form (by going to our web
site, selecting Library Services: Forms: Document Delivery – Articles).
5. OTHER PARIS LIBRARIES & SCIENCES-PO
The following are complementary key libraries for conducting research in Middle East
and Islamic studies:
5.1 AUP and the University Library have arranged for graduate students access the
Sciences-Po Library http://bibliotheque.sciences-po.fr/fr/index.html (30, rue SaintGuillaume, 75007 Paris). This is one of the greatest libraries in the areas of social
sciences and politics. Every semester graduate students receive systematically an e-mail
with practical information on how to use it. Tours can be arranged depending on the
number of people signing up.
5.2 The Library of the Institut du Monde Arabe – IMA
http://www.imarabe.org/perm/biblio_id.html (220 r St Jacques 75005 Paris) is an access
free specialized research library key with a great multidisciplinary collection on Arab
culture and civilization with emphasis on contemporary Arab world (in Arabic, English
and French). It is key in terms of research in France and in Europe.
5.3 La Documentation Française Library & Documentation Center
http://www.ladocfrancaise.gouv.fr/documentation/bibliotheque/index.shtml offers free
access to scholars and students (29 quai Voltaire, 75007 Paris), its collections include the
European Union collection, the World Bank depository library, the Centre de
Documentation France, Europe, Monde with materials in a various languages and
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offering dossiers covering up-to-date topics world wide. Reference librarians do a great
job of user orientation and research help.
5.4 The Bibliothèque nationale de France – BnF – Site François Mitterrand, Rez-dejardin section http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/pratic.htm (Quai FrançoisMauriac, 75013 Paris) constitutes an extremely rich universe of scholarly materials.
Although it presents the typical constraints of a big national library (need to register,
reserve a seat in advance, online book request delivery in advance, staff may not be
bilingual, etc.) it is an important reference; you may want to check it as last recourse.
Further information can be given to you at the AUP Library under request.
6. ALERTS:
Mideastwire - a daily email alert featuring concise news and translated briefs covering
key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22
Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. Register through e-mail for daily reception.
Resource listed alphabetically under the feature ‘Find an Article (in databases’).
7. RESEARCH HELP
You may ask to see a Reference Librarian for further recommendations or send an e-mail
to the following address: researchhelp@aup.edu.
8. ONLINE PERIODICALS:
The library has a core collection of printed periodicals in the periodical mezzanine,
however the largest collection of periodical titles (more than 24,600 titles) are available
through the library web page by going to ‘Browse a list of: Journals’ feature. Below is a
selection of periodical titles online in Middle East & Islamic Studies (this list may vary
from semester to semester according to the changes experimented by the information
providers):
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Arab Law Quarterly (Brill)
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Arab Studies Quarterly
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Arabian archaeology and epigraphy
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Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
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Arabic and Middle Eastern Literatures
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Arabica
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Islam & Christian Muslim Relations
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Islam & science
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Islamic extremists: How do they mobilize support?
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Islamic Horizons
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Islamic law and society
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Islamic Revolution in Iran
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Address on the Middle East Crisis
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AME Info FX's Middle East Technology News Wire
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Anthropology of the Middle East
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Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East
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Digest of Middle East Studies
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FoodService Europe & Middle East
Global English (Middle East and North Africa Financial Network)
Handbook of the Middle East
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
MEED Middle East Economic Digest
MENA English (Middle East and North Africa Financial Network)
MERIP Middle East report
Michael Totten's Middle East Journal ( Newstex Blogs )
The Middle East
Middle East and Africa Automotive Insights
Middle East & Africa financial alert
Middle East and Africa Food and Drink Insights
Middle East and Africa Oil and Gas Insights
Middle East and Africa Pharma and Healthcare Insights
Middle East and Africa Telecommunications Insights
Middle East annual.
Middle East Aviation News Wire
Middle East Company News Wire
Middle East Critique
Middle East Education News Wire
Middle East Executive Motoring News Wire
Middle East Financial News Wire
Middle East Healthcare News Wire
Middle East Intelligence Bulletin
Middle East IT and Internet News Wire
The Middle East Journal
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research
Middle East Media & Advertising News Wire
Middle East Oil & Gas News Wire
Middle East Personal Finance News Wire
Middle East Quarterly
Middle East Real Estate and Construction News Wire
Middle East report
Middle East report.
Middle East Retail and Leisure News Wire
Middle East review of international affairs: MERIA
Middle East Technical University Journal of the Faculty of Architecture
Middle East Travel and Leisure News Wire
Middle East women's studies review
MIT: Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies
Review of Middle East Economics and Finance
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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