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History 669: Readings in the Modern Middle East
Listed below are several sources and tools either owned by Kraemer Family Library or accessible from the Kraemer Family Library web site. All electronic resources may be searched from any computer connected to the UCCS network.
For information about accesing databases from off-campus click on Off Campus Access.
| Encyclopedias and Dictionaries |
| Cambridge History of Iran DS272 C34 |
| Cambrdige History of Islam DS35.6 C3 |
| Cambridge History of Turkey DR441C36 2006 |
| Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia REF HT147.5 .C574 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world REF BP40 .E525 2004 |
| Encyclopediea of Modern Asia REF DS4 .E53 2002 |
| Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli conflict: a political, social, and military history REF DS119.7 .E5653 2008 |
| Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa REF DS43 .E53 2004 |
| Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire REF DR486 .A375 2008 |
| Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures REF HQ1170 .E53 2003 |
| Historical dictionary of Afghanistan DS356 .A27 2003 |
| Historical dictionary of Iraq REF DS70.9 .G47 2004 |
| Historical dictionary of Islam REF BP50 .A33 2001 |
| Historical dictionary of Islamic fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey REF BP60 .M36 1999 |
| Muslim peoples : a world ethnographic survey DS35.625.A1 M87 1984 |
| New encyclopedia of Islam REF BP40 .G42 2008 |
| Oxford dictionary of Islam REF BP40 .O95 2003 |
| Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world REF DS35.53 .O95 2001 |
| Political encyclopedia of the Middle East REF DS62.8 .P64 1999 |
| Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa: a biographical dictionary REF DS61.5 .P65 1990 |
| Guides and Handbooks |
| Islamic history: a framework for inquiry DS38.3 .H85 1991 |
| Modern Middle East: a guide to research tools in the social sciences DS62.4 .S55 1978 |
| Political handbook of the Middle East REF Q1758.A58 P65 2008 |
| Bibliographies |
| Bibliographic Guide to Iran DS254.5 .B5 1983 |
| Muslim Women throughout the World: a Bibliography Electronic |
| World bibliographical series; v. 86 Egypt DT46 .M34 1988 |
| World bibliographical series; v. 81 Iran DS254.5 .N37 1988 |
| World bibliographical series; v. 73 Syria Electronic |
| World bibliographical series; v. 55 Jordan Electronic |
| World bibliographical series; v. 27 Turkey lectronic |
| World bibliographical series; v. 5 Saudi Arabia DS204 .C57 1979 |
| World bibliographical series; v. 2 Lebanon DS80 .K48 1979 |
| Atlases and Gazetteers |
| Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 REF DS35.6 .R6 1982 |
| Atlas of the Middle East REF G2205 .N34 2008 |
| Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa REF G2205 .C3 1987 |
| Historical Atlas of the Middle East REF G2206.S1 F7 1993 |
Books at Kraemer Library
Kraemer Library Catalog
Provides access to books, audio visual materials and other print resources at the Library.
Subject searching
Subject searching uses controlled vocabulary and will retrieve relevant items on your research topic.The subdivisions under broad subject headings will help you narrow your search for information. Here are two examples of subdivisions listed under the main subject heading for the history of the Ottoman Empire::
Turkey History Ottoman Empire 1288 1918
.....Turkey History Ottoman Empire 1288 1918 Economic Aspects
.....Turkey History Ottoman Empire 1288 1918 Social Conditions
Keyword searching
Keyword searching allows you to search for any word(s) in the subject, title, author, and content notes for all item records in the catalog. Keyword searches are not as concise as subject searches and may retrieve irrelevant items. However, keyword search is very useful......if you don't know the appropriate subject heading for your topic.
...the subject heading is too general or too specific.
...if you are searching for a new trend or concept.Examples: "bandung conference" or "young turks"
Books not available at Kraemer Family Library
Prospector
Search and request books and AV materials from over 20 research and public library collections throughout the state of Colorado and Wyoming. Items requested through Prospector will arrive at Kraemer within 3-5 working days. When the items are available for pickup from the Circulation Desk, you will be notified by e-mail.
WorldCat
An international catalog that UCCS students, staff and faculty may use to request items not available through UCCS or Prospector. You need an ILLiad account to request items in WorldCat. Items can take 2 weeks or more to be delivered.
Finding Articles on your Topic
Researching off campus? You'll need to install the Library VPN to access the library's resources. Select the link for Off Campus Access from the Library home page.Historical Abstracts
A comprehensive bibliographic indexing and abstracting reference to the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Abstracts dissertations as well as journal literature. No full-text.
JSTOR
Full-text of 117 core journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Coverage includes the entirety of each journal with the exception of the current five years.
Project MUSE
Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
Dissertations and Theses
Indexes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. Abstracting of dissertations begins with 1980 and abstracting of theses begins with 1988.
Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. It also includes book reviews. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Academic OneFile
Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources in the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Newspapers
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to newspaper literature from around the world Coverage for each publication varies but generally does not go back further than 20 years..
New York Times (1851-present)
Electronic access to the New York Times is available through the Pikes Peak Library District. To access this database remotely, you must use your public library card number and pin number.
Kraemer has the entire run of the New York Times (from 1851) and its corresponding indexes.
Older issues are maintained on microfilm:. MICROFILM AN1 N44
Index to the newspaper is located in the reference collection: REF AI21 .N44
Current issues are on the current newspaper shelves.
Google News Archive Search (formerly Paper of Record) Search and explore historical newspaper archives. In addition to helping you search, News archive search can automatically create timelines which show selected results from relevant time periods. You must pay for many of the articles in this database.
Locating Journals available at Kraemer
To determine if Kraemer Family Library has access to a certain journal in print or electronic format, use the Find Journals By Title or ISSN link on the Kraemer Family Library home page.Finding articles not available through Kraemer Library.
Journals not available at Kraemer
ILLiad
If the Library doesn't have access to the journal article you want, you can still get it through interlibrary loan. With an ILLiad account, you can place your requests online. This service can take anywhere from a few days to two weeks depending on the format inwhich the article is delivered. DO YOUR RESEARCH EARLY.
Primary Resources
The Middle East 1916-2001 : A Documentary Record (Avalon Project at Yale University)
Libraries and catalogs with major Middle East collections
Foreign Relations of the United States The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity." Online covers Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon-Ford Administrations. [1945-1976]
Foreign Relations of the United States / University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
[1861-1958/1960]
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Paul Halsall at Fordham University)
Need Research Help?
Contact the Kraemer Library REFERENCE DESK at 719-255-3295 or e-mail the desk at refdesk@uccs.edu
Or contact Sue Byerley: 719-255-3290; sbyerley@uccs.edu.