Monthly Archives: May 2016

On trial: Al-Manhal datatabase for ebooks and ejournals in Islamic Studies

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The Islamic Studies Library is trialing Al-Manhal datatabase for ebooks and ejournals in Islamic Studies from May 26 to June 25, 2016. Al-Manhal’s Islamic Studies collection includes approximately 1850 monographs, and 50 peer reviewed journals with back issues of 4 years in average.

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During the trial period, 100% of the content is available. Download, however, is subject to restrictions. The database can be accessed using the following link: http://platform.almanhal.com/.

Check it out and let us know what you think!

 

McGill Islamic Lithographs digital collection now online!

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The McGill Islamic Studies Library Collections include over 750 lithographed volumes in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and Urdu. These books were published between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century in the Middle East (Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Turkey), North Africa (Morocco), and South Asia (India, Pakistan).

About The Collection

The McGill Library’s Islamic Lithographs digital Collection started with a selection of sixteen Arabic lithographed books, which were physically displayed in the Islamic Studies Library between February 1st and September 30th 2014. The collection now includes 56 titles, and is a continually updated resource.

Visitors can browse the collection by country of publication or language. All books are accessible full text, either in PDF on the McGill website, or using the online reader of the Internet Archive. Each lithograph is described in a detailed bibliographic record which includes a dynamic bibliographic citation:

Islamic Lithographs - Full RecordVisitors interested in learning more about the history of lithography in the Middle East and South Asia will find an extensive bibliography.

For more information, please contact the Islamic Studies Library, McGill University Library.

Islamic Studies Library digital collection in Internet Archive

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The Islamic Studies Library is glad to announce that all digitized materials from its collections are now accessible in Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more.

Islamic Studies Library - Free Texts - Download & Streaming - Internet ArchiveCurrently, the collection includes 395 manuscripts, lithographs, and rare books in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish, and Urdu, published between 1488 and 2013 A.D., and is continually growing.

A course in Baluchi - Barker, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman - Free Download & Streaming - Internet ArchiveThe materials can be opened and browsed using the Internet Archive book reader, or downloaded in PDF format. The RSS feed feature of the Internet Archive website gives you the opportunity to stay informed of new additions to our collection.

 

Middle East and North Africa Virtual Library MENALIB

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home - MENAdoc-SammlungThe MENAdoc – Digital Collections was founded by the Middle East and North Africa Special Area Collection (Sondersammelgebiet 6,23) at the Universitaets- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt in Halle (ULB Halle). In addition to digitized materials, MENAdoc hosts a publication server for (re)publishing of academic publications related to Middle East, Islamic, and North African studies.

Providing access to bibliographic databases, and full text electronic publications, MENALIB is accessible through the  Middle East Virtual Library MENALIB comprising the following collections:

Additionally to providing access to a number of bibliographic databases, one of the main objectives of MENALIB is integrating new electronic fulltext resources into MENALIB’s fulltext repository MENAdoc, which comprises, apart from periodicals, a constantly growing number of individual digital publications related to Middle East and Islamic Studies. Last, MENALIB aims to inform researchers and students on upcoming conferences, workshops etc., as well as projects and Open Access titles.