Subject Guide: Islam
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- Books
- Scholarly Journal Articles
- Scholarly Journals
- Primary Sources
- Reference Books
- Writing Resources / Style Manuals
Challenges
- Variant spellings
- Foreign languages
- Diacritical marks
- Obtaining material
- Multi- and Interdisciplinarity
- Bias
Books
- Find Books &
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- Use keyword searches
"islamic mysticism" OR sufism
sufism AND women
- Identify Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sufism
Muhammad, Prophet, d. 632
- Evaluate Titles, Date, Press
Examine titles for relevance
Depending on the topic, aim for most recently published books
Generally, select books published by college and university presses written by professional scholars
Books at Other Libraries
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Princeton University Library
Compare Library of Congress Subject Heading for Sufism
Limit to English Sufism
- Interlibrary Loan
Scholarly Journal Articles
- Historical
Abstracts
Advanced Search - Limit to English, limit to article, keyword sufism
Browse Subject Terms - review article - JSTOR
- Index Islamicus
- Ebscohost Academic Search Premier - Go to Advanced Search, Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals
- Wilson
Web OmniFile Full Text Mega
- Interlibrary Loan
Scholarly Journals
- Journal Titles Tab - If you know the name of a journal and want to know if the Library subscribes to it.
- Browse by Subject
Primary Sources/Free Web Sources
- Blake, Corrine. "Teaching Islamic Civilization with Information Technology." Journal for Multimedia History, (1) 1998.
- Finding Primary Sources (UC Berkeley Library)
- Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
Reference Books - selected examples
- Encyclopedia of Islam - REF DS37.E523
- Historical Dictionary of Islam - REF BP50.A33 2001
- The Muslim Diaspora - REF BP50.J46 1999
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an - REF BP133.E53 2001
Writing Resources / Style Manuals
Citation & Style Guides (TCNJ)
Last updated 10/8/03, Marc Meola
