SELECTED MIDDLE EAST REFERENCE WORKS
at Columbia University Libraries

(January, 1997)
Prepared by Frank H. Unlandherm,
Middle East Studies Librarian
mideast @libraries.cul.columbia.edu

This list, while highly selective, tries to give the most important sources for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. A great deal more information can be gotten from non-area specific sources--e.g. Who's Who. (Library locations and call numbers refer to the holdings of Columbia University Libraries. At Columbia, be sure to check CLIO for circulation information, other copies, etc. Also most U.S. government documents are available in the Documents Service Center in Lehman Library and United Nations' documents in the Law Library.)

Contents

1. GUIDES

   • Arab Islamic bibliography. Ed. by Diana Grimwood-Jones, Derek Hopwood, J.D. Pearson. 1977. 292p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956 Ar11

   • Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischer Literatur.1943-1949. 2v.+3v. Suppl.
     Butler Reference: R893.79 B78
     Butler Stacks: PJ7510.B7 1943

   • Middle East and Islam: a bibliographical introduction. Ed. by Diana Grimwood-Jones. 1979. 429p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3013.M48 1979

   • Sauvaget, Jean. Introduction to the history of the Muslim East: A bibliographical guide. 1982. 252p.
     Burgess: Z3013.Sa89

   • Simon, Reeva S. The modern Middle East: a guide to research tools in the social sciences. 1978. 283p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956.Si55

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

   • Alexander, Yonah. Bibliography of Israel. 1981. 263p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3476.A66

   • Al-Zwaini, Laila. A bibliography on Islamic law, 1980-1993. 1994 239p.
     Butler Stacks: Z7835.M6 A49 1994g

   • Anderson, Margaret. Arabic materials in English translation: a bibliography of works from the pre-Islamic period to 1977. 1980. 249p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3013.L56 A52

   • The Arabic novel since 1950 : critical essays, interviews and bibliography / editor, Issa J. Boullata. 1992. 257p.
     Butler Stacks: PJ7501.M75 vol. 5

   • Articles on the Middle East, 1947-1971: a cumulation of the bibliographies from the Middle East journal. Peter N. Rossi and Wayne E. White, eds. 1980. 4v.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3013.L56 A52

   • Atiyeh, George Nicholas. The contemporary Middle East, 1948-1973; a selective and annotated bibliography. 1975. 664p.
     Lehman: Z3013.A85

   • Baumann, Pari. Annotated bibliography on Palestinian women. 1993. 75p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z7964.P19 B38 1993g

   • Bevis, Richard W. Bibliotheca cisorientalia; an annotated checklist of early English travel books on the Near and Middle East. 1973. 317p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956 B468

   • Bibliographie analytique de l'Afrique antique. v.1-11 1961/2-75.
     Butler Reference: R016.96 B47

   • Bibliography of population literature in the Arab world. 1993-
     Lehman: Z3014.P66 B4 1993g

   • Bleaney, C. H. Official publications on the Middle East: a selective guide to the statistical sources. 1985. 31 p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956 B614

   • Bolton, Alexander Rollo Colin. Soviet Middle East studies: an analysis and bibliography. 1959. 8pts.in 1v.
     Lehman: Z3013.B6

   • Bryson, Thomas A. United States/Middle East diplomatic relations, 1784-1978: an annotated bibliography. 1979. 205p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3014.R44 B79

   • Ellis, Richard S. A bibliography of Mesopotamian archaeological sites. 1972. 113p.
     Avery: AZ100 EL59

   • Geddes, Charles L. Guide to reference books for Islamic studies. 1985. 429p.
     Butler Reference: R016.297 G173

   • Guide to Islam. By David Edes and others. 1983. 261p.
     Butler Reference: R016.297 G94

   • Hussain, Asaf. Islamic Movements in Egypt, Pakistan and Iran: an annotated bibliography. 1983. 168p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z7835.M6 H92

   • Index Islamicus, 1906-1955: a catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications. Comp. by J.D. Pearson. 1958. 897p.
     Butler Reference: R016.297 P317

   • Index of Islamic literature. v. 8, no. 1- Autumn 1987-
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z7835.M6 M88

   • The quarterly Index Islamicus. v.1, no.1-, Jan. 1977-
     Butler Reference: R016.297 P3171

   • Introductory Guide to Middle Eastern and Islamic bibliography. Ed. by Paul Auchterlonie. 1990. 84p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS37.6.A2 I57 1990g

   • McClintock, Marsha Hamilton. The Middle East and North Africa on film: an annotated bibliography. 1982. 542p.
     Butler Stacks: DS44.M43 1982

   • The Muslim world book review. v.1, no.1-, Autumn 1980-
     Lehman: DS35.3.M88

   • Olson, William J. Britain's elusive empire in the Middle East, 1900-1921: an annotated bibliography. 1982. 404p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956 OL8

   • Patai, Raphael. Jordan, Lebanon and Syria: an annotated bibliography. 1957. 289p.
     Lehman: Z3013.P3 1973

   • Ricks, Stephen David. Western language literature on pre-Islamic central Arabia : an annotated bibliography. 1991. 163p.
     Butler Reference: R06.953 R42

   • Shinar, Pessah. Essai de bibliographie selective et annotee sur l'Islam maghrebin contemporain: Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Libye (1830-1978). 1983. 506p.
     Butler Reference: R016.297 Sh63

   • Silverburg, Sanford R. Middle East bibliography. 1992. 564p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3013.S54 1992

   • Silverburg, Sanford R. U.S. foreign relations with the Middle East and North Africa : a bibliography. 1994. 586p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS63.2.U5 S55 1994g

   • Snyder, Esther M. Israel. 1985. 272p.
     Butler Reference: R016.9569 Sn92

   • Strijp, Ruud. Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East: a bibliography. 1992- v.1
     Lehman:Z3014.E85 S77 1992

   • Weber, Shirley Howard. Voyages and travels in the Near East made during the XIX century; being a part of a larger catalogue of works on geography, cartography, voyages, and travels, in the Gennadus Library in Athens. 1952. 252p.
     Butler Reference: R016.956 W38

   • The World of Islam, images and echoes: a critical guide to films and recordings. Ellen Fairbanks-Bodman, gen. ed. 1980. 208p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS35.6.W67

3. HANDBOOKS

   • Bacharach, Jere L. A Middle East studies handbook. 1984. 160p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS61.B3 1984

   • Broome, Michael. A handbook of Islamic coins. 1985. 230p.
     Butler Stacks: CJ3421.B76 1985g

   • Izady, Mehrdad. The Kurds : a concise handbook. 1992. 268p.
     Lehman: DS59.K86 I93 1992

   • Mass media in the Middle East : a comprehensive handbook / edited by Yahya R. Kamalipoour. 1994. 333p.
     Lehman: P92.M5 M37 1994

   • McCarthy, Justin. The Arab world, Turkey, and the Balkans (1878-1914) : a handbook of historical statistics. 1982. 309p.
     Butler Reference: R315.6 M127
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: HA4556.M35 1982

   • McCarthy, Justin. The population of Palestine. 1990. 242p.
     Butler Stacks: HA4560.M35 1990

   • Middle East: a directory of resources. compiled and ed. by Thomas P. Fenton and Mary J. Heffron. c1988. 144p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: Z3014.P64 M53 1988

   • Middle East economic handbook. 1986. 487p.
     Business Reference: HC415.15.M52 1986

   • Muslim peoples : a world ethnographic survey / edited by Richard V. Weekes; maps by Paul Ramier Stewart. c1984. 2v.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS35.625.A1 M87 1984

4. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

   • Man huwa? Amman. 1986/1989-
     Lehman: CT1919.J6 M36

   • Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa : a biographical dictionary / Edited by Bernard Reich. 1990. 557p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS61.5.P65 1990
     Butler Reference: R049.3 P759

   • Who's who in Lebanon. Beyrouth, 1963/64-
     Butler Reference: R049.3 L49
     Lehman: DS80.74.W5

   • Who's who in the Arab world. Beirut. 1967/68-
     Butler Reference: R049.3 Ar11
     Lehman: DS222.W56

5. YEARBOOKS

   • Israel yearbook and almanac. v.46 (1991/92)-
     Butler Stacks: DS101.I681

   • The Middle East and North Africa. 1948-
     Lehman: DS49.M58
     Butler Stacks: DS49.M58

   • Middle East contemporary survey. v.1 (1976/77)-
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS43.M54

6. ENCYCLOPEDIAS

   • Cambridge encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. 1988. 504p.
     Butler Reference: R956 C144
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS44.C37 1988

   • Encyclopedia of Islam. New ed. Ed. by H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, E. Levi--Provencal, J. Schact. 1954-91. v.1-6.
     Butler Reference: R032.97 En11

   • Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East. Ed. by Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar, Richard W. Bulliet. 1996. 4v.(ix, 2182p.)
     Barnard Reference: DS43.E53
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS43.E53 1996

   • Encyclopedia of world cultures. Ed. by David Levinson.c1991-1996. 10v.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: GN550.E53 1991
     Barnard Reference: GN550.E53 1991

   • Handworterbuch des Islam. 1941. 833p.
     Butler Reference: R032.97 W488

   • Islamic desk reference. 1994. 492p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS35.93.I83 1994

   • al-Mawsu'ah al-Filastiniyah. 1984. 4v.
     Lehman: DS102.8.M39 1984

   • al-Mawsu'ah al-Filastiniyah. al-Qism al-Thani : al-Dirasat al-khassah. 1990. 6v.
     Lehman: DS102.8.M392 1990

   • New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel. Geoffrey Wigoder, ed. 1994. 2v.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS149.N56 1994

   • The Oxford encyclopedia of arch&aeligology in the Near East; Eric Meyers, ed. 1997. 5v.
     Butler Reference: R039.13 Ox2112

   • The Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world / John L. Esposito, editor in chief. 1995. 4v.
     Lehman: DS35.53.O95 1995
     Butler Reference: R956 Ox2

7. DICTIONARIES

   • Hiro, Dilip. Dictionary of the Middle East. 1996. 367p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS43.H57 1996

   • Korbani. Agnes G. The Political dictionary of modern Middle East. c1995. 258p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS43.K67 1995
     Lehman: DS43.K67 1995

   • Political parties of Africa and the Middle East: a reference guide. Eds. Roger East and Tanya Joseph. c1993. 354p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: JQ39.A45 P65 1993g

   • Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa. Ed. by Frank Tachau. c1994. 711p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: JQ1758.A979 P65 1994

   • Shavit, David. The United States in the Middle East : a historical dictionary. 1988. 441p.
     Butler Reference: R041 Sh25
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS63.2.U5 S384 1988

   • Shimoni, Yaakov. Political dictionary of the Arab world. 1987. 520p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS37.S53 1987

   • Ziring, Lawrence. The Middle East: a political dictionary. c1992. 401p.
     Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS61.Z58 1992

8. LIBRARY CATALOGS

   • Harvard University Library. Catalog of the Arabic Collection. 1968. 5v.
     Butler Reference: R106.95 H27

   • U.S. Library of Congress Office, Cairo, Accessions list, Middle East [Ceased]. v.1-31, 1963-1993. Bimonthly.
     Butler Stacks: Z3013.U541

9. DISSERTATIONS

   • Selim, George Dimitri. American doctoral dissertations on the Arab World, 1883-1974. 1976. 173p.
     Butler Reference: R016.37873 AZAr111

   • Sluglett, Peter. Theses on Islam, the Middle East and North-West Africa, 1880-1978. 1983. 147p.
     Butler Reference: R016.37842 AZN81

10. SOURCE BOOKS

    • Hurewitz, Jacob Coleman. The Middle East and North Africa in world politics, a documentary record. 1975-79. 2v.
      Lehman: DS42.H87 1975

    • The Middle East, 1914-1979. T.G. Fraser, comp. 1980. 205p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS62.M53

    • U.S. official statements--Israeli settlements/the Fourth Geneva Convention /edited by Jody Boudreault. 1992. 193p.
      Lehman: DS127.6.O3 U17 1992

    • U.S. official statements : the Golan Heights / edited by Jody Boudreault. 1993. 135p.
      Lehman: DS99.G65 U86 1993g

    • U.S. official statements--the status of Jerusalem / edited by Jody Boudreault. 1992. 131p.
      Lehman: DS127.6.O3 U17 1992b

    • U.S. official statements--U.N. Security Council Resolution 242 / compiled by Jody Bouldreault. 1992. 186p.
      Lehman: DS127.6.O3 U175 1992

11. ATLASES

    • Al-Faruqi, Ismail R. The cultural atlas of Islam. c1986. 512p.
      Butler Reference: R912 A128

    • Beek, Martinus Adrianus. Atlas of Mesopotamia: a survey of the history of civilization of Mesopotamia from the Stone Age to the fall of Babylon. Tr. by D.R Welsh; ed. by H.H. Rowley. 1962. 164p.
      Butler Reference: R912 B392

    • Boustany, Rafic. The atlas of the Arab world : geopolitics and society. 1991. 144p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: G1785.F3 1991

    • The Cambridge atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Ed. by Gerald Blake, John Dewdney, Jonathan Mitchell. 1987. 124p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS44.C36 1987

    • Dempsey, Michael W. Atlas of the Arab world. 1983. 62p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: DS36.7 D45 1983

    • Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. Historical atlas of the Middle East. 1993. 144p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: G2206.S1 F7 1993
      Butler Reference: R912 F87

    • Gilbert, Martin. The Arab-Israeli conflict : its history in maps. 1975. 111p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: G2206.S1 G5 1975

    • An Historical Atlas of Islam. Ed. by William C. Brice. 1981. 71p.
      Butler Reference: R912 H628

    • Karta. Atlas of the Middle East. Ed. by Moshe Brawer. c1988. 140p.
      Lehman-Social Work Reference: G2205.K33 1988

    • Robinson, Francis. Atlas of the Islamic world since 1500.1982. 238p.
      Butler Reference: R912 R56