This is a short list of factual information sources on the Middle East (including North Africa); all are located in the Reference area, unless another location is given. Please ask the Reference staff or the Middle East Studies Librarian, for other suggestions.

Cambridge encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa.: DS 44 .C37 1988
Daily report. Near East and South Asia/ Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1974- .: Documents Service Center or FBIS CD-ROM
Rosenberg, Jerry M. Encyclopedia of the Middle East peace program and the Middle East/North Africa economic community. 1997: DS 118.76 .R67 1997
Encyclopædia of the modern Middle East. 1996: DS 43.E53 1996
Handbook of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa. 1998.: JQ1758.A58 1998
An historical encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1996: DS 119.7 .H544 1996
Middle East.: DS 44 .M495 1988
Middle East and North Africa. Annual. 1948- .: Latest at Reference Desk - DS 49 .M58
Middle East contemporary survey. Annual. 1976/77- .: DS 43 .M54
Middle East international. Biweekly. 1971- .: Current issues in Reference - DS 63.1 .M54
Mostyn, Trevor. Major political events in Iran, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula, 1945-1990.: DS 326 .M64 1991
Muslim peoples: a world ethnographic survey. 2d ed. 2 vols.: DS 35.625 .A1 M87 1984
Political encyclopedia of the Middle East. 1999.: DS 62.8 .P64 1999
Washington report on Middle East affairs. Monthly. 1982- .: Current issues in Reference - DS 63 .W48

For individual countries, see the Area Handbook Series prepared by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Department of the Army. You can locate series volumes in CLIO under title Area Handbook Series and under individual title, [Name of Country], a country study. Current editions are in the Reference area.

CURRENT LITERATURE SOURCES IN LEHMAN LIBRARY:

This short list of important bibliographies and indexes will help you find books, articles and other printed materials on the Middle East (including North Africa). Please ask the Reference staff or the Middle East Studies Librarian, for other suggestions.

Guide to Islam.: Z 7835 .M6 G84 1983
Index of Islamic literature. Vol. 8, 1987- . Irregular.: Z 7835 .M6 M88
International development abstracts. Bimonthly. 1982- .: Index Table - HC 59.7 .I11
International political science abstracts. Bimonthly. 1951- .: Index Table - JA 36 .I5
MERIA journal [e-journal] : Middle East Review of international affairs.: ON LWEB
Kimball, Michelle, et al. Muslim women throughout the world: a bibliography. 1997: Z7963.I74K56 1997
Middle East: abstracts and index. Annual. 1978- .: Index Table - Z 3013 .M54
Middle East journal. Monthly. 1947- . See special section Bibliography of Periodical Literature in each issue.: Current issues in Lehman Periodical Room; Lehman stacks - DS 1 .M58
PAIS international. Monthly. 1915- .: Z 7163 .P922
Silverburg, Sanford R. Middle East bibliography.: Z 3013 .S54 1992
Social sciences abstracts. Quarterly. 1974-: Z 7161 .S651
Social sciences citation index. Triannual. 1956- .: Index Table - Z 7161 .S65
U.S. foreign relations with the Middle East and North Africa: a bibliography.: DS 63.2 .U5 S55 1994g

For individual countries, see the World Bibliographical Series published by ABC-CLIO. You can locate them in CLIO under title World Bibliographical Series, then under country name.

U.S. Government Documents, Lehman Library, has reports on international and domestic affairs published by the United States government, as well as collections of statistical publications from international organizations, and declassified documents.

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