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Arabic and Islamic Studies

Your guide to Arabic and Islamic Studies resources at the University of Melbourne Library.

Introduction

This subject guide highlights some key discipline resources to get you started with study and research. 

Encyclopedias

Arabic sources

Books

To find books on a particular subject, use a keyword search on the Library Catalogue. For example:

 

cultural anthropology

Medieval history

creative writing

Australian politics

 

Keyword searching often retrieves a large number of results. These four techniques can help you focus your search:

 

AND

Narrows your search

E.g. medieval AND history

OR

Expands your search

E.g. climate OR weather

 

" "

Searches for an exact phrase

E.g. "social theory"

*

searches for variant endings

E.g. innovat* = innovation, innovations, innovators

 

The video below (3:47 mins) explains how you can use these advanced search techniques to quickly find relevant books and ebooks in the catalogue:

 

You can also find books on similar topics through the subject headings in item records. Click on  these headings to view related subjects around your area and the all the books that the library has related to that subject. The image below shows where you can find subject headings.

 

 

Screenshot of how to use subject headings in the library catalogue

Looking for a book and we don't have it or it's not on our shelves?

 

Inter-library Loans

Are you a graduate student or staff member? You can request books and journal articles through Inter-library Loans.

Visit the ILL website for more info.

Logo of CAVAL

A CAVAL card allows you to borrow from other Unis and TAFES. Visit the CAVAL website to find out how to sign up for a CAVAL card.

You can then use the Trove website to see which library has the book you want.

 

Databases and journals

Use databases to search across many academic resources (including peer-reviewed journals) at the same time. 

Refer to the A-Z Ejournals and Databases page for a comprehensive list of available resources. 

Core Arts and Humanities databases (try these first):

The selection of multidisciplinary databases below will retrieve results from different subject areas. 

Arabic and Islamic Studies-specific databases:
For more focused results try searching in one of these subject-specific databases.

Theses

Referencing and citing

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