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Reference Resources

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Yearbooks etc.

Politics and international relations resource
A fully-searchable and cross-referenced database from Routledge Reference Resources. It includes over 30 reference books published by Routledge, such as Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities; Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics; The Terrorism Reader.
Index Islamicus (1976/80-1981/85; 1995+)
  SREF 297.05/1
The Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East 1991
  SREF920.056/2
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa 1988
  SREF956/93
Dictionary of Modern Political Ideologies 1987
  SREF320.503/1
Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas 1973
  SREF901.9/112 /(1-5)
Dictionary of the Middle East 1996
  SREF956.003/2A
Encyclopaedia  Judaica 1971-1972
  SREF956.94003/12 /(1-16)
Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts 1979
  SREF296.03/4
Encyclopedia of Nationalism Louis L. Snyder 1990
  SREF320.5408/258
Encyclopedia of Nationalism Athena S. Leoussi, editor 2001
  SREF320.5403/1
Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem 1991
  SREF956.94/88 /(1-2)
Encyclopedia of World Cultures 1991-1996
  SREF306.03/1/(1),(2),(6),(7)
Facts on File
[Weekly World News Digest with a cumulative index.
Useful for establishing sequence of events]
  SREF305/7
Historical Dictionary of Israel 1992
  SREF956.94003/13
Historical Dictionary of Judaism 1998
  SREF296.03/7
An Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1996
  SREF327.56940174/5
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
[A 26 volume encyclopedia with substantial articles on topics, eg the Middle East, Nationalism, including one on Zionism]
  SREF300.3/13/(1-26)
Keesings Record of World Events 1987+
[Good summary of the contemporary record of events around the globe]
  SREF909.8205/1
Kingdoms of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa : an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruling Monarchs from Ancient Times to the Present 1986
  SQ909.09811/3
The Middle East: a Political Dictionary Rev. ed. c1992
  SREF956.003/1A
The Middle East and North Africa 1983+
[Very good summaries of countries of the Middle East & North Africa. Brief history, economy, statistical survey etc]
  SREF915.6005/1 Current edition held in the Reference Collection
The New Encyclopedia of Judaism 2002
  SREF296.03/5 A
The Political Dictionary of Modern Middle East 1995
  SREF956.003/3
Political Dictionary of the State of Israel 2nd ed. 1993
  SREF320.95694/14 A
The Middle East: a Political Dictionary Rev. ed. 1992
  SREF956.003/1A
Political Dictionary of the Arab world 1987
  SREF320.956/23A
Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa: a biographical dictionary 1990
  SREF920.056/1
The United States in the Middle East : a historical dictionary 1988
  SREF303.48273056/2
An A to Z of the Middle East 1990
SREF956/107
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world. 2004
SREF909.097671/39/(1-2)

Historical Atlases

Historical Atlas of the Middle East 1993
  PQ911.56/4
The Dent Atlas of Jewish history 5th ed. 1993
  PATREF912.1974924/1A
Atlas of the Biblical world 1983, c1982
  G220.9/RHY/1
The Middle East Today : an atlas of reproducible pages 1989
  PATREF912.56/4
Atlas of the Middle East 1988
  PATREF912.56/3
The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa 1987
  PATREF912.56/2, 2A
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land 1915
  SF911.3945/1
Oxford Regional Economic Atlas 1956, 1971
  RQ330.9/1, 2, 3, 4, 5 [ask at the Loans Desk, Level 2]
Atlas of the Arab world and the Middle East 1960
  SQ912.86/1
An atlas of Middle Eastern affairs 1964
  S956/20
Jewish History Atlas Rev. ed. 1977, 1976
  SREF912.1974924/1
Issues in the Middle East 1973
  PATREF912.56/1