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Key Databases

American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and essays in Religious Studies
Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new window
This reference tool is a key to understanding the world of Islam, including a glossary and index of terms and a historical atlas of Islam.
Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures This link opens in a new window
This encyclopedia crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a reference work reflecting the latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world.
Kotobarabia Arabic eLibrary This link opens in a new window
This Arabic-only database contains a wide range of Arabic content ranging from contemporary novels to national heritage scientific treatises.
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
This is a bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.
Religion and Philosophy Collection This link opens in a new window
This is a portal of database related to philosophy and religion.
Religion Database This link opens in a new window
Full-text, international periodicals for diverse religious and spiritual studies, covering theological studies of major religions, as well as the most recent trends and scholarly thought.

Key Journals

Arab studies journal
Arab Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary research publication in the field of Arab and Middle East Studies
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications.
Contemporary Arab Affairs
The Centre for Arab Unity Studies and our publisher Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the "Content") contained in our publications.
Hawwa: Journal of Women of the Middle East and the Islamic World
The journal, published three times a year, is interdisciplinary and focused on gender issues in the Middle East and the Islamic World.
Hebrew Studies
Founded in 1950, The National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship and academic teaching Hebrew language, literature and culture of all periods, from the biblical era to the immediate present
International journal of Middle East studies
The International Journal of Middle East Studies publishes original research on politics, society, and culture in the Middle East from the seventh century to the present day. The journal also covers Spain, southeast Europe, parts of Africa, South Asia, and the former Soviet Union, as well as other regions, for subjects of relevance to the Middle East. Contributions are welcome from across disciplines, including anthropology, comparative religion, cultural studies, economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, politics, sociology, and theology.
Israel Studies
Israel Studies presents multidisciplinary scholarship on Israeli history, politics, society and culture. Each issue includes essays and documents on issues of broad interest reflecting diverse points of view.
Middle East journal
The Middle East Journal is the oldest peer-reviewed publication dedicated solely to the study of the Middle East. First printed in 1947, the Journal continues to present readers with original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia.

Arab Law Quarterly
The Arab Law Quarterly is indispensable for those concerned in trade with and investment in Arab States, and for corporate and international lawyers, and jurists, both academic and practicing, who are interested in comparative law. Particular subject areas covered include:
- Arab laws in transnational affairs
- commercial law
- Islamic Law (the Shari'a)
- international comparative law
Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law
The Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law is a digital, student-run publication of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Electronic journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law
The Electronic Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (EJIMEL) is a publication by the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Legal Studies (CIMELS) at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in mid-2012, EJIMEL provides a forum for the discussion of legal issues as well as associated political, social, cultural and philosophical topics relating to the Middle East and Islamic world. The journal welcomes timely and original scholarship on Middle Eastern Law, Islamic law, and related topics.
Journal of Islamic Law & Culture
Islamic Law and Society provides a forum for research in the field of classical and modern Islamic law, in Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
Journal of Islamic Law Studies
Subjects: Islamic Law; Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies
Journal of Islamic state practices in international law
The journal covers broadly international law issues which may concern Muslim countries or any aspect of Islamic law.
Islamic Law & Law of the Muslim World
This eJournal distributes working and accepted paper abstracts, providing an interdisciplinary forum for posting works-in-progress, and completed scholarly works on any matter of public or private law, legal theory, legal practice or policy that bears on the modern or pre-modern Muslim world
Islamic law and society
Islamic Law and Society provides a forum for research in the field of classical and modern Islamic law, in Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Islamic Law and Society has established itself as an invaluable resource for the subject both in the private collections of scholars and practitioners as well as in the major research libraries of the world.

Journal of Arabic Literature
The journal publishes literary, critical and historical studies, as well as reviews and bibliographies, on a broad range of Arabic materials – classical and modern, written and oral, poetry and prose, literary and colloquial.
Middle Eastern Literatures
It provides a forum for the academic study of all Middle Eastern literatures. Works on literature composed in, for example, Persian, Turkish, post-Biblical and modern Hebrew, Kurdish, or Urdu are welcomed. Regional literatures of the area, such as the Arabic, French, and Tamazight ("Berber") literature from North Africa, also fall within the scope of the journal.
Arabica
Arabica is a multidisciplinary academic journal with an international editorial board representing various fields of research, specializing in language, literature, history, thought, and civilizations of the Arab speaking world in both a classical and contemporary context.
Ars Orientalis
Ars Orientalis is a peer-reviewed annual volume of scholarly articles and book reviews on the art and archaeology of Asia, including the ancient Near East and the Islamic world. Fostering a broad range of themes and approaches, it is intended for scholars in diverse fields. Occasional thematic volumes are published.
Muqarnas Online
An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.