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Please note that some encyclopedias are in the LOWER LEVEL's ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES REF. and others are in the Ref. collection on the 3rd floor and one is in another Reference collection location on the 3rd floor: LAU Pierce Reading Room
Call Number: LAU Ref Arabic & Islamic Studies PJ7510 .B7 and PJ 7510 .B7 Suppl.
Publication Date: 1937
Brockelmann Online consists of both the original 2 volume Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) by Carl Brockelmann (1868-1956), as well as the three supplement volumes, including the indexes. IT IS FULL-TEXT SEARCHABLE.
GAL offers bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on the classical period. The multi-volume reference work is divided in chronologically organized sections, which are subdivided by literary genre. Individual entries typically consist of a biographical section and a list of the author's works in manuscript and print, with references to secondary literature. The following guides may be helpful: "Using the GAL and Introduction to GAL" by J.J.Witkam. See the "Transliteration table for Brill Online" to see how words in Arabic & other Islamic languages (in non-roman scripts) are romanized. Best to use Brockelmann Online in conjunction with the print edition. There are sets in 2 locations: LAU Arabic & Islamic Studies (ref. collection on Lower Level) AND in LAU Stacks PJ
See guide to use of print edition: http://mela.us/MELANotes/brockelmann.pdf
Call Number: LAU Ref Arabic and Islamic Studies DS35.53 .E53 1987
Publication Date: 1913-1936
Also known as EI1 (EI One), this 9 vol. set (reprinted in 1987) is still very useful, as it contains state-of-the-art articles for the time it was published. Compare articles in EI1 and EI2 and EI3 (See Encyclopaedia of Islam Online above).
ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE & this is the most up-to-date version.
"Dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. The academic reference work will eventually cover all aspects of Iranian history and culture as well as all Iranian languages and literatures, facilitating the whole range of Iranian studies research from archeology to political sciences."
Call Number: LAU Ref Arabic and Islamic Studies BP40 .E524 2008
An abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world, Encyclopaedia Islamica is projected to be a 16-volume publication. Focused on Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage, which makes it complementary to other encyclopedias. In addition to providing entries on important themes, including not only the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, but the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition. Sister titles: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an. For Persian original in print, see: Dāʼirat al-maʻārif-i buzurg-i Islāmī LAU Stacks PJ BP193.5 .D35 1989
The major scholarly encyclopedia in Islamic & Middle Eastern studies, this is a multi-volume work containing signed articles on all aspects of the Islamic world: religious, biographical, historical, and social.
Also in print at call number:
LAU Ref Arabic and Islamic Studies DS37 .E523
Short bibliographies of classical works accompany signed articles. Many articles in the new editions (EI2 & EI3) have been revised and updated. The second edition is now complete. EI3 is in progress. See Transliteration table for Brill Online to see how Arabic (etc.) words are romanized. The first edition, now published as E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, is also useful. Sister titles: Encyclopaedia of Islam Three (EI3), Encyclopaedia Islamica (in progress), Encyclopedia of the Qur'an.
Newest edition of Ency. of Islam (still in progress). Edited by Gudrun Kramer, et al.
"with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship... The new scope includes comprehensive coverage of Islam in the twentieth century and of Muslim minorities all over the world."
See Transliteration table for Brill Online to see how words in Arabic & other non-roman script languages are romanized.
All Brill encyclopedias (EI2, EI3, Ency. of the Qur'an, Ency. Islamica, Ency. of Women & Islamic Cultures, Ency. of Jews in the Islamic World, etc.) can be searched at one time by selecting "all titles" on the search page; to limit your search to only one title, select "this title".
Almost 1,000 entries cover the concepts, personalities, place names, and cultural history of the Qur'an. Includes extended essays on the most important themes of Qur'anic studies. Print edition complete in 6 vols. See Transliteration table for Brill Online (http://0-www.brillonline.nl.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscriber/uid=1939/help?id=transliteration) to see how Arabic, etc. words are romanized. Continuously updated in electronic version. Sister titles: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopaedia Islamica
Call Number: ONLINE and LAU Ref Arabic and Islamic Studies PJ6031 .E5 2006
ISBN: 9004149732
Publication Date: 2005-2009
A 5-volume work, the Encyclopedia covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic and deals with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic). Many articles authored by Georgetown faculty. Vol. 5 is Index. The electronic version will be continuously updated.
See Transliteration table for Brill Online (http://0-www.brillonline.nl.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscriber/uid=1939/help?id=transliteration) to see how words in Arabic & other non-roman script languages are romanized.
All Brill encyclopedias (EI2, EI3, Ency. of the Qur'an, Ency. Islamica, Ency. of Women & Islamic Cultures, Ency. of Jews in the Islamic World, etc.) can be searched at one time by selecting "all titles" on the search page; to limit your search to only one title, select "this title".
Call Number: LAU Ref Arabic & Islamic Studies PJ7510 .B7 1943 AND LAU Stacks PJ PJ7510 .B7 1943
Publication Date: 1937
See full explanation under Brockelmann Online above. Note that the main work (2 vols.) is available only in the SECOND edition and the Supplement (PJ7510 .B7 1943 Suppl.) is available only in its FIRST edition and for that reason, the pagination in the main work is confusing; see "Using the GAL and Introduction to GAL" by J.J.Witkam in BROCKELMANN ONLINE (above)
See guide to use of print edition here: http://mela.us/MELANotes/brockelmann.pdf
General Encyclopedias of Language, Linguistics & Literature
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 full-text works of English and American poetry, drama, and fiction with complementary criticism, reference resources, and websites. Includes over 800 clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work.
Allows you to:
--search both the MLA International Bibliography and the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, with links to full-text articles from over 200 literature journals.
--find a list of works by or about a particular author
--search simultaneously across primary works and secondary sources
--access 1,550 author biographies
Includes full-text databases such as African-American Poetry, Twentieth-Century American Poetry, Early English Prose Fiction, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, English Drama, English Poetry.
Includes reference sources such as The Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English, Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism, Encyclopedia of the Novel, New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature, the King James Bible, and Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
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Encyclopædia iranica by 
Encyclopaedia Islamica
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an (EQ) by 
Encyclopedia of Arabic Language & Linguistics by 
Encyclopedia of Arabic literature by 
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