History 341: The Ottoman Empire
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Selected print reference works
All materials are located in the Reference Collection, Main Floor of the Du Bois Library.
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Islamic world. DS35.53.O96 2009 6v.
Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500. DS35.6R6 1982
The Islamic World: Past & Present. DS35.53.I86 2004 3v.
Cultural Atlas of Islam. DS36.85.A39 1986
Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia DS36.85.M434 2006 2v.
Article databases
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- Academic OneFileA large interdisciplinary collection of scholarly, professional and trade journal articles, 1980-present.
ONLINE REFERENCE SOURCES
- Encyclopaedia of Islam This link opens in a new windowCovers Muslims of every age and land, tribes and dynasties, crafts and sciences, political and religious institutions, and the geography, ethnography, history, topography, and monuments of major towns and cities, encompassing the Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, Indian and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire, and all other Islamic countries.
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