 Index Islamicus 
- Multi Data Online -- article index to Arabic newspapers and periodicals
- Encyclopedia of Islam
- Oxford dictionary of Islam
- Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures
- Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
- Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: the Middle East
- MENA Contents (Univ. of Halle Library) - Table of contents of over 120 academic journals relating to Middle East studies
- MERIA Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East
- The Dayan Center Bibliographical Database (The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University)
- RAMBI - Current Contents of Periodicals on the Middle East
- OACIS for the Middle East (Yale Univ. Library) - "A union list of serials from or about the Middle East ... [found] in libraries in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East"
- Arabic Union Catalog
- MSA-USC Qur'an Database
- Online Hadith Encyclopedia Database
- A Shi'ite Encyclopedia
- A Selective Bibliography of Hadith Studies -- by Benham and others
- The Islamic Timeline (Princeton Univ.)
- Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts (MSA, USC)
- The Institute of Ismaili Studies Glossary of Ismaili terminology
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Bibliography by Topic of the Mathematical Sciences in the Medieval Islamic World (Univ. of Indiana)
- Middle East Maps (Government 46) (Dartmouth College)
- Ancient Maps of Jerusalem (Jewish National and University Library)
- Foreign Governments: Middle East and North Africa (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center) - constitutions, elections, official government sites
- Calendar converters
- Islamic Calendar Conversion Sites (U. of Michigan) - actually more than Islamic calendars; also includes Coptics, Jewish, and Baha'i
- Khayam: A Persian Calendar Program
- Calendar Converters - extensive page for conversions of Persian, Hebrew, Islamic, Bah'ai calendars
- The Islamic Calendar - (Calendars through the Ages)
- The Jewish Calendar - (Calendars through the Ages)
- Other In-Use Calendars - Ethiopian, Persian, Balinese, and Baha'i calendars (Calendars through the Ages)
- Other Ancient Calendars - includes Babylonian and Egyptian calendars (Calendars through the Ages)
- Encyclopaedia Iranica (Center for Iranian Studies, Columbia Univ.) - The free version of EI; need to download special fonts before you can search
- Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (ArchNet)
- Mamluk Bibliography (Middle East Documentation Center, Univ. of Chicago) - Bibliographies of primary sources relating to the Mamluks
- The Chicago Online Encyclopedia of Mamluk Studies(University of Chicago, MEDOC)
- Ottoman Bibliography Edited by Ramazan Acun, Bahaeddin Yediyildiz, and Halil Inalcik. (Haceteppe Univ.)
- Language Dictionaries
- Online Arabic Vocabulary (AlBuraq)
Arabic to English Translation
English to Arabic Translation
Arabic Vocabulary
- A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary by F.J. Steingass (Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Project)- The standard Persian-English dictionary, originally published in 1892, still in use and considered basic for the study of Persian
- Aryanpour's Persian Online Dictionary
- Online English - Persian Dictionary (Columbia Univ.)
- Online Hebrew Dictionary - Milon Morfix = Milon Morfiks (Milon Morfix Co.)
- Turkish Electronic Living Lexicon (TELL) - version 1.0 (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley)
- A Dictionary of the Pukhto, Pushto or Language of the Afghans by H.G. Raverty (Digital Dictionaries of South Asia)
- A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts (Digital Dictionaries of South Asia)
- English-Urdu Dictionary by Waseem Siddiqi
- Lexikon der Syrischen Kirchvaeter (LSKV) Lexicon of the Syrian Church Fathers (Univ. of Goettingen)
- The Checklist of Arabic Documents - "Bibliography of editions of Arabic documentary texts - on papyrus, paper, parchment, leather, ostraca, wood, stone and bone - in monographs and articles...."
- The International Directory of Middle East Scholars (IDMES)(Columbia Univ.) - Self-submitted entries which vary greatly in details and currency. You will find brief information on many Middle East academics here, but there are many others who will not be found.
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- MENALIB: AL-MISBAH (Univ. of Halle Library) - ancient and modern Middle East
- MENIC : Middle East Network Information Center (U. of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies) - part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library - ancient and modern Middle East
- MENA: Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide (Prof. Joseph Roberts, Univ. Of Utah) - ancient and modern Middle East; includes all regional religions
- ASSR: Arab Social Science Research (ASSR organization) - modern Middle East; social sciences
- Al-Khazina (Princeton University)- "an interactive database for the study of Islamic Culture, particularly in the early centuries"
- Arabic Literature(Cornell University Library) - Collection of texts and articles on Arabic literature. Primarily includes modern literary authors
- Jehat al-Shi'r - Arabic poetry
- al-Waraq -- classical Arabic texts in Arabic. Registration is required.
- Persopedia - Works by classical and modern Persian authors
- Iransaga - Persian literature
- Islam - Islamic Studies (Prof. Alan Godlas, Univ. of Georgia) - emphasis on Islamic Studies, but some on modern Middle East
- CIMEL: Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials on the Net (U. of London, School of Oriental and African Studies) - part of the World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Virtual Religion Index: Islamic Studies (Rutgers Univ. Religion Dept.) - Islam; includes links to basic texts
- Islam in Comparative Context: Online Resources (UC Berkeley, ORIAS) - developed for K-12 outreach, but some good online text sources of interest to all (e.g. "Islam in America" and "Women and Islam")
- ISLAW (Univ. of Leipzig)
- al-Islam - Islamic texts
- The Islamic World to 1600 (Univ. of Calgary) -- a tutorial
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Islam Qur'an, Hadith, and others
- Overview of World Religions: Islam (Univ. College of St. Martin, U.K.)
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Zoroastrianism The Zend-Avesta, and others
- Overview of World Religions: Zoroastrianism (Univ. College of St. Martin, U.K.)
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Judaism Tanakh, Talmud, and others
- Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory - WWW Virtual Library
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Baha'i Kitab-i Aqdas, and others
- Baha'i Library Online
- For Middle East government sites see InfoSurf's Research in Government Information - In-Depth: Foreign Governments
- Harvard University Islamic Finance Project (IFP). HIFIP iData Bank
- Turath.org
- Institute du Monde arabe
- Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (Fordham University)
- Electronic Middle East Sourcebook (EMES)
- MENIC News and Media (U. of Texas Center for Middle Eastern Studies) - probably the most comprehensive site for links to Middle East newspapers and media in all languages of the region and English and French
- Aswaat Arabiyya - Learn media Arabic by listening to actual broadcasts
- Arabic Newspapers in the British Library - Listing of all print Arabic newspapers held in the British Library; eventually will include journals
- The Jewish Press Site - (Tel-Aviv University)
- See Online Newspapers - Arabic and Persian, Hebrew, and Turkish
- See also Paperboy - Most extensive site for Middle East and Central Asian Newspapers and The Middle East Information Network - Not as many papers as Paperboy, but includes some not on Paperboy site
Many newspapers and other media are available by searching LexisNexis Academic
- The Peshitta (Peshitta.org)
- The Noble Quran -- Arabic text with English translations by Shakir and Yusufali; English commentary by Pooya
- The Noble Qur'an (MSA, USC) - Three English translations by Yusuf Ali, Pickthall, and Shakir. Commentary by Maududi
- The Koran (U. of Michigan Humanities Text Initiative) - English translation by Shakir
- Sunnah and Hadith (MSA, USC)
- ALTAFSIR.COM - English translation of Tafsir al-Jalalayn and Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas
- al-Mizan: an Exegesis of the holy Qur'an by Muhammad Husayn Tabatab'i
- Digital Library of Arabic Heritage Books (al-Hakawati)
- Women in Islamic Societies: a Selected Review of Social Scientific Literature -- report prepared November 2005 by Priscilla Offenhauer for the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (.pdf)
- Basic Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture (Harvard Fine Arts Library) - call numbers refer to Fine Arts collection
- The Gulistan of Sa'di -- translated by Sir Edwin Arnold
- Alf Layla wa Layla (A thousand Nights and a Night)--selected tales translated by Andrew Lang and Sir Richard Burton
- al-Mu'allaqat (The Hanged Poems)--translated by F.E. Johnson; includes only Imru'al-ays, Antar, and Zuhayr
- Atlas al-Mu'allaqat--atlas of places mentioned in the Mu'allaqat. In Arabic
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- Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) Collection of Ethnography. Full texts related to individual world cultures. New titles are added regularly.
- Arab Americans
- Arab Canadians
- Baluchi
- Ghorbat
- Hazara
- Israelis
- Karakalpaks
- Kurds
- Kyrgyz
- Libyan Bedouin
- North American Armenian
- Nuer
- Palestinians
- Pamir Peoples
- Pashtun
- Shluh
- Somali
- Tajiks
- Turkmens
- Turks
- Uzbeks
- Yemenis
- Country Studies (Library of Congress). Regularly updated with profiles.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- The Arab Population, 2000: Census 2000 Brief. From the U.S. Census Bureau. (.pdf)
- Manuscript Catalogs to the Middle Eastern collections at the Bibliotheque nationale -- full text online catalogs by language
- Middle East and Islamic World Filmography (Univ. of North Carolina Library) - documentary and feature films
- A Survey Catalogue and Brief Critical History of Iranian Feature Film, 1896-1975 (Univ. of Washington)
- AMEWS Pedagogy Corner - collection of syllabuses for courses of study on Middle Eastern women
- Manuscript Collections
- Timbuktu Manuscript Project
- Ancient Arabic Manuscripts at the American University of Beirut Libraries
- Caro Minasian Collection of Arabic & Persian Manuscripts - (UCLA Library)
- Writings of Maimonides: Manuscripts and Early Print Editions (Jewish National and University Library)
- Haddad Manuscript Collection (Wellcome Library, U.K.)
- Sound Collections
- Arabic Wax Cylinder Collection at UCSB Special Collections
- Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries - Middle East and North Africa music
- Uysal-Walker archive of Turkish Oral Narrative (Turk Oykuler Sandigi) - (Texas Technical Univ. Library, Special Collections)
- Image Collections
- MideastImage -- historical photographs, postcards, etc.
- Discover Islamic Art -- from the Museum with No Frontiers, exhibits from Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa
- Guide to the E.W. Blatchford Collection of Photographs (AUB, Jafet Library) - A rich collection of 19th century photographs predominantly of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel, and Egypt
- Matson Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
- Abdul-Hamid Collection (Library of Congress)
- Ancient Near East Photographs (University of Washington Libraries) - Modern and ancient sites
- The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs (NYPL)
- The Francis Frith Collection (George Eastman House)
- Middle East Photograph Archive (University of Chicago Library)
- Afghanistan: The Harrison Forman Collection (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries)
- Levantine Mirage (Griffith Institute, Oxford University)
- Middle East Photographs from the Royal Geographical Society
- State of Israel National Photo Collection
- Saudi Aramco World Digital Image Archive
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive - digital archive of 19th and early 20th century Western-Middle East interaction
- The Arab Image Foundation collection
- Middle East Photograph Album from the Online Archive of California (OAC)
- ArchNet Digital Library -"...an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations." A growing collection of Middle Eastern images. Free, but you must register and agree to follow the rules.
- Poster Collection of the American University of Beirut Jafet Library "Political posters collected between the 1960s and the 1980s"
- Darat al-Funun (Shoman Foundation) - Collective exhibition of Arabi artists
- ArteEast Virtual Gallery - Middle East art exhibits
- Arab Theatrical Arts Guild -- includes video clips
- Shahnama Project (Cambridge Univ.) - Lists manuscripts of the Shahnamah located throughout the world; many of them have been digitized
- Princeton Shahnama Project (Princeton Univ.)
- JIC: Jews of Islamic Countries Archiving Project - (Tel-Aviv University)
- Andalusia (New York Univ.) -- virtual classroom
- The Gulf 2000 Project (Columbia University)
- Digital National Security Archive - Includes collectons on Middle East
- The Afghanistan Digital Library(New York Univ.) -- digitized versions of works published in Afghanistan between 1870 and 1030
- History from Below in the Ottoman Empire and the Modern Middle East: an Archive (Binghamton Univ.) --documents and photographs from a website devoted to the economic (especially labor) and social history of the late Ottoman and early modern Middle East
- MEDU: Middle East Documentation Unit (Durham Univ. Library) - modern Middle East - politics, economics, and society
- ECAI Iraq (ECAI) - digital resources on all aspects of Iraqi history and culture from ancient to modern times
- GOLD: Genizah Online Database (Cambridge Univ. Library)
- The Princeton Geniza Project (Princeton Univ.)
- Economic History of the Ottoman Empire (University of Connecticut)
- Foundation of Iranian Studies Resources --resources include THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IRAN (in Persian), Library & Pahlavi Archives, Legal Documents, and the FIS Online Oral History Collection (requires registration)
- The Gertrude Bell Project (Newcastle Univ. Library)
- H-Bahai - Shaykhi, Babi, and Baha'i studies. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Gender-MidEast - Gender issues in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Islamart History of Islamic art and architecture. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Judaic - Jewish Studies Network (JSN). HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Levant - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian territories, Jordan, and parts of Turkey. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-MediterraneanMediterranean region history. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Mideast-Medieval - 500-1500. HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Mideast Politics - HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- H-Turk - HNet-Humanities and Social Sciences Online hosted by MSU
- Sephardi Mizrahi Studies Caucus Discussion List
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