Key Digital Collections Online
Also see the library's Guide to History--Primary sources--Middle East.
- 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World WarLearn about the seminal events that shaped the modern Middle East.
- Digital National Security Archive (Proquest) This link opens in a new windowFounded by journalists and scholars, the National Security Archive promotes open government by acting as a clearinghouse for declassified information. Primary source materials: declassified government documents, chronologies, images, bibliographies, and explanatory essays on topics related to national security.
- ArchNet.org (Aga Khan Trust for Culture/MIT)Images of architectural monuments and other artifacts of visual culture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design in the Muslim world. Includes individual architects' archives, photography from the Harvard Middle East Collection, and music from the Paul Bowles collection.
- Maktaba ShamelaThis site hosts a downloadable library of hundreds of works of Classical Arabic literature, including works on history, geography, and science, as well as texts on Islamic law, hadeeth, and the Qur'an. The site is intended to be a comprehensive collection of the famous, classical texts of Islamic civilization. A mobile version is available on iTunes.
- Ottoman History PodcastKeep up with new developments from researchers in the field of Ottoman studies.
This podcast series is supported by Georgetown University and other U.S., European, and Turkish educational and private institutions. - Perseus Arabic (Tufts University)Includes several interpretations of the Qur'an, lexicons, and dictionaries.
Center for Research Libraries
- Center for Research Library Middle East Collections: OverviewCRL’s collection of Middle Eastern-related material encompasses significant runs of newspapers from every country, dissertations on the Arab world and Islam, monographs and serials acquired through early deposit, and archival and microform sets of primary source content such as Department of State and British Colonial Office Records.
The NU Libraries are a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), an international group of research libraries that preserves and makes available to scholars critical primary source materials. CRL acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, and records from all over the world. As a member, Northeastern provides you with CRL's vast collection.
Most Middle East materials at CRL are not yet digitized, so they must be ordered in advance to allow for time to ship. Use ILLiad to request CRL materials on loan.
Key CRL Resources in Middle Eastern Studies:
- Middle East Microform Project (MEMP)Since its inception, MEMP has acquired approximately 100 historical newspaper titles in Arabic, Turkish, and English, including a large collection of Sudanese and Turkish papers. Other projects include the microfilming of a large pamphlet file of materials on the Middle East at the Library of Congress and the microfilming of the Cosro Chaqeri Collection of Iranian Left-wing Materials.