Arabic & Islamic Studies

A multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together seminal works and archival materials related to worldwide religious thinkers from the early 1900s until the first decade of the 21st century.

Volume II focuses on modern Islamic theology and tradition and details Islam’s evolution from the late 19th century by examining printed works and rare documents by Muslim writers, both non-Western and Western voices.

Combined searching for encyclopedias in Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL). Cross-search these major encyclopedias: Contemporary American Religion (2v, 1999); Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd Ed. (22v, 2007); Encyclopedia of American Religions (7th Ed., 2003); Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2v, 2004); Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Ed. (10v, 2006); Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Ed. (15v, 2005); New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed. (15v, 2003); New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume (2nd Ed., 2000).

Offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.7 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers.

Searchable full-text journal backfile collection. Individual titles are listed in the E-Journals A-Z.

Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,500 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, and dissertations.