Penn State University Libraries - HIST 302: Cairo Research Resources

• Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt, Call # DT97.G65 2000, Arts & Humanities, 2nd Floor Pattee
• Encyclopaedia of Islam
• Gale Virtual Reference Library, includes “Encyclopedia of Religion”, “Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East”, and Encyclopedia Judaica”
• Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, Call # DS35.53 O95 2009, Arts & Humanities, 2nd Floor Pattee
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Call # DT58.O94 2001, Arts and Humanities Ref. Desk, 2nd Floor Pattee

• DATABASES BY TITLE (A-Z LIST)
• FIND DATABASES BY SUBJECT

Index Islamicus
The primary scholarly index in the field. Covers works published since 1906 in English, European and Turkish language sources in all subject areas (Art, History, Music, Politics, etc…)

Historical Abstracts
Use to find scholarship on World History published since 1954 in about 1,000 journals.

Index to Jewish Periodicals
Guide to English-language scholarship in more than 160 journals devoted to Jewish affairs.

International Medieval Bibliography
Use to find articles and other materials dealing with the period from 400 to 1500AD. Focuses on Europe.

ITER; Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Use to find information on topics pertaining to the period 400 to 1700AD.

Periodicals Index Online
Provides table of contents for back volumes of thousands of scholarly journals. Coverage begins with the first issue of a publication. Use to discover earlier scholarship that may not be covered by other databases.

Google Scholar
Scans the contents of a handful of the more than 400 databases the library has. It can be very convenient, but use it as a complement to library searches, not a replacement.

History Cooperative, JSTOR, Project Muse, Periodical Archive Online provide full-text of selected history journals. Search each database to see which titles they include and the years. The Scholarly Databases listed above often contain links to articles in these full-text journals.

News and Magazine Articles (Historical Databases)

• American Periodicals Series, 1741-1940+, (1,000+ magazines)
• America’s Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922
• British Newspapers, 1600-1900
• British Periodicals (from the 17th to the early 20th Century)
• New York Times Digital Archive, 1851- (current years on Proquest)
• Times of London, 1785-1985 (for a British perspective)
• Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2003

For more news, including current news sources, see our Newspapers page.

A Few More Resources

• ArtSTOR
• Empire Online
• Music Audio
• Play Index (use to identify plays about Egypt), Call #Z5781 .P53, Arts & Humanities Desk 2nd Floor Pattee
• Short Story Index (Use to identify short stories about Egypt), Call #Z5917.S5 C61, Arts & Humanities Desk, 2nd Floor Pattee
• Women’s History Online, 1543-1943 (early books and periodicals)