Library Guides @ VIU: History: Middle East

Middle East History: Selected News Sources

ABYZ News Links
"The most extensive newspaper and news media guide on the Internet."
world-newspapers.com
"World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English"
Middle East/Africa News Information Sources | LexisNexis Academic
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al-Jazeera al-Arabia
Coverage: 2002/01/01 to 2003/06/30
Google News, Israeli English edition
Newspaper Map
Through a map interface, find and translate newspapers worldwide, including historical papers.
Non-English Language - Middle East and Africa Stories | LexisNexis Academic
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Middle East History: Finding Articles

These databases of journal and news articles can be searched either through LibrarySearch or directly through the links below.

America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Index to secondary literature with some full text coverage and linking to external full text sources.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary, full text, scholarly journal archive with strong retrospective coverage.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database with full text journal articles, including peer-reviewed titles.
Globe and Mail (June 1844 - 3 years ago): ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Electronic full-page newspaper archive of The Globe and Mail from June 1844. Coverage includes all the stories, plus thousands of images, advertisements, classifieds, political cartoons, births and deaths from more than 1.4 million pages of Canada's National Newspaper, dating back to the pre-confederation era.

Middle East History: Selected Library Resources

Middle East History | Films on Demand

Europa World This link opens in a new window
Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Middle East History: Selected Internet Resources

LibrarySearch: Find articles, books and more

The West and the Middle East: Selected Reference Sources

Middle East Historiographies by Israel Gershoni
Publication Date: 2006
Cities of the Middle East and North Africa by Janet L. Abu-Lughod et al.
Call Number: HT 147.5 C574 2007
Nanaimo
Political and Economic Dictionary of the Middle East by David Seddon
Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East by Richard W. Bulliet (Editor) et al.
Call Number: DS 43 E53 1996 V.1-4 Nanaimo
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa by Trevor Mostyn (Editor); Albert H. Hourani (Editor)
Call Number: DS 44 C37
Publication Date: 1988

Middle East History: Suggested Search Terms

Selected search terms for the Middle East:

middle eastern history

international relations

international law

islam

foreign policy

middle eastern studies

palestinians

arab israeli relations

nationalism

territorial issues

religious history

arabs

terrorism

muslims

imperialism

jews

zionism

middle eastern literature

islamic studies

minority & ethnic groups

colonialism

middle east

islamism

judaic studies

religion & politics

islamic culture

kurds

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