Islamic history

See also

• Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica subject guide
• Religions subject guide
  

All users on-campus; SOAS students and staff only off-campus

• • Brill Online Reference Works
    Includes Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an and Brockelmann Online
    On campus use / Off campus use
  • Cambridge Histories Online
    Contains Cambridge History of Islam & Cambridge New History of Islam
    On campus use / Off campus use
  • Index Islamicus
    Bibliographic databases of books and articles etc. about the Muslim World, published since 1906
    On campus use / Off campus use
  • Middle East and Central Asian Studies (MECAS)
    Bibliographic database providing access to a wide range of material relating to the study of the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa
    On campus use / Off campus use
  • Oxford Bibliographies
    Select Islamic Studies. Combines the functions of a research level encyclopedia and a bibliography.
    On campus use / Off campus use
  • Oxford Islamic Studies
    Access to a wide range of Oxford University Press publications on Islam and the Islamic World.
    On campus use / Off campus use

Web Resources

• • Digital Islam Theses
    JISC-funded project giving access to over 900 UK PhD theses on Islamic studies via ETHOS. Registration with ETHOS is required (free)
  • Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
    From Fordham University (New York) – essays, articles, extracts and commentary on the history of Islam and the Islamic World
  • Islamic culture and the medical arts
    An online exhibition on the history and development of Islamic from the U.S. National Library of Medicine, including a bibliography of additional readings.
  • Muslims & Medical History
    Selected papers and articles on the history of medicine in the Islamic world