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Islamic Studies Resources: Background

Finding Encyclopedias in Library Catalog

The encyclopedias below represent a sampling of what's available at Vanderbilt. For a more comprehensive list, browse to the library catalog, enter the terms islam encyclopedias in the search field, choose "VU Collections," and do your search.

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For help with any of the resources on this guide, contact Chris Benda (Divinity) or Jason Schultz (Central).

"Youth And Dervish In Conversation," ca.1590 (Safavid Period). (Source: the Online Gallery of the Agha Khan Museum)

Encyclopedias (A Sampling)

Encyclopædia Iranica Online
Encyclopaedia Islamica by F. Daftary (Ed.); W. Madelung (Ed.)
ISBN: 9789004168602

Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd. Ed.) by P. Bearman
Publication Date: 1960–2005
Encyclopedia of Islam (3rd ed.) by Marc Gaborieau (Ed.); Gudrun Krämer (Ed.); John Nawas (Editor); Everett Rowson (Ed.)
ISBN: 9789004150171

Publication Date: 2007-
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World by Richard C. Martin
ISBN: 0028659120

Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World by Norman Stillman (Ed.)
ISBN: 9004176780

Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'an by J. D. McAuliffe (Ed.)
ISBN: 9004114653

Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures by Suad Joseph (Ed.)
ISBN: 9004128182

Publication Date: 2006-
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World by John L. Esposito (Ed.)
Call Number: Divinity Library (Subject Study Area 3) DS35.53 .O96 2009

ISBN: 9780195305135

Publication Date: 2009
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Publication Date: 2007-

An Historical Atlas of Islam

An Historical Atlas of Islam by Hugh Kennedy (Ed.)
ISBN: 9004122354

Publication Date: 2001

New Cambridge History of Islam

The New Cambridge History of Islam by Chase F. Robinson (Ed.)
ISBN: 0521838231

Publication Date: 2010

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