Fully searchable database of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974.
Arab-Israeli Relations, 1917-1970
Fully searchable database of primary source documents from the British National Archives that chronicle the politics, wars, administration, and diplomacy surrounding the Palestine Mandate and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Topics covered include the background to the establishment of the State of Israel, Black September, the Border wars of the 1950s, the British capture of Jerusalem, the Cold War in the Middle East, the formation of the United Arab Republic, Jewish terror groups, and milestones in the Palestine-Zionist tension and their impact on British policy leading to the Partition of 1948.
The Middle East Journal provides original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan and including Central Asia. The journal provides the background necessary for an understanding and appreciation of the region’s political and economic development, cultural heritage, and ethnic and religious diversity. - publisher’s blurb.
Orientalistische Literaturzeitung
“Orientalistische Literaturzeitung” (OLZ) is the oldest international review of the entire field of Oriental studies. Founded in 1898, the journal widened it’s profile according to the development of research and takes into consideration all epochs. In articles and reviews recent monographs of the entire field of Oriental studies are critically discussed. - publisher’s blurb.
(Available on the Evanston campus only.)
Also known as Academia Sinica. Scipta Sinica, in Taiwan, is the largest full-text database for the study of pre-modern China. It has detailed original texts of nearly 300 multi-volume sets containing thousands of titles in first hand sources up to 220,000,000 Chinese characters.
Government Grand Storehouse of Records = 内阁大库档案
Also know as the Grand Secretariat Archive. This database provides keyword (responsible official, title, matter, document number) searching and full text images of over 300,000 documents from the Qing dynasty Grand Secretariat archives held in Taiwan by the Institute of History and Philology.
Aimed at researchers and practitioners of Asian medicine in Asia as well as in Western countries. Contains essays that explore the historical, anthropological, sociological and philological dimensions of Asian medicine as well as practice reports from clinicians based in Asia and in Western countries.
The goal of this journal is to become an intellectual voice on the current issues of international economics and economic policy based on comprehensive and in-depth analyses, with a primary focus on Asia.
Eastern Christian Art is devoted to studies in Christian art and archaeology in the Middle East. Its aim is to present studies about the Christian material culture in countries of the Middle East within a broad, interdisciplinary context, including Late Antique, Byzantine, Islamic, and crusader elements.
Northwestern University Library has purchased 2100 volumes of Chinese e-books covering a variety of subject areas. The online publisher, SuperStar Digital Library, has an extensive collection of books published since 1949. The database offers various search and browse options.
Individual records for each e-book will be put into the Library’s NUcat catalog.
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