New E-Resources at Northwestern

Al-Qantara

Al-Qanṭara está dedicada a la civilización del Islam clásico (hasta el siglo XVII incluido) con especial atención al Occidente islámico. Se publica en forma de dos fascículos anuales de unas 250 páginas cada uno. Una sección monográfica aparece en el segundo fascículo de cada año. – Publisher’s blurb.

Al-Qanṭara is dedicated to the civilization of the classic Islam (through the 17th century) with special attention to the Islamic West. Each is published in the form of two annual fascicles of 250 pages. A monographic section appears in the second fascicle of every year. – Publisher’s blurb.

China Doctor / Master’s Dissertation Databases

(Zhongguo you xiu bo shuo shi xue wei lun wen quan wen shu ju ku)

(中國優秀博碩士學位論文全文數據庫 )

Doctor dissertations, English interface.

Doctor dissertations, Chinese interface.

Master dissertations, English interface.

Master dissertations, Chinese interface.

China Doctor/Master Dissertations Full-text Database is the most comprehensive, highest quality database of dissertations and theses in China.  CDMD contains dissertations/theses from 300 doctoral training institutions across China.  Northwestern University has access to series F & G (Literature/History/Philosophy and Politics/Military Affairs/Law).

Amerasia Journal

Amerasia is the core journal in the field of Asian American Studies and has published almost every important scholar, writer, and topic in Asian American Studies during the past 35 years. – Publisher’s blurb.

Critique : Critical Middle Eastern Studies

Critique promotes an academic and critical examination of the history and contemporary political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of Middle Eastern countries. Critique actively engages theoretical and empirical studies and by so doing promotes a critical understanding of the complex nature of ideas, values, social configurations and material realities of Middle Eastern societies. Critique provides a forum for the inter-disciplinary examination of diverse issues based on solid research and critical readings of developments in the Middle East. – Publisher’s blurb.

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies™, produced by NISC, is a systematic and non-evaluative bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. This database contains more than 475,000 records and coverage spans from 1900 and earlier to present. Over 15,000 records of recently published and grey literature are added annually. Subject coverage includes: political affairs & law, international relations, economic affairs – business & industry, cultural heritage, arts & humanities, society & social welfare, ethnic diversity & anthropology, significant religious events & movements and recent history (1900 – present) & archaeology. MECAS includes the following: Middle East Bibliography (1946 – 2001), Middle East Book Bibliographies, Theses & Dissertations, MECAS Citations Database and School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Library Catalogue (1900 – present). – Publisher’s blurb.

Iraq 1914-1974

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.

Middle East Journal

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.)

Scripta Sinica = 中央硏究院漢籍電子文獻

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.