Islamic Studies: Encyclopedias, Dictionaries

This Research Guides provides access to resources at Marquette Libraries and on the Internet about the Islam and the Mideast.

Encyclopedias

You can search several encyclopedias about Islam online through the first entry below: Oxform Islamic Studies Online.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Access limited to 1 user at a time. Full-text encyclopedias and handbooks on major topics about Islam; English interpretations of the Qur'an; primary source documents, images and maps; and more.
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Includes material from several reference works including: Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Islamic World: Past and Present, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Oxford History of Islam, and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam.

Biographical encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa by Michael R. Fischbach, editor
Call Number: CT1866 .B56 2008 Raynor Reference
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa by Philip Mattar, editor
Call Number: DS43 .E53 2004 Raynor Reference
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
The Middle East and North Africa 2012 by Europa Publications
Call Number: DS 49 .M5 Raynor Reference
Publication Date: 2012
In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Encyclopaedia of Islam by H.A.R. Gibb [and others], eds.
Call Number: DS37 .E523 Raynor Reference
In the online version scroll down to the 2nd or 3rd edition. Also in print in Raynor Reference. Click on title.
Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world by Richard C. Martin, ed.
Call Number: BP40 .E525 2004 Raynor Reference
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
Oxford encyclopedia of the modern Islamic world by John L. Esposito, editor
Call Number: DS35.53 .O95 1995 Raynor Reference
In print only. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Encyclopedia of Arabic literature by Julie Scott Meisami and Paul Starkey, eds.
Call Number: PJ7510 .E53 1998 Raynor Reference
In print only. Click on title to view bibliographic record.
Encyclopaedia Iranica by Ehsan Yarshater, editor
Call Number: DS253 .E53 1985 Memorial Level 2
Publication Date: 1985-
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic entry and access to e-version.

Dictionaries

Oxford dictionary of Islam by John L. Esposito, editor
Call Number: BP40 .O95 2003 Raynor Reference
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
Penguin dictionary of Islam by Azim Nanji
Call Number: BP40 .N35 2008 Memorial Level 1
In print only. Click on title to view bibliographic record.
Popular dictionary of Islam by Ian Richard Netton
Call Number: BP40 .N48 1992 Raynor Reference
In print only. Click on title to view bibliographic entry.

Companions, Handbooks, and Guides

Blackwell companion to contemporary Islamic thought by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabiʻ, editor
Call Number: BP161.3 .B56 2006 Memorial Level 1
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.

Cambridge companion to classical Islamic theology by Tim Winter, editor
Call Number: BP166.1 .C36 2008 Memorial Level 1
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record.
Companion to the history of the Middle East by Youssef M. Choueiri, editor
Call Number: DS62 .C63 2005 Memorial Level 2
In print and online. Click on title for bibliographic record and access to e-version.
A companion to the Muslim world by Amyn B. Sajoo, ed.
Call Number: BP161.3 .C65 2009 Memorial Level 1
In print and online. Click on title to view bibliographic record.
Oxford Handbook of Muslims by Rakesh Basant and Abusaleh Shariff, eds.
Call Number: DS432.M84 H35 2010 Memorial Level 2
In print only. Click on title to view bibliographic record.
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe
Call Number: D1056.2.M87 Y43 Raynor Reference
In print and online. Click on title to view bibliographic record and access to e-version.

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