Islamic Studies

• Brill’s Encyclopedia of Islam — available on Google books without cost. Some pages missing from preview.
  • Volume 1: http://books.google.com/books?id=GEl6N2tQeawC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  • Volume 3: http://books.google.com/books?id=45Y3AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  • Volume 4: http://books.google.com/books?id=7CP7fYghBFQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
  • Volume 5: http://books.google.com/books?id=Va6oSxzojzoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=brill%27s+encyclopedia+of+islam+volume+2&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Zf9CU8LlGof32QWR4ICoBw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
  • Volume 9: http://books.google.com/books?id=GpQ3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA213&dq=brill%27s+encyclopedia+of+islam+volume+II&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zP9CU8yBHKTx2QXOloHQDw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Catholic University, Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies — an interdisciplinary program in Medieval and Byzantine Studies including the Islamic world. http://mbs.cua.edu/default.cfm

• Fordham University, Internet Islamic History Sourcebook — Timelines, maps, and translations of texts provided without charge. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.asp

• Historians of Islamic Art — partial access without cost to bibliography and resources in Islamic art, architecture, and archeology. Subscription required for full access. http://www.historiansofislamicart.org/

• Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes — Manuscripts in European and Middle Eastern languages. Free, electronic access. http://www.irht.cnrs.fr/en/ressources/les-ressources-electroniques

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City — an online exhibit of artifacts from the medieval Islamic world. Free, open access. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/astr/hd_astr.htm

• Middle East Medievalists http://www.middleeastmedievalists.org/

• The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City — online exhibition of “Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting from the Morgan.” Free, open access to digitized images. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/Islamic/default.asp

• University of Nottingham, Islamic Studies — http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/theology/research/islamic-studies/index.aspx

• University of Pennsylvania Libraries, “13th Century Entanglements: Judaism, Christianity & Islam” an online exhibition of digitized manuscripts accessible to the public without cost. http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/cajs/fellows13/cajs2013.html

• Yale University, Islamic Studies — online exhibits and collections available free:
  • Arabic and Middle Eastern Electronic Library (AMEEL) — a portal and digitized collection of books. http://www.library.yale.edu/ameel/
  • Digitized Islamic illustrated manuscripts: http://guides.library.yale.edu/middle_east_past_exhibits