About the Middle Eastern Studies Collection

Find out more about the collection, including strengths, locations, and formats.

Collection Description
Electronic Journals
New Acquisitions
Other Libraries and Special Collections
Purchase Recommendation Form

Collection Description

Arabic language and literature has been taught at U.C. Berkeley since the early part of this century. To support the program, the Library began to acquire a collection of books in vernacular. However, the development of a comprehensive collection did not begin until the Department of Near Eastern Studies (NES) was established in the 1950s.

Today, the collection supports courses and research needs of various faculty members and graduate students ranging from Ancient Near East and Egyptology to the present day languages, politics, religion, and history. The collection exceeds 180,00 volumes and more than 900 active periodical subscriptions. The UCB Library's Middle Eastern Collection counts among the top five most prestigious academic collections of Near Eastern materials in the United States.

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Electronic Journals

Journals in electronic form, available online either individually or as part of a larger collection. E-Journals only available for the Berkeley campus are listed in Pathfinder. The California Digital Library maintains a list of e-journals available to all UC libraries.

• Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (JAIS)
• ISI Emerging Markets, Turkey
• MELA Notes

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New Acquisitions

Monthly lists of new acquisitions in a given subject area.

• Arabic
• Iranica
• NES

Other Libraries and Special Collections

Listings of relevant library collections (including links to their catalogs). Libraries and collections at Berkeley may also be listed under "Related Pages."

• ABZU. Chicago Oriental Institute (A Guide to Information Related to the Study of Ancient Near East)
• British Museum, Department of Ancient Near East
• Egyptology Resources
• The Islam Website (Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion)
• Islamic Philosophy Online (Philosophia Islamicus)
• al-Khazina - The Treasury - Jerome W. Clinton, Princeton University
• Resources on the Koran and Koranic Studies
  

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Purchase Recommendation Form

If you'd like to recommend an item to be added to the collection, please use the Purchase Recommendation Form.

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