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Near East Collection: The Arabic/Islamic Reading Room

The Arabic/Islamic Reading Room

The Arabic/Islamic Reading Room is located on the 5th floor of the Sterling Memorial Library (SML). It contains more than 1,000 reference materials written in Arabic, Persian, English, French, and German. Reference works include bibliographies, dictionaries, and encyclopedias covering topics ranging from history to literature to religion and more. A computer workstation is available for searching the library catalogs and the Internet. The Room is open during regular SML hours.

Near East Collection Reading Room
 
Curator

Left to Right: Dimitri Gutas, Director of Graduate Studies for the Near East Languages & Civilizations Department, Mr. Simon Samoeil, Curator for the YUL Near East Collection, Benjamin Foster, Chair of the Department of Near East Languages & Civilizations. Photograph by Michael Marsland, Yale University Office of Public Affairs.

 


Mail:
Sterling Memorial Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240

Website: http://www.library.yale.edu/neareast/