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Arab-Islamic bibliography : the Middle East Library Committee guide : based on Giuseppe Gabrieli's Manuale di bibliografia musulmana / edited by Diana Grimwood-Jones, Derek Hopwood, J. D. Pearson, with the assistance of J. P. C. Auchterlonie, J. D. Latham, Yasin Safadi. Hassocks, England : Harvester Press : Atlantic Highland, N.J. : Humanities Press, 1977.

SML, Main Reference Room Z3013 A66 1977 (LC)

"A comprehensive bibliography of reference materials, in many languages, on all phases of Arab Islamic life and culture. Retains useful titles from Giuseppe Gabrieli's earlier work, Manuale di bibliografia musulmana. Parte I. Bibliografia generale (Rome: Tipografia dell' Unione Editrice, 1916)

ATLA religion database. Chicago: American Theological Library Association.

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The ATLA Religion Database is a comprehensive database designed to support religious and theological scholarship in graduate education and faculty research. The file contains citations from international titles and 13,000 multi-author works in and related to the field of religion. It also includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, book reviews, and Doctor of Ministry projects from ATLA's print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Though coverage is from 1949 to the present, not all publications begin in 1949.

Barrow, John Graves. A bibliography of bibliographies in religion. Ann Arbor: Edwards, 1955.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7751 B37(LC)
Divinity Library, Trowbridge Reading Room Z7751 B33 (LC)

A work which "bring[s] together all separately published bibliographies in the field of religion" (Preface), from the 15th to the mid-20th centuries. The emphasis is primarily on Christianity, but there's a brief section on non-Christian religions as well.

Geddes, C. L. (Charles L.). An analytical guide to the bibliographies on Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an [by] C. L. Geddes. [Denver] American Institute of Islamic Studies [1973]

SML, Main Reference Room Z7835 M6 G43 (LC)

Attempts to describe all relevant bibliographies published 1658-1972 in all languages.

Gorman, G.E. Theological and religious reference materials: general resources and biblical studies. Westport, CT: Greenwood. 1984- . (Bibliographies and indexes in religious studies, no.1, 2, 7)

SML, Main Reference Room Z7770 G66 1984(LC)
Divinity Library, Trowbridge Reading Room Z7751 G66 1984 (LC)
Contents: v.1, General resources and biblical studies; v.2, Systematic theology and church history; v.3, Practical theology; v.4 (planned) Comparative and non-Christian religions.

Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck. The contemporary Islamic revival : a critical survey and bibliography / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, John Obert Voll, and John L. Esposito ; with Kathleen Moore and David Sawan. New York : Greenwood Press, c1991.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7835 M6 H23X 1991 (LC)
Divinity, Stack Reference Z7835 M6 H23 1991 (LC)

Concentrates on scholarly studies and primary sources published 1970- 1988.

Index Islamicus (East Grinstead, England). Index Islamicus. East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK : Bowker-Saur. no. 1- 1994- . Quarterly, with a bound annual volume.

SML, Main Reference Room Z3013 Q342 (LC)
SML, Arabic/Islamic Reading, Rm 508 Z3013 Q342 (LC)
This is the current title in a long history of distinguished bibliographical works covering publications dealinghttp://resources.library.yale.edu/ejournals2/viewrecorddetpublic.asp?whatcaseedit=46as well as to journal articles and analyzes the contents of Festschriften and other collected works extending back to 1665.

International bibliography of the history of religions. Bibliographie internationale de l histoire des religions. Leiden: Brill, 1954-79. Annal. 20v.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7833 153(LC)
Includes citations to both books and articles published during the year on the history of the world's religions. Arranged by subject, with no subject indexes.
Continued by Science of religion.

Ofori, Patrick E. Islam in Africa south of the Sahara : a select bibliographic guide / Patrick E. Ofori. Nendeln [Liechtenstein] : Kto Press, 1977.

SML, Stacks, LC Classification Z7835 M6 O36 (LC)
Divinity, Stacks Z7835 M6 O36 (LC)

Mitros, Joseph F. Religions; a select, classified bibliography. New York: Learned Publications, 1973.

Divinity Library Z7751 M57 (LC)

While including a discussion of research in the field of religion, most of this work is a bibliography of both primary and secondary sources with emphasis on reference materials and scholarly journals.

Religion index two: multi-author works. 1976- . Chicago: American Theological Library Association. Annual with quinquennial cumulations.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7751 +R35(LC)
Divinity Library, Trowbridge Reading Room Z7753 A512 (LC)
An index to scholarly, collected works published in Western languages in the fields of religion or theology published in the year covered. This title is a companion to Religion index one: periodicals and is available electronically as part of the ATLA religion index.

Religious books, 1876-1982. New York: Bowker, 1983. 4v.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7751 +R385 1983 (LC) Divinity Library Z7751 R385 1983(LC)
This bibliography was compiled from over one hundred years of cataloging records in the field of religion produced by the Library of Congress and represents titles published and distributed in the United States. v.1-3 comprise a subject index, and v.4 is an author/title index.

Sauvaget, Jean. Introduction to the history of the Muslim East: a bibliographical guide. Based on the 2d ed. as recast by Claude Cahen. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1965.

CCL, Stacks Z3013 S2913
SML, American Oriental Society, Room 329 A Sa89 1965

Shinar, Pessah. Essai de bibliographie selective et annotee sur l'islam maghrebin contemporain : Maroc, Alg erie, Tunisie, Libye (1830-1978) / Pessah Shinar. Paris : Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1983.

SML, Stacks, LC Classification Z7835 M6 S5 1983 (LC)

Walsh, Michael J. Religious bibliographies in serial literature : a guide / complied by Michael J. Walsh, with the help of John V.Howard, Graham P. Cornish, Robert J. Duckett, on behalf of the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1981.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7753 W34 (LC)
Divinity Library, Trowbridge Reading Room Z7753 W34 1981 (LC)
Lists in alphabetical order almost 200 periodical indexes and journals which are either entirely or partly comprised of citations to books or journal articles concerning religious topics.

Zoghby, Samir M. Islam in sub-Saharan Africa : a partially annotated guide / compiled by Samir M. Zoghby, African Section. Washington : Library of Congress : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978.

SML, Main Reference Room Z7835 M6 Z63 1978 (LC)
Divinity, Stacks Z7835 M6 Z63 (LC)

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YUL Research Guide in Islam
Comments and questions to Emily Horning
Prepared April 1997 by Suzanne Lorimer