LibGuides: GU-Q CULP 3870-70: Language and Society in the Arab World: Home

Library Services

This guide is designed to help you find the best resources for your assignments for the course: "Language and Society in the Arab World".

Consultations

Drop by my office (1B15, Library 1st floor), book an appointment, or send me an email (pt491@georgetown.edu) to arrange an individual consultation. I can help you locate academic & scholarly sources for your assignments, use StoryMaps or Google Sites for your presentation and help you cite with a citation tools like Zotero.

Working Hours

Librarian: I am available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sunday - Thursday.

Library: Working Hours

Reference Sources

Credo Reference
Provides full-text online versions of general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Gale eBooks
Provides online, full text access to Gale subject encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Includes Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History; Encyclopaedia Judaica; Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy; Encyclopedia of American Industries; Encyclopedia of American Religions; Encyclopedia of Bioethics; Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security; Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in Biotechnology; Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World; Encyclopedia of Population; Encyclopedia of Religion; Encyclopedia of Sociology; Encyclopedia of the American Constitution; Environmental Encyclopedia; Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America; Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology; New Catholic Encyclopedia; New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume; New Dictionary of the History of Ideas; St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture; and West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
Bibliography of Linguistic Literature / Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur (BLLDB)
BLLDB is the online version of the "Bibliography of Linguistic Literature / Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur (BLL)". It is a major source of information for general linguistics with all its neighbouring disciplines and subdomains as well as English, German and Romance linguistics. Other languages are also covered to a smaller extent. The bibliography lists journal articles, articles of conference proceedings, and other collective works as well as monographs, dissertations, and Festschrifts.
Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics
A 5-volume work, the Encyclopedia covers all relevant aspects of the study of Arabic and deals with all levels of the language (pre-Classical Arabic, Classical Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic vernaculars, mixed varieties of Arabic). Many articles authored by Georgetown faculty. Vol. 5 is Index. The electronic version will be continuously updated.
Also in print.
Call number: LAU Ref Arabic and Islamic Studies PJ6031 .E5 2006

See Transliteration table for Brill OnlineTransliteration table for Brill Online to see how words in Arabic & other non-roman script languages are romanized.
All Brill encyclopedias (EI2, EI3, Ency. of the Qur'an, Ency. Islamica, Ency. of Women & Islamic Cultures, Ency. of Jews in the Islamic World, etc.) can be searched at one time by selecting "all titles" on the search page; to limit your search to only one title, select "this title".