Research Guide for Iran--selected reference and web resources

Prepared by Case Library/Reference Service,  2002

 

Finding  Books  · News · Statistics · Atlases and Maps · Bibliographies · Indexes 

 Art  ·  Biographical Dictionaries · Culture ·  Economic Issues ·  Ethnic Groups and Nationalities ·  Foreign Policy · History · Human Rights · Language-Dictionaries · Law · Literature · Military · Politics and Government · Religion · Women · Web Resources

Overview sources

Encyclopaedia Iranica / edited by Ehsan Yarshater.
London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985 [i.e. 1983]-<1990
CASE Ref. DS253 .E53 1983 vol. 1-10

Countries and their cultures / Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
CASE Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 vol. 1-4  (see vol. 2 for Iran) and Online
 

Encyclopedia of modern Asia  Online. Colgate Network  2004 ed

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (online) 2004 ed
- revision of Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East / edited by Reeva S. Simon, Philip Mattar, Richard W. Bulliet. New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c1996.
CASE Ref. DS43 .E53 1996 vol. 1-4

Iran, a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
LASR Main DS254.5 .I742 1989
Also available online from the Library of Congress

The world factbook.
Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency
CASE Ref. G123 .W67 
Also available online, click here.

 

Iran - Europa World Online  [Colgate University Only]
The Middle East and North Africa. Europa Publications. Regional Surveys of the World
LASR Main  DS49 .M5 older vols. to 1990

Background Note: Iran (U.S. Department of State)

Finding more books:

Selected new books in our libraries

Connect to the Virtual New Book Shelf and use the browser "find in page" function in the "Edit" menu to search the list for the keyword you wish to search for.

Some key subject headings for searching in online catalog (the Colgate Libraries' Catalog)

 

Searching for resources in other libraries

Connect NY union catalog of upstate NY academic libraries (2  day delivery)
Worldcat union catalog combining the holdings of thousands of libraries (7-10 day delivery)

News 

News sources from Yahoo.   

World press encyclopedia : a survey of press systems worldwide  Gale Virtual Reference
Colgate Network PN4728 .Q53 2003

                                             

See also general news sources at:

Online News Databases and News Sources

 

Statistics

World development indicators
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
CASE Ref. HC59.15 .W656 2005 or Online
older eds. in LASR Main

International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania,
1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell. 4th ed.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave
Macmillan, 2003.
CASE Ref. HA4675 .M552 2003

Iran statistical yearbook / Islamic Republic of Iran,
Management & Planning Organizations, Statistical Centre of Iran. 
CASE Ref. HA4570.2 .A253

Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific / United Nations = Annuaire statistique pour l'Asie et le Pacifique /
CASE Ref. HA1665 .S73 2000
Library has:  1968-  (older volumes are at LASR Main HA 1667.S73)

United Nations Statistics Division

 

Atlases and Maps

Iran.
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 2001]
CASE Docs Pamphlet PREX 3.10/4:IR 1/29

Iran.
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 2001]
CASE Docs Pamphlet PREX 3.10/4:IR 1/30

Map showing geology, oil and gas fields, and geologic provinces of Iran [computer file] / U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;  1999.
COOLEY Circ Desk I 19.76:97-470-G/VER.1-0

Major Muslim ethnic groups in Armenia, Iran, and the Islamic Commonwealth States.
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 1992]
CASE Maps PrEx 3.10/4:M 97/5

Atlas of the Middle East / Central Intelligence Agency. [Washington, D.C.?] : The Agency ; Springfield, VA : National Technical Information Service ; Washington, DC :  1993.
CASE Atlases G2205 .A87 1993

Atlas of the Arab world and the Middle East.
New York, St. Martin's Press, 1960.
CASE Atlases G1785 .D5 1960a 

Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 / by Francis Robinson. New York, N.Y. : Facts On File, [c1982]
CASE Ref. DS35.6 .R6 1982

Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection (Online resource)
Iran 

Bibliographies

Iran / Reza Navabpour, compiler.  ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio, c1988.
CASE Ref. DS272 .N38 1988 

Islamic movements in Egypt, Pakistan, and Iran : an annotated bibliography / Asaf Hussain.  London : Mansell Pub. ;  1983.
CASE Ref. BP63.A4 N42 1983

A selective bibliography of Islam and Iran : 1950-1987 : over five thousand books with bibliographical information / [ed. by Rayzan Research Institute] Tehran, Iran : Ministry of Guidance and Islamic Culture, 1989.
CASE Ref. BP161.2 .S45 1989

The Iraq-Iran war : a bibliography / J. Anthony Gardner. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1989, c1988.
CASE Ref. DS318.85 .G37 1989

Iran, politics and government under the Pahlavis : an annotated bibliography / by Dariush Gitisetan. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985.
CASE Ref. DS316.3 .G58 1985 

Iran and the United States, 1979-1981 : three years of confrontation : a selected list of references / compiled by Ibrahim V. Pourhadi.
CASE Ref. E183.8.I55 P87 1982

Indexes and abstracts

The indexes below are particularly focused on areas relating to Iran. Many other indexes available on this page also cover relevant material.  Chose the focus of your research from the subject guide and explore the possibilities.  Indexes in the Multidisciplinary/General category will work for many subject searches.

Articles on the Middle East, 1947-1971 : a cumulation of the bibliographies from the Middle East journal
Case Indexes DS44.A77

TITLE Index Islamicus (East Grinstead, England)
Index Islamicus.
LIB. HAS 1993-
IMPRINT East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK : Bowker-Saur, 1994-
LASR Ref BP161.2 .I64  (2003 ed in Case Indexes)

Index Islamicus (London, England : 1983)
Index Islamicus. London : Mansell, 1983-
LASR Ref BP161.2 .L62 1981-85 vol. 1-2

Index Islamicus, 1665-1905 : a bibliography of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications / compiled by W.H. Behn. Millersville, Pa.  Adiyok, c1989.
LASR Ref BP161.2 .L62 1665- 1905

Index Islamicus, 1906-1955 : a catalogue of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications / compiled by J.D. Pearson. Cambridge, England : W. Heffer, 1958.
LASR Ref BP161.2 .L62 1906-55

Index Islamicus. Supplement.
[London, etc.] : Mansell [etc.]
Index Islamicus (London, England : 1983) 
Cumulation of an annual volume, 1971-
LASR Ref BP161.2 L62 1971-75 
LASR Ref BP161.2 L62 1961-65 

Art

The dictionary of art  Grove's Dictionaries, 1996-
Colgate Network N31.D5 online
 

Biographical Dictionaries

Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis : Central Asia and Middle East / N. Hanif. New Delhi : Sarup & Sons, 2002.
CASE Ref. BP189.4 .B562 2002

Culture

Encyclopedia of food and culture Colgate Network GT2850 .E53 2003

Economic issues

World Bank Group. Iran, Islamic Republic

Education

World education encyclopedia : a survey of educational systems worldwide  Gale Group
Colgate Network LB15 .W87 2001

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities

See also  Countries and their Cultures

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World 2004 ed

Ethnic groups worldwide : a ready reference handbook / by David Levinson.
Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1998.
CASE Ref. GN325 .L46 1998

The cultural atlas of Islam / Ismail R. al Faruqi and Lois Lamya al Faruqi. New York : Macmillan, c1986.
CASE Ref. DS36.85 .A39 1986

Muslim peoples : a world ethnographic survey / edited by Richard V. Weekes ;
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1984.
CASE Ref. DS35.625.A1 M87 1984 vol. 1-2

Foreign Policy

Index to the Iran-Contra hearings summary report / James Joseph Sanchez.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1988.
CASE Ref. E876 .U54 1988 Suppl

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help

History

The history of Iran / Elton L. Daniel.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
CASE Main DS272 .D36 2001

Historical dictionary of Iran / by John H. Lorentz.
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1995.
CASE Main DS270 .L67 1995 

Historical dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, Iran and Turkey.
Lanham, Md. ; London : Scarecrow, 1999.
CASE Ref. BP60 .M36 1999

The secret CIA history of the Iran Coup, 1953 [computer file] / edited by Malcolm Byrne.
[Washington, D.C. : National Security Archive, George Washington University], 2000.
COLGATE Network DS318 .S38 2000  (Online)

20 years after the hostages [computer file] : declassified documents on Iran and the United States / edited By Malcolm Byrne.
[Washington, D.C. : National Security Archive, George Washington University], 1999.
COLGATE Network DS274.2.U6 A12 1999  (Online)

Human Rights

Amnesty International Report 2005

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  - 2004 (U. S. State Department)
Iran

Language--Dictionaries

Languages of Iran.  Ethnologue
 

Law

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia / edited by Herbert M. Kritzer. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. K48 .L44 2002 vol. 2 E-L

Guide to Law Online (Law Library of Congress) (Online)
Iran

Literature

Iranian short story authors : a bio-bibliographic survey / John Green.
Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda, 1989.
CASE Ref. PK6443 G74 1989

Persian literature : a bio-bibliographical survey / by C.A. Storey.
London : Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1970-72.
CASE Ref. PK6406 .S76 1970

South Asian folklore : an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka / Margaret A. Mills, Peter J. Claus and Sarah Diamond, editors.
New York : Routledge, 2003.
CASE Ref. GR302 .S68 2003

Military

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Music

New Grove dictionary of music and musicians (Online)

The Garland encyclopedia of world music / advisory editors, Bruno Nettl and Ruth M. Stone ; founding editors, James Porter and Timothy Rice. New York : Garland Pub., 1998-
LASR Main ML100 .G16 1998 vol. 6 
LASR Music ML100 .G16 1998 vol. 6 Disc

 

Politics and Government

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (U.S. CIA)
Iran

Handbook of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa / edited by Bernard Reich. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.
CASE Ref. JQ1758.A58 H36 1998 
See section: Iran / Mohsen M. Milani

Elections in Asia and the Pacific : a data handbook / edited by Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
CASE Ref. JQ38 .E44 2001 vol. 1 

Profiles in Terror : the guide to Middle East terrorist organizations / Aaron Mannes
CASE Ref. HV6433.M5 M35  2004

 

Primary Sources

Treaties and Agreements Library (Hein online)
*See reference librarian for search help

Religion

The encyclopaedia of Islam [computer file] / [edited by ...H.A.R. Gibb.] CD-ROM ed. Leiden : Brill, 1999-
I.  Coverage of subjects A-S only.
CASE Network DS37 .E5232 1999 A-S Installed (Access in Case Library@JCColgate only.)

The Encyclopaedia of Islam.
New ed., prepared by a number of leading orientalists ; edited by .... A.R. Gibb [et al.]
Leiden, Brill, 1960-[i.e. 1954]-<1997- >
CASE Ref. DS37 .E523 vol. 1-12 

Religions of the world : a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs
and practices / J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, editors ;
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002.
CASE Ref. BL80.3 .R45 2002 vol. 1-4

Women

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. The
Middle East and North Africa / editor-in-chief, Lynn Walter ;  Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. HQ1726.5 .G74 2003

Women's rights : a global view / edited by Lynn Walter. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
CASE Ref. HQ1236 .W6527 2001 

The World's women, 2000 : trends and statistics.  New York : United Nations, 2000.
CASE Ref. HQ1154 .W675 2000 

 

Web Resources

Middle Eastern and Jewish Studies (Columbia University)
Iran

Selected Internet Resources. Iran.  Portals to the World (Library of Congress)