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Research Guide for Egypt--selected reference and web resources


 

Overview sources

Egypt almanac.
Wilmington, DE : Egypto-file, 2002.
CASE Ref. DT45 .E39 2002

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

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa Gale 2nd. ed. 2004 ed.

The Middle East / [editor, Daniel C. Diller
Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1995.
 CASE Ref. DS63.1 .M484 1995

Egypt section in Europa World Plus
LASR Main DS49 .M5  older editions

The world factbook.
Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : U.S. G.P.O., 1981-
CASE Ref. G123 .W67 2004 
Also available online; click here.

Background Note:  Egypt  U. S. Dept. of State

Finding more books:

Selected new books in our libraries

Connect to the New Book Shelf page 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   

World Press Encyclopedia (GaleGroup) [part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library]

News Sources from Yahoo.Egypt

See also general news sources at:

Online News Databases and News Sources

Statistics

World development indicators Online / The World Bank. [Colgate University only]
Case Network - 1960+
CASE Ref. HC59.15 .W656 2004 (and latest five years)

African statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique pour
l'Afrique.
[Addis Ababa] Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations.
CASE Ref HA1955 .U5 2002 pt.1 North Africa

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 

United Nations Statistics Division

 

Atlases and Maps

Atlas of the Middle East.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2003.
CASE Atlases G2205 .A853 2003

Atlas of the Middle East / Central Intelligence Agency. [Washington, D.C.?] :  Washington, DC :  1993.
CASE Atlases G2205 .A87 1993

Egypt.
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 1997]
CASE Docs Pamphlet PREX 3.10/4:EG 9/10
 

Egypt, administrative divisions.
[Washington, D.C.? : Central Intelligence Agency, 1997]
CASE Docs Pamphlet PREX 3.10/4:EG 9/8

Perry Castaņeda Library Map Collection.  Egypt

 

Bibliographies

Egypt / Ragai N. Makar, compiler.
Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press, c1988.
CASE Ref. DT46 .M35 1988

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

Indexes and abstracts

The indexes below are particularly focused on areas relating to . Many other indexes available on this page also cover relevant material.  Choose 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.

Index Islamicus Online - 1906+

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

Index Islamicus (London, England : 1983)
Index Islamicus. London : Mansell, 1983-
Case 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.
Case 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.
Case Ref BP161.2 .L62 1906-55

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

Art

The dictionary of art (Grove Art) online
CASE Ref. N31 .D5 1996

Biographical Dictionaries

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

Economic issues

International Monetary Fund: Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF

World Bank Group. Egypt

 

Education

World Education Encyclopedia (GaleGroup) [part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library]
COLGATE NETWORK LB15 .W87 2001

Ethnic Groups and Nationalities

Countries and their cultures / Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember, editors.
New York : Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
CASE Ref. GN307 .C68 2001 vol. 2 -

Foreign Policy

United States foreign policy and the Middle East/North Africa : a
bibliography of twentieth-century research
/ Sanford R.
Silverburg, Bernard Reich. New York : Garland, 1990.
CASE Ref. DS63.2.U5 S55 1990

U.S. foreign relations with the Middle East and North Africa : a
bibliography
/ by Sanford R. Silverburg and Bernard Reich.
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1994.
CASE Ref. DS63.2.U5 S55 1994

The United States in the Middle East : a historical dictionary /
David Shavit. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988.
CASE Ref. DS63.2.U5 S384 1988

History

Historical dictionary of Egypt / by Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr.
Metuchen, N.J. Scarecrew Press, 1994. (1760- )
LASR Main DT45 .W83 1984
 

Historical dictionary of Egypt / by Joan Wucher King.
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1984.
LASR Main DT45 .W83 1984

Human Rights

Amnesty International Report 2006.   Egypt

Egypt:  Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006
(U. S. Dept. of State)

 

Language--Dictionaries

The Oxford English-Arabic dictionary of current usage; edited by
N. S. Doniach. New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.
CASE Ref. PJ6640 .O93

 Arabisches Worterbuch fur die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart.
English.
A dictionary of modern written Arabic. Edited by J. Milton Cowan.
Ithaca, N.Y., Spoken Language Services, 1971.
CASE Ref. PJ6640 .W43 1971

 

Law

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

Literature


Bibliography of African women writers and journalists : ancient
Egypt-1984
/ Brenda F. Berrian.
Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, c1985.
CASE Ref. PL8010 .B47 1985

Encyclopedia of Arabic literature / edited by Julie Scott Meisami
and Paul Starkey. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
CASE Ref. PJ7510 .E53 1998 vol. 1-2

Military

Music

Oxford Music Online (Grove)

 

Politics and Government

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

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

World encyclopedia of political systems and parties / edited by
George E. Delury.  New York : Facts On File, 1999-
CASE Ref. JF2011 .W67 1999 vol. 1 A-F

Governments on the WWW: Egypt

Religion

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

Bibliography of African women writers and journalists : ancient
Egypt-1984
/ Brenda F. Berrian.
Washington, D.C. : Three Continents Press, c1985.
CASE Ref. PL8010 .B47 1985

Egyptian women in agricultural development : an annotated
bibliography
/ Mohamed A. Faris, Mahmood Hasan Khan.
Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner, 1994.
CASE Ref. HQ1793 .F37 1994

The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Middle East and North Africa /
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.
CASE Ref. HQ1726.5 G74 2003

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

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

Web Resources

Selected Internet Resources: Egypt. (U.S. Library of Congress)

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