Check out the Course Reserves.

Pop Culture Arab world!  Media, Arts, and Lifestyle.   (e-book) (print copy: Ginn: DS36.88 .H357 2005)

Culture and Customs of Egypt. DT70 .A83 2002

Culture and Customs of Iran. DS266 .D265 2006

Culture and Customs of Israel. Ginn: GN635.I78 T67 2004

Culture and Customs of Jordan. GN635.J6 S56 2007

Culture and Customs of the Palestinians. GN635.P28 F37 2004

Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia. GN635.S28 L66 2005

Culture and Customs of Syria. GN635.S95 S56 2008

Culture and customs of Turkey. GN635.T82 A33 2009

A. Use Library Catalogs to find books

1. Tufts Libraries Catalog

2. WorldCat (beyond Tufts)

B. Searches & Results

(note the search pattern; modify to your own needs)

Art

Islamic art

Art, Arab

Art, Egypt

Art, Iran

Art, Turkey

Art, Turkish

Literature

Middle Eastern literature

Arabic literature

Iranian literature

Persian literature

Turkish literature

Music

Arabic/Middle East Music (limit to books)

Cinema

Arabic and Middle Eastern Cinema

Book, Movie, Music, Play, And Video Reviews (in LexisNexis)

Factiva (including Arabic Language sources)

Movie Reviews vs Film Criticism (Timothy J. Corrigan.)

Writing About Film (Dartmouth Writing Program)

Writing about Literature (handout from Writing Center at UNC.)

Writing the Music Paper (Dartmouth Writing Program)

MLA Style (for citing sources)

A. Use the subject databases to find journal articles.

1 & 2. JSTOR and Project Muse

JSTOR is a favorite with its full texts in core journals of all disciplines. Project Muse does not include exactly the same JSTOR journals, but it has more recent and current articles on many topics.

 

Expand your search into more databases and from various perspectives

3. Academic OneFile
All subjects; a convenient Quick Start. Here are some sample findings:

 

 

4. Art, Islamic Studies, and Literature

 

 

5. Film, Mass Media, History, Women's Studies and more

Limit Your Results

Peer Reviewed

*Databases included: Film & Television Literature Index, Historical Abstracts, Music Index Online, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, Mass Media, and Women's Studies.

 

 

6. When use GoogleScholar, set your Library Links to access Tufts full texts.

B. A few Middle East Studies journals:

 

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Islamic Studies

Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Journal of Middle East Women's Studies

The Middle East Journal

Muqarnas

 

Journal of Arabic literature (1970-2004)

C. Finding Full Text

1. Click on the button in your search results screen to a window of three sequential options:

a. link to the digital full text when available;

b. link to a Library Catalog search for the print journal;

c. link to ILliad for requesting the article when the above two options are negative.

2. Search for a journal directly here:

a. Tufts Library Catalog (including e-journals)

b. Electronic journals list

c. Use ILliad to request your article, if Tufts does not have your journal.

D. Requesting Articles/Books

Set up for your ILliad account

Use ILLiad, our Interlibrary Loan Service, to request articles, books and other materials that are not available at Tufts.