The here-and-now & the Hereafter:
Ibn Sina, Ibn al-‘Arabi and al-Ghazali on God, life and death
Prof. K. Kennedy-Day
I. Introduction to Research at AUC Library
AUC Library Website: http://library.aucegypt.edu/
- Use resources from home with your AUC ID card
Special Services for Graduate Researchers http://library.aucegypt.edu/dept/reference/grad.htm
- Document Delivery (Interlibrary Loan)
- Ingenta – TOC Service, contact Hoda el-Ridi,elridih@aucegypt.edu to set it up
- Graduate Student Open Lab (Mondays, 4-7pm, Main Library 4th Floor Lab)
II. Selected Print Resources for ARBS 527
Use the Library Catalog to find more
The encyclopedia of Islam. Main Reference, DS35.53 .E532a, v. 1-12. Also available online.
Bibliography of Islamic philosophy. Main Reference, B741 .D53 1999, v. 1-2.
III. Selected E-Resources for ARBS 527
Browse the Electronic Resources to find more
JSTOR : Full-text, archival database containing the complete backfiles of many scholarly journals.
Index Islamicus : Covers scholarly literature on Islam and the Middle East; from religion to current events.
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies (MECAS) : Indexes research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and people of the Middle East.
IV. HELP!
I found an article but it's not full-text. I do not see it in AUC's Library Catalog. Can I get it online?
E-Journal Finder
This tool helps you find out which databases contain which journals. (Example: A search for Journal of International Affairs reveals that both ABI/Inform Global and Academic Search Premier have the journal, full-text).
The library does not have the articles I need.
AUC Library Document Delivery Service
Fill out the "Journal Articles Request Form" to order documents not available at AUC. Note: Normal turnaround time for requests can range from 2 days to 2 weeks.
Guide created by Nicole E. Brown, nbrown@aucegypt.edu, Instruction/Reference Librarian. 26 January 2006.
