Information
about Distance Access to Subscription Library Resources
Information about Access to Other Libraries
Syracuse University Library Resources:
Encyclopaedia
of Islam -- Please note special instructions for using this resources,
excerpted below from the Help section [on Jan. 13, 2006];
1. Before you start
1.1 Browser
MS Windows users: This application is developed and tested for usage with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser version 5.5 or higher. Other browsers or browser versions may cause problems in using the application.Macintosh users: This application is developed and tested for usage with the Mozilla 1.4 browser and MS Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Other browsers or browser versions may cause problems in using this application.
1.2 Fonts
MS Windows users - Before you start using this application, you need to install the Baskerville for Brill fonts. Click on "Brill fonts PC" in the top frame to download and install the required fonts. The fonts are in a .zip file and should be extracted and installed on your system. On Windows 98/2000/NT they can simply be copied into your system's font directory, e.g. C:\WINNT\FONTS. On Windows XP, they should be installed via the Control Panel.Macintosh users - Before you start using this application, you need to install the Baskerville for Brill fonts. Click on "Brill fonts Mac" in the top frame to download and install the required fonts. The fonts are in a .sit file and should be extracted and placed into your system's font library.
Please refer to the online Help pages for this encyclopedia for additional information.
Multi-disciplinary Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:
Oxford Reference Online
Xreferplus
Selected Databases (see the Databases page for a full listing of available resources):
- Alt-Press Watch
- AnthroSource
- ArtSTOR
- ATLA Religion
- Contemporary Women's Issues
- FRANCIS
- GenderWatch
- HRAF Collection of Ethnography
- Naxos Music Library (Click on World/Folk Music)
- PAIS Archive
- PAIS International
- Women's Studies International
Please note that a number of interdisciplinary databases are available as well, such as:
- Academic/Lexis-Nexis (for News, Select Guided Search and World News)
- Directory of Open Access Journals : DOAJ
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Gale Custom Newspapers
- History Behind the Headlines. v.1-6
- Proquest Research Library
- Masterfile Select
- Television News Archive
- TOPICsearch
- Wilson SelectPlus
- Web of Science
- WorldCat
Finding Online Journal Articles
To find out whether the Library subscribes to a particular journal, check two places:
Take advantage of
to locate articles from within a database.
Interlibrary loan/Illiad: To request an article not available through Syracuse University library's own collections, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. If you have not used Interlibrary Loan/Illiad before, you will need to click on First Time Users! to create an account.
Journals and Journal Collections in the Humanities:
- Hawwa journal of women of the Middle East and the Islamic world
- History of Religions
- Indo-Iranian Journal
- Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies
- Journal of Islamic Studies
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- Ejournal page search: Islam
- Ejournal page search: Middle East
- Ejournal page search: Muslim
Additional Electronic Resources:
Use SUMMIT Catalog limit options to limit a keyword search to e-resources. Here's how:
- Click on: SUMMIT Catalog
- Click on: Apply Limits
- Select: Available via Internet
- Click on: Apply Limits
- Type your seach term(s) and select: Keyword Anywhere or Keyword Combined
Web Sites/Collections of Resources:
- Selected Internet Resources: Islamic Sites (from Yale University Library/Near East Collection)
Need assistance? Pleaseor contact Mark Weimer or Tasha Cooper.
