Grant VI Resources






	Resources Johnson County Community College has a variety of resources for the study of Islam and Muslim peoples. COURSES The following courses are offered: Foreign Language 155: Elementary Arabic Religion 126: Religions of the West History 126 and 126: Western Civilization History 135: Eastern Civilization History 291: Independent Study: Turkey: Crossroad of Civilizations Humanities/History 150: Islam: Religion and Culture Women and Gender Studies 120: The Many Women in Islam Other courses with Muslim and/or Islamic content may be found in Art History, Business, Communication, English, History, Humanities, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, etc. Study Abroad Opportunities Morocco: Arabic language and culture classes are available at all levels at Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane Morocco. Contact the Johnson County Community College International Education Office. BILLINGTON LIBRARY RESOURCES Non-Fiction The library has more than 300 books on various subjects relating to Islam and Muslim Peoples. They range from multivolume encyclopedias like The Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia, and The Encyclopedia of the Qur'an to one volume works like The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam.. Books may be accessed by using the Billington Library online catalog and searching under the subject of Islam. Other subject headings include: Muslims, Koran, Shi’ah, Sufism, Sunnites, Arabs, Arabic Language, etc. And all of these subject headings have subdivisions. Some subjects may be very particular, for example, Veils. Other books about Islam may be located under specific geographic regions or countries, for example, Middle East, Syria or Indonesia, etc. or under specific subjects with subheadings, for example, Art Islamic; Cookery Moroccan, or Music Pakistan. Fiction and Films Annotated bibliographies of fiction by Muslim authors owned by Billington Library may be accessed under the Research Guide link at: http://library.jccc.edu/guides/literature/muslimlit.html (General Fiction by Muslim Authors) http://library.jccc.edu/guides/literature/afghanfiction.html (Afghanistan Fiction and Non-fiction) http://library.jccc.edu/guides/literature/turkishfiction.html (Turkish Fiction) A Filmography is accessed at http://library.jccc.edu/guides/films/muslimworld.html Research in Academic Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers To locate articles relevant to Muslim Studies, use the library databases. They will produce rich relevant bibliographies of material which can be read, emailed, printed, or downloaded. • Academic OneFile is a large database with broad subject coverage, containing many full-text articles from over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals in numerous disciplines, magazine articles, and news from national and international sources including full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. • Research Library includes more than 3,820 titles-over 2,550 in full text-from 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. • Lexis-Nexis includes more than 100 full-text English language newspapers and a significant number of foreign language papers. It is an excellent general source for current news. • JSTOR contains eleven full-text scholarly journals in Middle Eastern Studies as well as journals that focus on topics in history, political science and sociology. • Ethnic NewsWatch indexes and provides full-text to the articles in more than ten Arab-American and American Muslim newspapers as well as newspapers representing many other American ethnic groups. • Europa World offers political and economic information for over 250 countries and territories. The introductory essay for each country includes recent history; government; economic affairs; defense; education; social welfare; and other useful data. Other databases in business, health, social science and the arts and humanities subject areas will provide additionally valuable articles. Music & Film in JCCC's Billington Library Muslim World: Films and Music - JCCC library http://library.jccc.edu/guides/films/muslimworld.html WEBSITES OF INTEREST Note: The websites below are offered for informational purposes only. Any opinions or views expressed in them are not necessarily those of the grant directors or participants. Middle Eastern Studies Programs and Resources Links – University of Illinois http://www.psames.uiuc.edu/links/meprograms.htm Women in the Middle East – Columbia University Libraries, Middle East & Jewish Studies http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html Middle East Network Information Center – University of Texas http://menic.utexas.edu/menic.html Carl W. Ernst Web Site – University of North Carolina http://www.unc.edu/~cernst (Note, in particular, his link: Resources on Islamic Studies.) The Pluralism Project – Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University http://www.pluralism.org Middle East Studies Association – University of Arizona http://mesa.wns.ccit.arizona.edu Islam and Human Rights – Emory University and the Ford Foundation http://www.law.emory.edu/IHR Gender Studies of the Middle East http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/mideastpage.html International Gender Studies Resources http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender Middle East Outreach Project – Tyler Junior College http://socialscience.tjc.edu/mkho/me-outreach/MEORP.htm Encyclopedia of the Orient http://www.lexicorient.com/e.o Center for Arabic Culture (Music, Dance, Art, Literature, etc.) http://www.cacac.org Ancient World Web http://www.julen.net/ancient Religion Web sites http://ejw.i8.com/relweb.htm Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy http://www.csidonline.org/index.php Arab World and Islamic Resources http://www.awaironline.org Middle East Institute http://www.mideasti.org Middle East Policy Council http://www.mepc.org/main/main.asp The Middle East Media Research Institute http://MEMRI.org Aljazeera.net http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/55ABE840-AC30-41D2-BDC9-06BBE2A36665.htm Arab View http://www.arabview.com (Arab view is a collection of articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East.) Council on American-Islamic Relations http://www.cair-net.org Council on Islamic Education http://www.cie.org IslamiCity http://www.islamicity.com AAR – American Academy Of Religion http://www.aarweb.org Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue http://www.naz.edu/dept/cisd Pew Global Attitudes Project http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=248 The Organization of Islamic Conference http://www.oic-oci.org/main-body.htm United Nations http://www.un.org ARABIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURE – SEVERAL WEBSITES Arabic language basics http://www.lexicorient.com/babel/arabic Teaches the basics of the Arabic language. Also check out the Middle East-oriented encyclopedia. Arabic Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language Learn Arabic - Wikibook http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Arabic Islamic Language and Art Resource http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/umma/lang.html The Art of Arabic Calligraphy http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html Center for Arabic Culture http://www.cacac.org (Contains sections on music, dance, art, literature, poetry, etc. Also, it has some great web links.) Islamic Arts and Architecture http://islamicart.com SOME RESOURCES ON MUSLIMS IN AMERICA Muslim Life in America - USINFO.STATE.GOV http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife Muslims in America: Profile 2001 http://www.soundvision.com/info/yearinreview/2001/profile.asp Faith and Tolerance in Muslim America - National Geographic http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/01/01/html/oe_20020101.5.html Pew Research Center Publications – “Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream” http://pewresearch.org/pubs/483/muslim-americans QUR’AN AND HADITH ON THE INTERNET Three versions/translations of the Qur’an (Shakir, Pickthall, and Yusuf Ali) can be found at: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran Many other sites have similar resources. See, for example: http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran At this site it is possible to do various searches of the Koran: “Simple Searches,” “Proximity Searches,” “Boolean Searches,” “Browse the Koran”