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The AUS Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System.
To find library resources search in the AUS library catalog.
To browse the shelves for resources in Arabic and Islamic Studies, try the following call numbers:
| PJ | Language, Linguistics and Literature |
| PJ7 |
Arabic Poetry and Arabic Studies
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| BP | Islam |
| ML | Arabic Music |
Research Help
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Library Help Desk Ground floor, AUS Library |
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Use the following Keywords to find books and other related materials in WorldCat Discovery.
Arabic Literature = الأدب العربي
Arabic poetry = الشعر العربي
Arabic Prose = النثر العربي
Arabic Language = اللغة العربية
Islamic Philosophy = الفلسفة الإسلامية
Islamic Civilization = الحضارة الإسلامية
Arabic Music = الموسيقى العربية
Sufism = الصوفية
Pre-Islam era = الجاهلية / العصر الجاهلي
Umayyad Dynasty / Umayyad = الدولة الأموية / الأموي
Ottoman Empire / Ottoman = الدولة العثمانية / العثماني
Abbasid dynasty / Abbasid = الدولة العباسية / العباسي
Andalusia / Andalus = الأندلس
Mamleuks = المماليك
Muallaqat = المعلقات
Muwashshahat = الموشحات
Arabic materials in AUS Library are cataloged using the Library of Congress Romanization System. Romanization / Transliteration of Arabic is writing Arabic script in Latin characters. Searching WorldCat Discovery using transliterated keywords is necessary in order to retrieve relevant results. Please check Arabic Romanization Table
A subject search can also be performed by typing in the following suggested subjects in WorldCat Discovery search box below (then use filters to select Arabic as language of items retrieved)
Subjects for Arabic Language & Heritage:
su:Arabic language History
su:Arabic language Grammar History.
su:Arabic literature
Subjects for Religion:
su:Hadith
su:Islamic Law
Subjects for Islamic Philosophy:
su:Islamic philosophy.
Subjects for Arab/Islamic Sciences:
su:Science Islamic Empire History.
su:Science Arab countries History.
Subjects for Arab/Islamic Sciences:
su:Islamic architecture.
su:Islamic art.
In order to find books and articles that inlclude biographical information about Muslims who had a great impact on Islamic civilization, please follow steps below:
You need to have full name of the person or at least his/her last name and year of birth and/or death. Use this link http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html to find the name authority of the person (a unique heading under which catalogers collocate all different versions of personal name spellings in different languages). You can either enter the name in Arabic script or transliterated (writing Arabic names in Roman characters). After locating a name authority, copy it and paste it into WorldCat search box.
You can also do a subject search of the following:
| Muslim/Arab Scholars | su:Muslim scholars Islamic Empire. |
| Muslim/Arab Philosophers | su:Muslim philosophers Islamic Empire. |
| Muslim/Arab Scientists | su:Muslim scientists Islamic Empire. |
| su:Muslim scientists Biography. | |
| Muslim/Arab Astronomers | su:Astronomy Arab. |
| Muslim/Arab Historians | su:Historians Islamic Empire Biography. |
