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 | |
| PJ7 | Arabic Studies | |
| ML | Arabic Music |
Pre-Islamic Arabia:
Subject Search: su:Arabian Peninsula History
su:Arabs History
Religion:
Subject Search: su:Qur’an
su:Hadith Texts
su:Hadith Criticism interpretation
su:Islamic law
Spread and Development:
Subject Search: su:Spain History 711-1516
su:Muslims Spain History
Watch this video for useful tips on how to search the AUS Library online catalog for Arabic resources:
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 the Arabic Romanization Table
Arabia and the Arabs : from the Bronze Age to the coming of Islam by 
A history of the Arabian Peninsula by 
The Qur'an by 
Arabia Before Muhammad by 
Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present by 
The Life of Muhammad by 
1001 Inventions by 
The Great Caliphs by 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 Discovery 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. |
Islamic Civilization in Thirty Lives by 
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam by 
