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Library Session Assignment

Arabic Basic Keywords
Use any of the keywords listed to find Arabic resources in the Library.

Arabic 20B digital worksheet

Arabic 1B-2024

Find Arabic Books

Search Al-Manhal for Arabic books online.

Search in Arabic in the Library Catalog for Arabic Books.

Sample Search: مصر -- اللغة العربية -- قصص

Subject search: Arabic children Stories or Call number PZ10.731

Find Arabic Articles & Thesis

Almandumah Arabic Database This link opens in a new window Almandumah is a comprehensive full text database for Arabic scholarly output. It includes almost one million items (1/3 in abstract), including about 1900 unique Arabic journals, 2500 conferences, and 200,000 dissertations from the Arab world. [1920 - Present]
Almandumah database consists of 6 specialized databases which are: AraBase for language and literature, IslamicInfo for Islamic studies and Islamic law, HumanIndex for humanities, EcoLink for economic and management studies, EduSearch for education, and Dissertations and Thesis which includes full text and abstracts for about 200,000 (1/2 in abstracts) from 170 schools across the Arab world. The database covers the Arabic scholarly output since 1920 until present.

Search Samples: أدب -- فنون -- موسيقى -- لبنان

Find Arabic Films & Media

A sample search for online films using Filmmakers database.

Search the Library catalog for Arabic films.

Film sample: سجل أنا عربي -- خمس كاميرات مكسورة -- ناجي العلي

How to cite a film?

Find Arabic News

Arab General News Database This link opens in a new window Provides full text access to the news from 65 renowned Arabic dailies and weeklies in over 20 countries, from 1970s to present. A research tool, specialized in the political, economic, strategic, and social issues in the Arab world. [1970 to present]
Samples of the daily newspapers covered include: al-Ahram (Egypt), al-Zaman (Iraq), al-Dustur (Jordan), al-Nahar (Lebanon), al-Quds (Palestine), al-Hayat (Saudi Arabis) and more.

Search Samples: لبنان -- تاريخ -- إسلام

Find Arabic newspapers online. Also use this link for other Arabic News portals.

Find Arabic Journals

Search the Library Catalog for specific journals in Arabic.

Sample search for online Arabic journals. Also find HERE a historical collection of online Arabic journals.

Sample Search for Arabic journals: المصور -- التراث الشعبي -- كاريكاتير

Arabic Literature and Cultural Journals' Archive أرشيف الشارخ

Librarian

Mohamed Hamed

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Address: 438 Doe Library

Phone:510-664-9822

Subjects: Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Near Eastern Studies

Find Dictionaries & Language Tools

Oxford Dictionaries Arabic This link opens in a new window Online dictionary of Modern Standard Arabic and English.
Informed by Oxford University Press's renowned language research and compiled by an international team of expert advisers, the dictionary is based on language as it is used today.

Arabic-Arabic Dictionaries in the Library. Please check PJ6620 - PJ6622
Online Arabic-Arabic Dictionary -- معجم المعاني

Transliteration Tools

- How to set up you computer to type in Arabic.
- Yamli: An online tool that switches automatically from Roman to Arabic.
- Library of Congress Arabic Transliteration.

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