Research Guides: Middle East Studies: Reference Resources/Background Information

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Encyclopaedia Iranica This link opens in a new window The Encyclopedia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window The Core Collection brings together 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works - containing well over 60,000 pages - into a single cross-searchable resource. Access to the database is limited to 5 users.
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Oxford Dictionaries Online This link opens in a new window OLDO provides fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials.
It features over 4 million words, phrases, and translations. Includes Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish into and out of English with pronunciation software.

Farhang Moaser : intermediate Arabic-Persian dictionary
Call Number: PJ6636.P4 Q39 2012 Doheny Reference
Alternative title:
Farhang-i muʻāṣir-i miyānah : ʻArabī-Fārsī ‫‏فرهنگ معاصر مىانه :‏ ‏عربى-فارسى /‏ ‏عبد النبى قيّم.