These encyclopedias, dictionaries, and general reference resources are good places to begin your research. They provide excellent background information on hundreds of topics These items are selections from our catalog, this is not a definitive list. To find more dictionaries and encyclopedias on your topic, please use WorldCat.
The following items are selections. To find more dictionaries and encyclopedias on your topic please use the Catalog.
Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa by 
Companion encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African film by 
The Muslim almanac : a reference work on the history, faith, culture, and peoples of Islam by 
The Emergence of Arab Nationalism by 
The Blackwell companion to contemporary Islamic thought by 
Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures by Transliteration is the practice of converting text from one writing system into another in a systematic way. The Transliteration Table below provides writing systems that use non-Roman characters with the analogous Roman characters for easy translation. For additional information, you may consult the Library of Congress "ALA-LC Romanization Tables: Transliteration Schemes for Non-Roman Scripts," page. The page is approved by the American Library Association.
"ALA-LC Romanization Tables." Tools and Documentation. Library of Congress.
