Key Subject Headings
Below is a very brief listing of subject headings for Islam. Additional subject headings are listed under some of the themed tabs in this guide. For more detailed outlines please consult the following:
- Detailed outline of the Library of Congress Subject Headings for Islam
- Detailed outline of the Library of Congress Classification for Islam
- An overview of how the subject Islam or Muslim may be subdivided both geographically and topically.
Keep in mind that Islamic Studies is interdisciplinary. You may need to combine subject heading terms specific to your research area from different disciplines (e.g. Islam – History AND Africa, West)
General Reference Works
The Bloomsbury Companion to Islamic Studies by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781472586902Publication Date: 2014-11-20
Islam: History, Religion, and Politics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118972304Publication Date: 2015-12-21
Key Themes for the Study of Islam by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781851687107Publication Date: 2010-02-01
The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195395891Publication Date: 2013-11-08
What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199794133Publication Date: 2011-07-13
What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780691164182Publication Date: 2015-11-17
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by ISBN: 9780195309911Publication Date: 2009-03-23On order
The Islamic World: Past and Present by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195165203Publication Date: 2004-05-13
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199764464Publication Date: 2013-10-16
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199812578Publication Date: 2014-05-08
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Religion in America by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190456160Publication Date: 2018-09-20
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195305135Publication Date: 2009-04-03
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780195148039Publication Date: 2001-06-14
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Islamic Philosophy by ISBN: 9781472569448Publication Date: 2015-07-16
- Oxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies This link opens in a new windowOxford Bibliographies in Islamic Studies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides that combine the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia.
Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789047443681Publication Date: Vols.1-6
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume 1: Methodologies, Paradigms and Sources by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9789004113800Publication Date: 2003-12-19See section labeled A Bibliography of Books and Articles in European Languages since 1993.
The Literature of Islam: A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780810854086Publication Date: 2006-09-20
The Pseudo-Historical Image of the Prophet Muhammad in Medieval Latin Literature by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9783110263824Publication Date: 2011-11-17
Routledge Revivals: The Islamic Jesus (1977) : An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English and French by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781138231542Publication Date: 2016-08-12
Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781871031621Publication Date: 1970A fascinating, bibliographic account of works written in Arabic by Arab and non-Arab authors known to Ibn Nadim in 968.
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Online Reference
- Encyclopedia of Canonical Hadith Online This link opens in a new windowDespite the title, this database is not an encyclopedia of the canonical hadith collections. Readers consulting this work will not be able to accessibly find the hadiths listed in the Six Books. This exhaustive work was written by G.H.A. Juynboll, a scholar whose adherence to the Commons Link premise leads him to conclude that the vast corpus of hadith collections are forged narrations. What is valuable in this compilation is the biographies and contributions of the numerous hadith transmitters and collectors.
- Encyclopedia of Islam This link opens in a new windowThe Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (EI Online) is an invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam. The Encyclopaedia is a large-scale collective reference work compiled by the most prominent scholars in the field, touching on all aspects of Islam from the time of the Prophet to the present day.
- Encyclopedia of the Qurʾān This link opens in a new windowThe Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān Online is an encyclopaedic dictionary of qur’ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur’ānic studies. The Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān Online is the first comprehensive, multivolume reference work on the Qur’ān to appear in a Western language.
Encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān Online includes direct access to 62 Early Printed Western Qur’āns Online and the Electronic Qurʾān Concordance, a unique online finding aid for textual research. - Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures This link opens in a new windowThe Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online is an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and global project embracing women and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. It aims to cover every topic for which there is significant research, examining these regions from the period just before the rise of Islam to the present. The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures Online crosses history, geographic borders and disciplines to create a groundbreaking reference work reflecting the very latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world