Arabic Language
Research and Studies

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide to Arabic Language studies and research is to provide you with a combined print and web-link source for the study and research of the Arabic Language.

Searching in WebLUIS

There are two basic types of searches to perform in WebLUIS. Either search can be effective, but the results of the search can vary greatly.

Subject Searching

Subject searching is dependant upon the use of specific, official subject headings from the Library of Congress Subject Headings. These books, known affectionately as the "red books" can be found throughout the library. Consulting the "red books" will offer you many Library of Congress subject headings. This heading --

s = arabic language

will be sufficient enough to begin your search for Arabic Language study and research materials in the FIU Libraries.

Keyword Searching

The second method of searching by keywords can be very powerful if you remember that the word(s) you use can be located anywhere within a bibliographic record's text, and may or may not pertain to the subject or topic which you are searching. For example, if your topic required that you search the FIU Libraries Catalog for a Arabic-English, English-Arabic language dictionary, your keyword search command could be --

k = arabic english dictionary

Library Resources

These sources are available in the FIU Library. Please refer to the campus location and collection assignment before going to the shelves.

Bibliographies

Arabic dialect studies, a selected bibliography. Sobelman, Harvey.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: PJ6709 .S6 1962

Arabic materials in English translation : a bibliography of works from the pre-Islamic period to 1977. Anderson, Margaret.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: PJ7692.E1 A53 1980

Arabic historical writing, 1975 and 1976 : an annotated bibliography of books in history from all parts of the Arab world. Abdulrazak, Fawzi.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number: DS37.7 .A3

Hispano-Arabic strophic poetry : studies. Stern, S. M.
Location: N.MIAMI General Collection, Call Number PJ7542.M8 S7 1974

Dictionaries

An Arabic-English lexicon. Lane, Edward William.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PJ6640 .L3 1980 [parts 1 through 8]

Arabic-English, with a petroleum accent. Shaheen, Esber I.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PJ6640 .S46

A Dictionary and glossary of the Koran. Penrice, John.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PJ6696.Z8 P4 1976

Dictionary of Qur'anic terms and concepts. Mir, Mustansir.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: BP133 .M57 1987

English-Arabic and Arabic-English dictionary. Wortabet, John.
Location: UNIV.PARK Reference, Call Number: PJ6640 .W57 1954

A Learner's Arabic-English dictionary. Steingass, Francis Joseph.
Location: N.MIAMI Reference, Call Number: PJ6640 .S8 1978

Grammar Guides

Concise grammar of literary Arabic; a new approach with vocabulary lists, exercises, reading selections and a cumulative glossary. Bishai, Wilson B.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PJ6307 .B46

The Foundations of grammar; an introduction to medieval Arabic grammatical theory. Owens, Jonathan.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PJ6075 .O94 1988

Written Arabic; an approach to the basic structures. Beeston, A.F.L.
Location: UNIV.PARK General Collection, Call Number: PJ6307 .B4

Verb Guides

Currently, the library does not own an Arabic verb guide. Please refer to an Arabic grammar book for assistance.

Web Sources and Gateways

Looking for Arabic Language newspapers, journals, or magazines? Need to learn Arabic? Click on this link for available online Arabic Language sources.

Cyberzines, E-Journals, and Language Learning Resources

Online Dictionaries and Translation Assistance

Go directly to online dictionaries and translators. These sites were neither created by or are not the responsibility of the FIU Libraries. Periodic reviews may result in the addition, retention, or removal of any site based upon collection development policies. You may wish to bookmark favored sites.

Online Dictionaries & Translation Assistance

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