Middle East Women

A bibliography of books about women in the Middle East in a RefWorks database.

Many of the entries were taken from the book, Women in the Middle East and North Africa: an Annotated Bibliography by Ayad al-Qazzaz which includes abstracts.  A few other abstracts have been included for more current works and, over time, more abstracts will be added.

Guidelines for inclusion:

1. Mostly books (a few articles)
2. English language only
3. Publication date from early 1900s to present
4. Non-fiction only but includes memoirs and personal essays
5. Covers Middle East and North Africa although some general works on Islam are included if they discuss the ME area.
6. Time coverage is from 600 AD so from Islamic time forward but most of the books deal with modern times.

RefWorks is a bibliography manager – items can be exported from online catalogs and periodical indexes into a reference list.  The entire database or portions of it can be transported into whatever style format desired.  This bibliography is in a RefShare module which means it can be accessed through a URL. 

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How to use the bibliography

On the multi-listing bibliography page

• for full record of an individual entry, click on “view” at the right side of the page across from the entry number
• for the full view of all records, click on view tab at the top and select full
• click on the authors name to obtain all entries by that author
• list is sorted by primary author but can be changed and sorted in a variety of ways – see “sort by” drop down box list in upper right hand corner

How to search

There are two ways to search the bibliography

• On the front page, the upper right-hand box searches keywords and returns results in order of relevance
• Click on the search tab and select advanced – click on authors, title words or descriptors (subject headings) to search which one you want

To create a customized bibliography:

• Mark items desired
• Click on “create bibliography” tab
• Select output style from drop-down list
• Choose file type (HTML, Word, etc.)
• Click on “create bibliography” button at bottom
• Can print or export your list