The LBCC Library catalog is web-based and searchable via the Internet. From the library homepage, click on the link "Library Catalog". The Library's URL is :

http://lib.lbcc.edu

Use "Keyword" search or "Subject " search to browse the catalog. For example, you may use keywords such as: Arabian horse, Arabic calligraphy, Islamic calendar, and Islam, etc. Consult the Reference Librarian for suggestions of other topics.

Any one Library of Congress Classification Number (or Call Number) will not be inclusive of all books on the subject in this Library. Variances in the focus of books result in their being cataloged with different call numbers. For example, a search on the subject of "Islam" will show books with the following call numbers:

Books

Allah, the God of Islam; Moslem life and worship. Fitch, Florence Mary. BP161 .F5

God is one : the way of Islam = All¯ah w¯ahid / R. Marston Speight. BP161.2 .S64

House of Islam . Cragg, Kenneth.. BP161.2 .C72

Introduction to Islam / by M. Cherif Bassiouni. BP161.2 .B33

Islam, a concise introduction / D.S. Roberts. BP161.2 .R57

Islam : a primer / John Sabini. BP161.2 .S18

Islam / by Alfred Guillaume. BP161 .G87

Islam in the world / Malise Ruthven. BP161.2 .R87

Islam : the straight path / John L. Esposito. BP161.2 .E85

Islamic impact / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Byron Haines, Ellison Findly. BP20 .I752

Medieval Islam, a study in cultural orientation. Von Grunebaum, Gustave E. D199.3 .V64

Muhammad and the Islamic tradition / by Émile Dermenghem ; translated from the French by Jean M. Watt.
BP161.2 .D4713

Muslim almanac : a reference work on the history, faith, culture, and peoples of Islam . Azim A. Nanji, editor

Muslim institutions, translated from the French by John P. MacGregor.

Gaudefroy-Demombynes, Maurice, 1862-1957. DS38 .G314.

Muslim mind / by Charis Waddy. BP161.2 .W27

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Online Databases

Searching for periodical articles in general on Islam

These online databases are accessible only with user ID and password. Please ask for the list of passwords at the Reference Desk..

FACTS.com

Available databases include: World News Digest, World News Archive, World News Special Features, World Almanac, and World Almanac Encyclopedia.

Global NewsBank

A full-text news resource containing comprehensive coverage of current issues and events from over 500 U.S.and Canadian newspapers, news sources and domestic and international newswires.

ProQuest

Offers thousands of articles on a wide variety of topics, ProQuest provides access to approximately 1,500 scholarly and general interest periodicals, many of them full-text.

To search the magazine/newspaper databases listed on LBCC Library homepage (Newsbank, Proquest, SIRS,Facts on File), use words appropriate to the discipline and subfield, including :

• Major disciplines of Social Sciences (i.e., sociology, anthropology, history, etc.)
  
• Subfield areas (e.g., ethnic relations, multiculturalism, etc.)
  
• Names of experts in the field
  
• Names of organizations or institutions involved in the field
  
• Check in the Library of Congress Subject Headings set (the five big red books on the counter),
  in dictionaries, thesauri and subject-related books for the right words to use.
  
  

Internet Resources

Searching for Islamic resources on the Internet

Use a Search Engine such as Altavista (http://www.altavista.com) when you know the exact terms or names of your topic.

• Enter two or more related words, each with a + in front of it to specify your search.
  
• Search for phrases by putting double quotes around two or more words, for example:
  • +"Arabic calligraphy"+poetry
  • +"Islamic architecture"+Asia
• Put an asterisk * after the root word to find plurals or other words beginning with the root, for example: comput* will bring articles with words computer, computers, computing.
• Use subject directories such as Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) or Internet indexes such as Librarian’s Index to the Internet (http://www.lii.org) for browsing or when you are not sure of the terms or names. Indexes lead you from the general subject to the specific sub-topic.

Web sites related to Ramadan and Islam

Arab News: http://www.arabnews.com/

The Islamic Calendar: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777381.html

Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html

Islamic Server: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/

The Islamic World to 1600 - A tutorial: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/

August 24, 2006