Index Islamicus
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Index Islamicus |
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of journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, and book chapters on
Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world, compiled by an editorial team based
at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Subject coverage includes
accounting; archaeology; arts bibliography and scholarship; economics; education;
the Middle East; geography; Islam; law; literature; natural and applied sciences;
philosophy; politics; religion; social sciences; theology; travel; and zoology.
Coverage from 1906 to the present, with annual updates. |
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| Use at the end of a search term to truncate, or within a term as a multicharacter wildcard, eg. femini* will retrieve articles using feminist, feminism, feminine, etc.
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Use ? as a single wildcard within a search term, eg. wom?n will retrieve articles using both woman and women. | |||||||||||||||||
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Boolean operators can be used in either Basic or Command Line search screens.
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| where both terms are present | |||||||||||||||||
| where either term is present | |||||||||||||||||
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| finds one search term within a certain number of words of a second search term | |||||||||||||||||
| finds one search term within ten words of a second search term | |||||||||||||||||
| finds a first search term when it appears before a second search term (the two terms are not necessarily next to each other) | |||||||||||||||||
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finds a first search term appearing after a second search term (the two terms are not necessarily next to each other) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Index Islamicus allows you to limit your searches in both Basic and Advanced Search screens. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date | The default will search all records. Use the drop down menus to limit to a range of years. | |||||||||||||||||
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Latest update | Click the radio button to limit your search to documents added to the database within the last week. | |||||||||||||||||
| Journal articles | Click this button to limit your search to journal articles only. | |||||||||||||||||
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English | Click this button to limit your search to documents in English. | |||||||||||||||||
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