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Date converters, language resources, e-texts, etc.: |
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Electronic resources: |
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The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Encyclopaedia Iranica, and
Index Islamicus are available online to the University community.
Because their addresses might change, we suggest accessing them through
the links on the following page: |
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Lib-web-cats
"is a directory of libraries worldwide. While the majority of the current
listings are in North America, the numbers of libraries represented in
other parts of the globe is growing. Each listing includes links to the
library's website and online catalog." |
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COPAC "provides FREE access
to the merged online catalogues of 24 of the largest university research
libraries in the UK and Ireland PLUS the British Library." |
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Date converters: |
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Online Hijri/Gregorian date
converter. There are several converters on the web. A search will
find them. |
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Online Hebrew/Gregorian date
converter |
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News sources: |
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EurasiaNet "provides information
and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments
in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia,
the Middle East, and Southwest Asia." News sources include a variety of
broadcast, print and wire services. Departments include Eurasia Insight,
Business and Economics, Human Rights, Environment, Culture, Election Watch,
and more. The site "is operated by the Central Eurasia Project of the
Open Society Institute." |
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Iranian, Turkish
and many other countries' newspapers online. |
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Radio-Locator calls itself
"the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet. We
have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio
streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world." |
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Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
presents news, sports, etc., in Persian, Arabic and English. |
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Islamic Republic News Agency
In Persian or English.
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For more media and news links, see News and Current Events |
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Language resources: |
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iLoveLanguages "Formerly
known as The Human-Languages Page, iLoveLanguages is the latest redesign
of The Human-Languages Page and the Languages catalog of the WWW Virtual
Library. iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related
Internet resources. ...more than 2000 links...[including] online language
lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services,
software, language schools". |
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Yourdictionary.com:
Languages provides links to dictionaries and other resources for almost
300 languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish. |
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Yourdictionary.com:
Grammars "Here you will find grammars and language courses for over
100 languages on line, on CD ROM, and in books. Additional language resources
such as newspapers, on-line radio stations, and our dictionaries are linked
to each language." |
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The Xerox Arabic Morphological
Analyzer and Generator "accepts Modern Standard Arabic words and returns
morphological analyses and English glosses." Its translation isn't always
great, but it is very useful for finding roots and general definitions.
NOTE: If it returns an error instead of results, look in the address bar
at the top of your browser screen (on the error page). You will probably
see, somewhere near the beginning of the address, -1. Remove the -1 and
hit enter. This should load the page correctly. You will have to do this
every time. Not all browsers have this problem. It may be a browswer issue,
or may be a Java issue. |
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Online dictionaries, including
Arabic, Persian (Farsi) and Turkish. |
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Verbix "is an independent non-profit
organization that aims to promote and protect linguistic diversity. This
site contains verb conjugations for hundreds of languages, ranging from
national and international languages to regional and even extinct languages."
Software is avaiable for download--both freeware and shareware versions--or
there is a version for web use. No Arabic, Persian or Hebrew. |
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Library of Congress
Romanization tables for several dozen languages and scripts, as Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) files. Includes, among many others, Arabic,
Azerbaijani,
Hebrew
and Yiddish, Kurdish,
Mongolian,
Ottoman
Turkish, Persian,
Pushto,
Uighur
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Online Turkish.com "Turkish
Language Education for Beginner and Intermediate Levels. The site
includes free listening exercises recorded by native speakers, grammar,
online dictionary, pronunciation guide, vocabulary and Turkey related
links." |
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For more links to language resources, see Middle
Eastern Language resources. |
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Computers: |
| This is only a small sampling of available resources. As the presence of Arabic, Persian and Hebrew on the web grows daily, and as operating systems are constantly changing--sometimes in ways that make dealing with such languages easier and sometimes in ways that make it more difficult--there is no hope of keeping up to date. |
| For information about Unicode and multilingual computing on PC or Macintosh platforms, see http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/encyclopedia/unicode.html. Included are links to the excellent Alt-Latin keyboard layout for Mac or PC, which allows typing complex scripts and diacritics, and the article "Multilingual Computing with Arabic and Arabic Transliteration: Arabicizing Windows Applications to Read and Write Arabic" (a PowerPoint tutorial is also available). Many other useful resources are also linked. http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/encyclopedia/browsers.html has information about web browsers and Unicode. |
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The
Arabic Macintosh from Knut S. Vikør at the University of Bergen
(Norway). Answers, software, techniques, links. Anyone using a Macintosh
for Arabic should start here. PC users will also find useful information
and links. |
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Arabic Search Engines in North
Africa and Middle East Dozens of search engines from numerous countries.
Some require a browser with Arabic capability. |
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E-texts: |
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Omphaloskepsis "publishes
important works of ancient and non-western literature by providing them
without charge in electronic format. For cross-platform compatability
and ease of use, books are in PDF format. |
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Sacred Texts "is
a freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion,
mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts
are presented in English translation and, in some cases, in the original
language. The site has no particular agenda other than promoting religious
tolerance and scholarship." Hundreds of texts from dozens of relgions/traditions.
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The Middle
East Medievalists site provides links to several papyri and Geniza
archives. Also see MEM's Electronic
Publications & Projects |
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ACLS History E-Book Project
(American Council of Learned Societies) More than 600 books are currently
available, with full-text and all images, and all are searchable. There
are numerous works pertaining to the Middle East and Central Asia. |
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The Arabian Nights and the Rubaiyat
of Omar Khayyam presented with all text. Searchable. Two translations
of The Arabian Nights (Burton and Lang), and two of the Rubaiyat (Whinfield
and Fitzgerald). Presented by the Electronic
Literature Foundation. |
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Turning the
Pages: Sultan Baybars' Qur'an This Qur'an, "written in gold in Arabic,
dates from 1304 to 1306 and was produced for the Mamluk ruler of Egypt,
Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnagir." "Visitors are able to virtually "turn"
the pages of manuscripts in an incredibly realistic way, using touch-screen
technology and animation. They can zoom in on the high quality digitised
images and read or listen to notes explaining the beauty and significance
of each page." |
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IntraText Digital Library |
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Dictionary of
Islamic Philosophical Terms |
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Al-Warraq Over a million pages
of Arabic and Islamic works (in Arabic). |
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Ottoman Text Edition Project,
Ottoman Text Archive Project, and Ottoman Historical Dictionary |
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There are more links to full text resources on our Arts and Culture page:http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/mideast/artsculture.html |
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