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The Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme (Dewey for short) to arrange books and other resources on the shelves so you can locate them easily.
The vast majority of books relating to Middle Eastern Studies and related subjects can be found in the Main Library.
The Middle Eastern Studies (NE) collection is situated in the Main Library building, beginning on Purple 4 and continuing on Orange 4 and Orange 5. There are also books pertaining to these subject areas in the general collection (Blue Area).
Language | ||
Subject Area | Classmark(s) | Location(s) |
Arabic | 492.7502 / 78 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Afro-Asiatic languages | 492 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Akkadian | 492.19 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Literature & Art | ||
Arabic literature | NE 892.7 |
Main Library Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Semitic literature | NE 892.2 |
Main Library Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Turkish/Ottoman literature | NE 894.3 |
Main Library Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Iranic literature | NE 891.5 |
Main Library Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Persian literature | NE 891.550 |
Main Library Orange Area - Middle East Collection - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Art (Arab, Turkish, Iranic, Persian) | Predominantly 709.4 - 709.5 |
Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 4 and Art & Archaeology Library |
History | ||
Middle Eastern history | NE 953 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Near Eastern modern history | NE 955 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History (Turkey) | NE 949.6 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
History (Iran) | NE 955 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Middle Eastern modern history | NE 956 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
The Crusades | NE 956.91 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Iraqi Modern history | NE 956.7 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Modern Syrian and Palestinian history | NE 956.9 |
Main Library Middle East - Orange Area - Floor 5 and Blue Area - Floor 3 |
Philosophy & Religion | ||
Philosophy | 100 (specifically 109.3893) |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 1 |
Judaism | 296 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Islam, Babism and Bahai faith | 297 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
General Islam | 297 | Main Library - Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Islam and the world | NE 297.0 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Women in Islam | NE 297.01475 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Worships in Islam | NE 297.1 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Jihad | NE 297.108 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
The Quran | NE 297.2 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
The theology of Islam | NE 297.3 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Last Judgement in Islamic theology | NE 297.37 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Martyrdom in Islamic theology | NE 297.372 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Hadith / Islamic traditions | NE 297.4 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Islamic sects | NE 297.5 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Jurisprudence / Schools of law | NE 297.6 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Law in Islam: Points of law | NE 297.7 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Halal | NE 297.21 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Islam and education | NE 297.8 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Madrasa | NE 297.81 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Modern Islam | NE 297.9 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Social/Political and other areas | ||
Economics | NE 297.0144 |
Main Library Middle East - Purple Area - Floor 4 and Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Social sciences | 300 (specifically: 309.53/6) |
Main Library Blue Area - Floor 2 |
Political sciences (Politics and government - Middle East) |
320.956 |
Main Library Blue Area - Floor 2 |
International migration and colonization | 325 |
Main Library Blue Area - Floor 2 |
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The Library provides access to numerous e-book collections that host many titles relating to Middle Eastern Studies and related subjects. Follow this link to browse different collections you can explore to find e-books relating to your studies.
If the Library doesn't already hold a copy of the book you need, fill in the Order a Book form and we will get it for you.
University staff should use the Order a Book (Staff) form.
Theses can be a valuable source of information for your research and are very useful points of reference for when you come to write your own thesis.
For detailed information on how to access theses from the University of Manchester, and from other universities in the UK and internationally, please visit our Theses Library Guide.
Doctoral/Research Theses
Theses from other UK/International Institutions
A searchable and browsable database of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. It also offers full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text. Designated as an official offsite repository for the U.S. Library of Congress, PQDT Global offers comprehensive historic and ongoing coverage for North American works and significant and growing international coverage from a multiyear program of expanding partnerships with international universities and national associations.