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Licenced Products
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E-Book Collections
Al Manhal Islamic Studies E-Book Collection
We have licensed the "Islamic Studies E-Book Collection" of the Arabic provider Al Manhal for German research. The collection includes 2,035 e-books about Islamic law, Islamic studies and Islamic theology mainly written in Arabic. ...moreAl Manhal: Language & Literature and Classical Literature
We have licensed two new e-book collection from the provider Al Manhal. The collections contain over 2,600 e-books, mostly in Arabic. The ...moreMiras Maktoob
Works on Islamic History and Culture The e-book collection comprises 248 volumes (189 works) of editions of literary works and essays on Iranian cultural history dating back to as early as the 10th century. ...moreAl Manhal EBA E-Book Collection
This collection was created through evidence-based acquisition - an acquisition tactic that uses usage statistics to select titles from a large pool of titles ...more
Newspapers and Journals
Muslims of the Soviet East
Soviet Propaganda Journal on the Role of Muslims in the USSR The journal was quarterly published by the "Muslim Religious Board for Central Asia and Kazakhstan" from 1974 ...moreMiddle Eastern and North African Newspapers
Arabic Newspapers from the MENA Region The digital newspaper archive offers an insight into the turbulent history of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. ...moreKavkaz
The newspaper Kavkaz (Caucasus) was published during 1846-1918. It was the first Russian-language newspaper in the Caucasus, published in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia. ...moreAfghan Serials Collection
Rare Newspapers and Journals from Afghanistan The Afghan Serials Collection is anessential collection of partisan serials from the Wahdat Library, the most comprehensive ...moreRussian Islamic Studies
Topical Russian newpspapers and academic journals on Islam ...more
Source Material, Databases and Tools
Social Movements, Elections, Ephemera
Election related material from the countries of the former Soviet Union The collection "Social Movements, Elections, Ephemera" provides an extensive pool of primary sources on elections and political movements in the countries of the former Soviet Union ...moreCentral Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922: From Silk Road to Soviet Rule
Sources from The National Archives, UK The collection contains documents from the British National Archives on the history of Persia, Central Asia and Afghanistan. These range from correspondence or protocols to ...moreConfidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
Sources from The National Archives, UK The collection contains documents from the British National Archive on the history of the Middle East and North Africa. These range from single-page letters or telegrams to comprehensive ...moreLexiQamus
Ottoman Turkish Word Solver LexiQamus is an online tool that can help to identify illegible words from Ottoman Turkish texts. ...moreThe History of Afghanistan Online
History of Afghanistan The most important history of Afghanistan ever written (originally written in Persian), Siraǧ al-tawārīḫ or The History of Afghanistan. It ...moreEncyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics
Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics The Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics (publisher Brill) is a comprehensive reference work ...more
Closed Trial Accesses
These offers were already available for testing, but have not (yet) been licensed. You can still send us your feedback.
E-Marefa
The database provider has opened its complete site for the circle of users of our Specialized Information Service for 2 months. E-Marefa includes topics such as Middle East Studies, Maghreb Studies, Islamic Studies and Arabic Language or the Palestinian Affairs and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. ...moreAl-Ahram
Digital Archive of the Egyptian Newspaper The archive contains all available issues of the important and influential newspaper from Egypt from 1876 - 2019. ...moreCumhuriyet
Digital Archive of the Influential Turkish Daily Newspaper The archive includes all available issues from 1924 – 1929 in Ottoman and from 1930 – 2020 in Turkish. ...moreSezgin Online
Sezgin Online consists of volumes 1-9 of Fuat Sezgin's renowned Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest and most modern bio-bibliography ...moreAl Manhal EBA-Model
The Arabic provider Al Manhal 's EBA model is our attempt at a new form of digital acquisition that enables targeted acquisition based on usage statistics. The collection comprises over 12,000 e-books ...moreMuteferriqa
Muteferriqa is a discovery portal for printed Ottoman Turkish documents. Published by Miletos, Muteferriqa is intended to provide a simplified entry point ...moreHebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and Marathi Jewish Printing in India Online
The Valmadonna collection of Hebrew and Jewish books from India is a unique and unparalleled resource provided by Brill ...moreNoorlib
Database of Iranian E-Books With its text-image database Noorlib the Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences (CRCIS) in Iran provides specialized literature in the field of Islamic studies. ...moreNoormags
Database of Iranian Journals Noor Specialized Magazines offers digitized versions of specialized journals concerning Islamic studies, social sciences and the humanities. ...moreDar Almandumah
Full Text Database for Arabic Academic Publications Dar Almandumah is a database for journals, conferences and dissertations from all Arab countries. It provides access to almost one million articles in the fields of humanities, economics and education. ...moreThe Shangoda Collections from Dagestan
Middle Eastern Manuscripts 150 manuscripts that form the collection of Rafi’ Shamghudi (1863-1932), a famous scholar and bibliophile from Shangoda, a town in central Dagestan. ...moreWorld Religion Database
Statistics on Religions in all Countries of the World Source materials from censuses, surveys, and best estimates provide a comprehensive picture of international religious demographics. ...moreAfghan Central Press
Newspapers from Afghanisten The digital archives of 4 newspapers originating from Kabul are available for testing. Among them, three were published in Pershian/Pushto and one in English. The issues are mainly from the second half of the 20th century. ...moreİdealonline
Trial Access to Turkish E-Book Collection We have agreed a trial access for our circle of users with the Turkish database provider İdealonline. Go to İdealonline Access for users of the University of Duisburg-Essen here. ...moreTurcademy- Evaluation of a Turkish E-Book Collection
The Specialized Information Service Middle East, North Africa and Islamic Studies provides test access to the Turkish e-book database "Turcademy" in the category "Social and Humanities Sciences". ...more
Licence Services
User Circle Types of the FID Licences
(Deutsch) Der Fachinformationsdienst Nahost-, Nordafrika- und Islamstudien erwirbt Zugriffsrechte auf kostenpflichtige Online-Angebote für verschiedene wissenschaftliche Nutzergruppen. Dabei wird das Ziel verfolgt, diesen ...moreAcquisition Request
Is there a book, a journal or access to a database not yet available in Germany? Please make a acquisition request. ...moreFeedback on FID Licenses
The feedback from the academic community helps us to decide for or against the acquisition of digital licences. Please let us know what you think about the trials or the products we have already purchased. ...more