Research Guides: Library Guide for Modern Middle East 100: National Libraries and Digital Libraries

Tunisian National Library

The National Library of Tunesia
Some items are digitized. Includes a section entitled 'Catalogue du Maghreb', available in Arabic and French, and a link to the library catalogue, which may be searched or browsed in Arabic, French, or English.
Bibliotheque Nationale de Tunisie
Includes information on the library's space and services, collections, cultural news, and an Annual Report (only available in Arabic).

Moroccan National LIbrary

Bibliothèque National du Royaume du Maroc
Available in French and Arabic, the National Library of Morocco contains historical, scientific, artistic and aesthetic material tied to the cultural identity of Morocco.

Gallica

Gallica
A digitized collection of material from French colonies. Includes medieval manuscripts from France and England, a sound collection, children's literature, newspapers, books, maps, musical scores, and objects.

Early Arabic Printed Books

Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library
The first full-text searchable digital library of early printed books in Arabic script. Covering religious literature, law, science, mathematics, astrology, alchemy, medicine, geography, travel, history, chronicles, and literature, and including European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European books, it exemplifies the long exchange of ideas and learning between Europe and the Arabic-speaking world.

Virtual Library of Arab and Islamic Heritage:

Virtual Library of Arab and Islamic Heritage: the site's purpose is to make learning and knowledge about the Arab world easily available and accessible. Content covers the 22 Arab states, members of the Arab League, and is arranged thematically in ten sections, each with several subsections. New entries are regularly added. Link directly to books here.

Google Books

Google Books: lets you search the full text of all books available in Google Book Search with a Find at Harvard University link displayed on every item in a search result set. Clicking the link brings the user to the catalog record if an exact match is found in HOLLIS. If an electronic version of the book has been licensed by Harvard, the user will be taken directly to the full text of the e-book. If an exact match in HOLLIS is not found, a pre-populated HOLLIS search screen will open making it easy for patrons to launch a HOLLIS search session.

Arabic Collections Online (NYU)

Arabic Collections Online
A digital library of public domain Arabic language content. ACO currently provides digital access to 17,699 volumes across 10,473 subjects drawn from rich Arabic collections of distinguished research libraries.

Qatar Digital Library

The Qatar Digital Library: a vast archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and wider region freely available online, it includes archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and more, with explanatory notes and links, in both English and Arabic. Developed through a partnership among the Qatar Foundation, the Qatar National Library and The British Library

Hathi Trust

HathiTrust Digital Library: a shared repository of works digitized by more than 50 research library members. The catalog provides information about more than 5 million books and journals and is growing daily. More than 2.5 million titles are in the public domain so may be viewed in full text

The Egyptian Press Archive

The Egyptian Press Archive
Search 40 years of political, cultural and economic aspects in the discourse of modern Egyptian history, spanning the time from the mid 1970’s to 2010. The archive contains 800,000 articles taken from 24 daily and weekly Egyptian and Arab paper journals and 11 digital ones, and are classified into 15 themes.