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Encyclopedia Britannica Online This link opens in a new window
It consists of a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest article database, hundreds of articles not found in the print Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Tenth Edition), the Britannica Book of the Year thousands of links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors.

Brill's Encyclopedia of China / edited by Daniel Leese.
Provides a reference on China from its early beginnings, with a clear focus on the modern period from the mid-nineteenth century to the 21st century. Covers the history, geography, society, economy, politics, science, and culture of China.
Chronology of world history
A year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present. Covers social, political, artistic, and technological events. Indexed by name, title, place and event.
Encyclopaedia Iranica [electronic resource] / [edited by Ehsan Yarshater]
A multi-disciplinary reference work and research tool designed to record the facts of Iranian history and civilization. A precisely documented reference work on the lands, life, culture and history of all Iranian peoples and their interaction with other societies.
Encyclopaedia Judaica / Fred Skolnik, editor-in-chief ; Michael Berenbaum, executive editor
Call Number: DS102.8 .E496 2007
Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
In Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) which also includes full text encyclopedias on American, Middle Eastern, Vietnam, World History, Dictionary of Ideas, Genocide, Recreation, Fashion, and other related topics.

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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Find peer-reviewed journals, full text periodicals, reports, and books across multiple subjects.
Bibliography of Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Find articles, monographs (until 1991), proceedings, and festschriften written in Western languages of all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast and South Asia from 1971 to present.
Humanities Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Find full text articles from journals, books and other published sources covering all aspects of the humanities, 1909 to present.Upgraded version of Humanities International Complete.
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International historical statistics
Statistics for Africa, Asia and Oceania.

China Historical GIS
A database of historical administrative units for different periods in Chinese History, and will also provide a base GIS platform for researchers to use for spatial analysis, temporal statistical modeling, and representation of selected historical units as digital maps.

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Digital South Asia Library
Includes books, images, maps, indexes, statistics, finding aids and links to internet resources.
Microfilm Collections (UA Libraries)
Includes African, Asian and Middle Eastern History at the University of Arizona Libraries.
National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
A cooperative cataloging effort which identifies manuscript collections in the U.S. From 1959-1986 listed in print volumes only (Z6620.U5 N3). After 1986 most cataloging appears in RLIN and also WorldCat. Access to RLIN through both NUCMC and RLIN.
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources worldwide.
Travelers in the Middle East Archive
The Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) is a digital archive at Rice University that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. TIMEA offers electronic texts such as travel guides, museum catalogs, and travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, and historical maps.

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Foreign Newspapers (UA Library)
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