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House of Sand and Fog
Resources Related to Iran
Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information
relating to Iran. Remember, you can do a keyword search
or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing
a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching
by combining your search words with the words and, or, not.
Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search
results. Below is a sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the
floor location.
All the Shah's Men : an American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror. DS318 .K49 2003, 4th floor.
America Held Hostage: The Secret Negotiations.E183.8.I55S25, 4th floor.
Area Handbook for Iran. DS254.5.S6 1971. 4th floor.
Blood and Oil : Inside the Shah's Iran [electronic resource]. Access via Einstein/E-brary
Class, Politics, and Ideology in the Iranian Revolution.DS318.81 .M64 1993. 4th floor.
Countercoup, the Struggle for the Control of Iran. DS318 .R66 1981, 4th floor.
The Eagle and the Lion : The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations.E183.8.I55 B5 1988, 4th floor.
Fall of the Peacock Throne : The Story of Iran. DS254.5.F6 1980. 4th floor.
The Fall of the Shah. DS318.H6712 1980. 4th floor.
The Great Mosque of Isfahan. NA5997.5.I84 G73 1990. 3rd floor.
The History of Iran.
DS272.D36 2000, 3rd floor.
History of the Persian Empire. DS281.04 1978, 4th floor.
I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America. Videotape, E184.I5I3 2001. 24 Hr.Reserve, Reserve Desk1st floor of Library.
In the Name of God : The Khomeini Decade. DS318.825 .W75 1989, 4th floor.
Iran. DS254.75 .I73 2003, 4th floor.
Iran, A Country Study. D410 .A732, No. 3, 4th floor. Also available electronically via Einstein.
Iran : From Religious Dispute to Revolution. BP192.7.I68F57, 4th floor.
Iran, Past and Present. DS272. W49 1975. 4th floor.
Iran, The Illusion of Power.DS318.G68 1978b, 4th floor.
Islamic Republic of Iran.DS272.I84 1986. 4th floor.
Persepolis and Ancient Iran. DS262.P4P47, 4th floor.
The Rise and Fall of the Shah. DS318.S244, 4th floor.
The Shah's Last Ride: The Fate of an Ally. DS317.S494 1988, 4th floor.
Research Databases:
Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases.
Suggested databases are listed below.
Academic Search Elite: Provides
information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences,
humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural
topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back
to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage
of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.
ArticleFirst: Describe items
listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science,
technology, social science, business, the humanities, etc.
Congressional Quarterly
Researcher: The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in
the news in depth each
week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education
and science and technology.
Contemporary Women's Issues: Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including
health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.
Country Watch: Up-to-date
information and news on the countries of the world: political, economic, and
business information.
FirstGov: A centralized place to find
information from 20,000+ local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites.
Grolier Encyclopedias: Grolier
features two unique encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Americana and Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia.
Historical Abstracts:
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes North America.
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Access
to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information
from over 5000 sources.
SIRS Government Reporter: The ideal
resource to locate information issued by the U.S. government on domestic and
international affairs, scientific research, business developments, government
procedures and military issues.
World News: African and Middle Eastern
news, Asian, Pacific Rim and Australian news, Canadian news, European news,
Mexican, Central American and South American news, United States news.
Internet Resources
Relating to Iran:
BBC Middle East News - allows you to search for news on Iran.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Sponsored by Fordham University
Iran: E-Library Encyclopedia
Iran: Country Study: Library of Congress Country Study site.
Iran Chamber Society: History and Culture site.
Iran History: Non-profit site designed primarily for researchers and scholars, compilation of links to relevant resources.
Iran History: Lonely Planet site.
Iranian Cultural and Information Center. Stanford University site.
Iranian History: History of the Persian Gulf, Iran Chamber Society.
Iran Maps. Maps produced from the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
Maryams.Net. Muslim Women and Their Islam.
Middle East Network Information Center. Site sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the Univeristy of Texas at Austin.
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