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For a 300-level class, it's normal to request books from other libraries via interlibrary loan. Usually, the books you request are books that you saw in citations or in Google Books. However, you might also want to use WorldCat to search for books at other libraries.
Here at Simpson Library, try browsing these call numbers for books about the modern Middle East:
- The Islamic world: DS 35.3 through DS 35.77
- Arab countries (in general): DS 38.9 through DS 39.32
- The Middle East (in general): DS 62.7 through DS 63.124
- Politics and government of the Middle East: JQ 1758 through JQ 1852
These are the call numbers for specific countries:
- Armenia: DS 194 - DS 198
- Bahrain: DS 247.B25 through DS 247.B28
- Egypt: DT 100 through DT 110
- Iran: DS 302 through DS 320
- Iraq: DS 77 through DS 79.8
- Israel and Palestine: DS 109.92 through DS 109.95
- Jordan: DS 154.4 through DS 154.6
- Kuwait: DS 247.K85 through DS 247.K88
- Lebanon: DS 83 through DS 88.
- Oman: DS 247.O65 through DS 247.O68
- Qatar: DS 247.Q35 through DS 247.Q38
- Saudi Arabia: DS 242 through DS 245
- Syria: DS 97.5 through DS 98.8
- Turkey: DR 556 through DR 700
- United Arab Emirates: DS 247.T85 through DS 247.T88
- Yemen: DS 247.Y45 through DS 247.Y47
For a complete breakdown of the call number meanings, see this PDF.
