Search Tips for Finding Books
Places to look:
- Easy Search on the library home page, for:
- Books & articles you already know the title for
- A general, wide-ranging search at the beginning of your research
- U of I Collection, for:
- Items belonging to the U of I
- I-Share Collection, for:
- Items belonging either to the U of I or able to be requested from another I-Share institution
- Library-specific search, for:
- Beginning to narrow down your topic
Found a book that you like? Try looking for the "Virtual Browse" option in the Primo Catalog. Scanning through this function will provide you with books on similar topics.
Potential search terms:
- Mediterranean* Studies / History
- North Africa
- Middle East / Levant
- Southern Europe
- Antiquity / Ancient civilization*
- Islam / Christianity / Judaism
Introductory Texts
Can We Talk Mediterranean? by Call Number: 909.09822 C162ISBN: 3319557254Publication Date: 2017-10-04
The Mediterranean World by Call Number: 909.09822 M317lISBN: 9781421419015Publication Date: 2016-05-23
Egypt, Greece, and Rome by Call Number: 909.09822 Oc52mISBN: 9780199651917Publication Date: 2014-05-27
Digital Collections
- Ancient World Digital LibraryA broad range of scholarly material related to the study of the ancient world. Initiated by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and New York University.
- ABZUA guide to "networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean World."
- Bibliothèques d'OrientFrom the National Library of France. Collections related to exchanges between France and the Eastern Mediterranean, covering 1798-1945.
- Sephardic Studies Digital CollectionDigital repository of sources related to the Sephardic Jews of the Mediterranean world, including books, documents, audio recordings, and more.
- A Digital Corpus for Graeco-Arabic StudiesCollection of texts translated from Greek to Arabic in addition to Arabic commentary and secondary sources.
- Anemi: Digital Library of Modern Greek StudiesFrom the University of Crete Library.
Web Links
- Introductory BibliographyPrepared by the Palmer School of Library & Information Science