Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies 
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Description: MECAS is a bibliographic index of research, policy, and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Over 12,000 records of recently published & "grey" literature are added annually. Coverage includes the following fields:
political affairs & law; international relations; economic affairs;
cultural heritage; arts & humanities; society & social welfare; ethnic diversity & anthropology; significant religious events & movements;
recent history (1900 - present) & archaeology.
Hundreds of links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are included.
Content is derived from the following sources: Middle East Bibliography (1946-2001); Middle East Book Bibliographies, compiled by Dr. Bernard Reich and Dr. Sanford Silverburg; Theses & Dissertations; MECAS Citations Database (contains over 95,000 records to mostly English-language publications - journal articles & books; School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Library Catalogue: (1900-present).
Coverage: 1900 & earlier to present
Subject(s)
African & Middle East Studies
Area Studies
Asian Studies
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