This is a general guide about digital collections, highlighting major digital collections at the American University of Beirut (AUB) as well as selected Middle Eastern digital collections around the world.

Some of the most valuable and easily accessible databases and sources on the web for the aspiring Middle East historian and researcher. Includes Arab, Judaica, Ottoman, and Persian resources.

The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) is...designed to provide NARA staff and researchers nationwide with convenient access to content beyond the physical holdings of our traditional library. ALIC provides access to information on American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents to NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public.

Resource and Subject Guides include: subject guides on Human Rights and Climate - these include detailed information for navigating complicated repositories like the UN and EU collections, and more (via MEI Programs tab); companions to MEI's contemporary art shows - with resources on modern and historical popular culture and its artistic products; Collection Spotlights discussing books held at the Oman Library - which provide background information and suggest related materials; government resources - currently under construction; and language acquisition resources.

ISSN 2160-3049 Technically a blog, each post features resources that are relevant to the study of the Middle East and Islamic world.