Expanding Resources for Middle East Studies from East View Information Services Robert Lee Director of Online Publishing MELCOM 2010 Cordoba, Spain Middle East Libraries Committee European Assoc. of Middle East Librarians International

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About East View Headquarters: Minneapolis USA Founded 1989

About East View Headquarters: Minneapolis USA Founded 1989 Specialized in exotic language resources for western libraries. (Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Central Asian resources)

About East View Headquarters: Minneapolis USA Founded 1989 Specialized in exotic language resources for western libraries. (Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Central Asian resources) Local European representation (Netherlands, Germany); frequent visits to European customers, EU conferences Sister company East View Cartographic – geospatial digital and GIS production

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Middle East Studies AskZad (Arabia Inform, Cairo) Kotobarabia (Cairo) IHP – Index to Hebrew Periodicals (Univ. of Haifa) (plus print periodicals and book Approval Plans)

Middle East Studies AskZad (Arabia Inform, Cairo) –Variety of media: books, news, journals, dissertations, internet media and blogosphere –Coverage of all MENA countries (news, internet) –News index (PANI): 2,000 current news sources, searchable metadata with Full-Image article views millions of articles; grows by 50,000 units daily –E-books: nearly 50,000 titles to date –Dissertations –Journals index and journals content –Modules available individually (e.g. Newspapers; Journals; individual dissertations, e-books; etc.) Kotobarabia (Cairo) IHP – Index to Hebrew Periodicals (Univ. of Haifa) (plus print periodicals and book Approval Plans)

Middle East Studies AskZad (Arabia Inform, Cairo) Kotobarabia (Cairo) –Modern and historical e-books (two collections) –Easy-to-use platform –Hosted by East View –Egyptian authors; 25 subject categories IHP – Index to Hebrew Periodicals (Univ. of Haifa) (plus print periodicals and book Approval Plans)

Middle East Studies AskZad (Arabia Inform, Cairo) Kotobarabia (Cairo) IHP – Index to Hebrew Periodicals (Univ. of Haifa) –Comprehensive indexing of Hebrew periodicals in Israel –Hebrew and English interfaces –News index –Now supported by East View (plus print periodicals and book Approval Plans)

Middle East Studies AskZad (Arabia Inform, Cairo) Kotobarabia (Cairo) IHP – Index to Hebrew Periodicals (Univ. of Haifa) NEW: Technical solutions from East View Digital Microfilm EVAirlock

Middle East Studies NEW: Digital Microfilm EVAirlock

Middle East Studies NEW: Digital Microfilm EVAirlock

Middle East Studies В числе постоянных сотрудников: Н. Батурин, В. Г. Данский, В. Брусянин, Эд. Бельскйй, Б. Веселовский, В. Вересаев, член Гос. Думы С. Воронин, чд. Гос. Думы А. Войлошников, И. Глад- нев, М* Горький, С. Гусев-Оренбургский, А. Дикий, П. Днев- ницкий, чл. Гос. Думы Н. Егоров, К. Еремеев, чл. Гос. Думы М. Захаров, Г. Зиновьев, В. Ильин, Ф. Ильин, Ю. Каменев, И. Ларский, М. Ольминский, П. Орловский, Г. Плеханов, По- литикус, чл. Гос. Думы И. Покровские, В. Пономарев, чл. Гос. Думы А. Предкальн, чл. Гос. Думы Н. Полетаев, Ш. Раппопорт (Париж), Н. Рожков, Н. Рязанов, Ф. Ротштейн (Лондон), Ю. Стеклов, чл. Гос. Думы Н. Сурков, С. Сергеев-Ценский, Г. Цы- перович, И. Чернышев, Е. Чириков, чл. Гос. Думы В. Шурка- нов и мн. др. Full image: Underlying full text:

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Middle East Studies NEW: Digital Microfilm EVAirlock

Middle East Studies EVAirlock Remote access for CD products Offers possibility of simultaneous use User can use ANY operating system and ANY web browser to access User can work from any computer (e.g. no need to install Arabic keyboard, for example) (Applicable to online databases also)

Middle East Studies Coming soon from East View: Historical primary source collections on the Middle East

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