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log in or sign upOxford Islamic Studies Online is a resource which brings together the best current scholarship in the field, and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Including over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, and primary sources, this resource will be of interest to a wide audience.
This resource is compliant with the OpenURL standard and supports mediated linking.
This resource does not support the Z39.50 protocol, but can be accessed by federated search software and supports the method="get".
The base URL for federated searching is:
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/search/quick?_fmt=context &_refinePage=%2Fsearch%2Fadvanced_search.jsp&
Search terms are added to the base URL introduced with 'text=', and are separated by '+'. For example:
text=+pillars+islam
The data conforms to the XML 1.0 standard.
MARC 21 records are available for download.
There are 10 main topics and over 30 subtopics which can be used to refine a search. There are also six specialised search options:
Users can:
ICOLC compliant statistics are available.
Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, and IP address range.
This resource meets level 2 of the WAI guidelines.
Paty, Morgan. "Oxford Islamic Studies Online." The Charleston Advisor. April 2012. pp. 23-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.13.4.23 Accessed November 26, 2013.