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Arabic Language

Historical Arabic documents

Arab Famous Works

Arabic Books at the Marriott Library

Books on Arabic as a language (philology, grammar, syntax, dictionaries) will be found between the call numbers PJ6001 and PJ7144, with most Arabic-English dictionaries at PJ6640

Arabic books call numbers at Marriott Library

Marriott Library include over 52,000 volumes in Arabic:  

  • plays, essays, poems, short stories, novels
  • literary history, biography and criticism
  • history and culture of the Arabic-speaking world
  • many other subject areas
  • children's books

Books on Arabic as a language (philology, grammar, syntax, dictionaries) will be found between the call numbers PJ6001 and PJ7144, with most Arabic-English dictionaries at PJ6640.

Arabic books in the library

Arabic Literature in Marriott Library

Arabic literature will be found between the call numbers PJ7501 and PJ8517. You can explore this in much greater detail at https://www.loc.gov/aba/publications/FreeLCC/PJ-PK-text.pdf, starting on page 91.

The corresponding call numbers for the history and culture of Arabic countries are found on the east side of Level 2:

Saudi Arabia DS201-DS248

Egypt DT43-DT154

Lebanon DS80-DS90

Iraq DS67-DS79

Sudan DT154-DT159

Libya DT211-DT239

Tunisia DT241-DT269

Algeria DT271-DT299

Morocco DT301-DT330

Syria DS92-DS99

Eritrea DT391-DT393

Israel and Palestine DS101-DS110

Somalia DT401-DT409

UAE, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait, Oman,

Qatar and Oman DS247-DS248

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