{"id":911,"date":"2013-04-11T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=911"},"modified":"2013-04-11T16:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:52:31","slug":"muslim-journeys-bookshelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Journeys Bookshelf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys and Oxford Islamic Studies Online<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_915\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=915\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-915\" src=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-1-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Books from the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf\" title=\"Muslim Journeys Bookshelf 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-1-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-1.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books received through the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf.<\/p><\/div>The library is proud to announce \u2013 re-announce as might be the case \u2013 that we have been awarded a collection of materials known as \u201cThe Muslim Journeys Bookshelf\u201d. This collection, compiled and awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, has been chosen based in the advice of scholars, librarians, and other humanities educators and program experts. It includes a variety of resources \u2013 some of which are displayed in the photos on this page \u2013 from poetry and art books, to stories of faith and introduction to the origins of Islam and its existence today, in America and around the world. This collection holds many great resources to explore and gain a better understanding of Islam, or even just become acquainted with its foundations.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_917\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=917\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-917\" src=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-2-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Books from the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf\" title=\"Muslim Journeys Bookshelf 2\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-2-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-2-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Muslim-Journeys-Bookshelf-2.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More books received through the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf.<\/p><\/div>Along with this we also have access to the Oxford Islamic Studies Online database. This resource combines the material of six Oxford publications: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, The Oxford History of Islam, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, The Islamic World: Past and Present, and What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam, as well as a fully searchable Qur\u2019an \u2013 traditional and modern translation. We are excited to offer access to this easily useable and comprehensive database.\u00a0 This is a great resource for everything from early browsing, and curiosity-driven personal inquiries, to in-depth research. Even casual browsers can easily gain a fuller understanding of Islam and the Islamic World using this resource.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>Oxford Islamic Studies Online can be accessed from the Library\u2019s webpage under the list of databases. A brief description and URL to the database can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/owa.wittenberg.edu\/owa\/redir.aspx?C=vzjBbQc_gEmNoXhy9iDV3s2v8uBWCtAInUu9EJqUv_JwnArZem7SHjHLLGcV_oRFBAkPm0gOHwc.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww6.wittenberg.edu%2flib%2ffind%2fbrowse-db.php%3finfo%3d300\" target=\"_blank\"> HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys and Oxford Islamic Studies Online The library is proud to announce \u2013 re-announce as might be the case \u2013 that we have been awarded a collection of materials known as \u201cThe Muslim Journeys Bookshelf\u201d. 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