This presentation gives a brief description of Oxford Islamic Studies Online

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• This presentation gives a brief description of
  Oxford Islamic Studies Online
• It tells you
• what Oxford Islamic Studies Online is
• how it can help you
• how to look for information in it
• The presentation will take about 4 minutes

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Oxford Islamic Studies Online has over 3,000
reference entries, chapters from scholarly and
introductory works, Qur'anic studies resources,
primary sources, images, and timelines.
It brings together the best current scholarship
in the field and promotes accurate and informed
understanding of the Islamic world.
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To search for a particular subject, simply type
into the box at the top right.
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You can look up references to verses in two
different interpretations of the Quran quickly
and easily.
You can see the verse in the Haleem or Arberry
interpretations, or both at once.
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Practice

• Now that you have seen a brief introduction, try
  to find this information.
• What do the Quranic verses say about the
  charging of interest?
• What is ablution?
• Who is Fatima Mernissi?
• Look up Chapter 16 verse 10 in the Arberry
  translation of the Quran.

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Further help

• If you want to find out more, you can
• visit your local library website
• pop into your local library
• see the detailed user guides on the sites
  themselves
• email us at onlinemarketing_at_oup.com

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