Modeled on Index Islamicus, it is designed to complement this by including materials representing the Muslim perspective. Thus the overlap between the two is surprisingly low, given their virtually identical geographical and chronological coverage. Not as complete or as ambitious as Index Islamicus, Index of Islamic Literature should nonetheless be treated as a necessary tool for offering materials from a more doctrinally Islamic perspective. BP1 M87 Supp. 1947- Appearing in each quarterly issue of Middle East Journal and containing 500 or more entries each time, this bibliography concentrates on current issues and is very much up to date.
Entries are terse but intelligible and book reviews as well as articles are included.
A list of journals canvassed is included in the Fall number of Middle East Journal each year. Unfortunately this bibliography is neither cumulated nor indexed, but is not so large that consulting it regularly is onerous. Consultation is faciltitated by its being organized into about fifteen classifications.