History - Middle Eastern

Provided by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School, Middle East 1916-Present includes the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916), the Balfour Declaration (1917), the Pact of the League of Arab States (1945), the Palestinian National Charter (1968), and many other key primary documents.

Historical Maps

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:05:51 -0700

Middle East Historical Maps

Historical maps of Africa online from the Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas.

About Primary Sources

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:09:23 -0800

Letters, interviews, photographs, and diary/blog entries are all examples of primary sources. Primary sources provide first-hand evidence of an event or subject, and they can be unpublished or published. PCC Library's collection incudes published primary sources including autobiographies and personal journals. The Internet provides a wealth of access to primary sources through websites of historical societies, museums, organizations, educational institutions, and governmental entities. Consult Using Primary Sources on the Web, published by the American Library Association.

Question of Palestine

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:00:24 -0700

Maintained by the United Nation's Division for Palestinian Rights, Question of Palestine offers an historical overview, resolutions, U.N. news, and information about the U.N.'s NGO Palestine network and the Division for Palestinian rights

Foundation for Middle East Peace

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:17:50 -0700

The Foundation for Middle East Peace is a nonprofit organization that "promotes peace between Israel and Palestine, via two states, that meets the fundamental needs of both peoples. This website contains commentary and analysis, maps, information on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, and special reports.

Middle East Crisis

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:05:38 -0700

BBC's coverage of Middle East current events and historical background. Features maps, country profiles, a timeline, and documents.

Palestine Center

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:26:13 -0700

The Palestine Center, the educational program of the nonprofit organization The Jerusalem Fund, "gives voice to the Palestinian narrative through policy briefings, lecture series, conferences, and scholarly publications. The center's analysis "emphasizes a Palestinian perspective on the peace process, the Right of Return, and final status negotiations, elections, international law, media coverage of Israel and Palestine, and U.S. foreign policy in the region.

Middle East Institute

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:22:42 -0800

The Middle East Institute, founded in 1946, "strives to increase knowledge about the Middle East among U.S. citizens and to promote understanding between the peoples of the Middle East and America."

The websites provides commentaries, event summaries, and viewpoints. Publications include the MEI Bulletin and Middle East Journal

MuslimHeritage.com

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:23:12 -0800

MuslimHeritage.com, presented by the Foundation for Science, Technology, and Civilisation (UK), explores Islamic achievements, and contributions to science, technology, arts, and civilization over the past 1000 years.

Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:28:58 -0700

Blood and Oil: FDR Meets with the King of Saudi Arabia

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:56:50 -0800

Films on Demand

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:49:44 -0800

Watch From Bitter Earth: Artists of the Holocaust
This BBC production pays tribute to the Jewish artists who created work that vividly documented the horror of Hitler's reign, from the despair of the Polish ghettos to the unprecedented misery of the death camps.

Browse the History film collection in Films on Demand, a streaming video database.

About Mosaic: World News from the Middle East

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:13:34 -0800

Mosaic is a Peabody award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority.

Get Help in Person or by Phone

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700

You can ask our librarians a question during open hours at any PCC Library.

Need the phone number for your campus? Contact us! If you'd rather come by in person, check the PCC Library locations and hours.

Email Us

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:34:58 -0700

Need to ask a question by email? That's easy too. Use Ask a Librarian, or find your favorite librarian's email address on Library Staff.

Help from Tutors

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:15 -0700

Tutors are available to you both in person and online, and the service is free! Cascade, Sylvania, Rock Creek and Southeast Center each have a tutoring center with excellent in-person tutors in most subjects. If you're working on a paper, the writing tutors are popular (so don't wait until the last minute)! You can get more information about each campuses hours and locations at the links below:

Cascade Campus Learning Center

Rock Creek Student Learning Center

Tutoring at Southeast Center

Tutoring at Sylvania

Or get started working with PCC's online tutors:

eTutoring at PCC

Chat or Text a Librarian for Help

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:30 -0700

You can chat with a PCC librarian any time you see the PCC Ask A Librarian chat widget on any of the library's pages (like the PCC Library home page) or in a subject guide like this one. You can also get to us through AIM, Yahoo!, or Google Talk.

AIM/Y!: pcclib
Google Talk: pcclib@gmail

You can also text a librarian for help at:
971-259-TEXT (8398)

Need help when the library isn't open? Chat with an L-Net librarian 24-7.

Helping Yourself!

jrognlie@pcc.edu (Jane Rognlie) — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:35:44 -0700

PCC Library has lots of resources that you can use on your own. You may already know that about the quiet study spaces as well as study rooms you can reserve.

Citing sources is another way you can help yourself! PCC Library has all the information you need on Cite Sources. The library also has video tutorials on everything from how to develop a topic for your paper to figuring out how to incorporate those citations. You'll find those videos, as well as information about using e-resources, at Tutorials and Handouts.