FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.,
Jan. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Gale, a Cengage company, announced the availability of the
final modules in the series Early Arabic Printed Books from the
British Library. Now available are Sciences, History and
Geography, which features historical monographs covering
medicine, sciences, geography and more; as well as
Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues and
Periodicals, which features fiction, poetry, grammatical and
linguistic works, catalogues, and periodicals.
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library, part
of the Gale Primary Sources program, opens up access to the
Arabic heritage for a global research audience.
"The release of the final modules of Early Arabic Printed
Books from the British Library furthers Gale's mission to
enrich our understanding of the Middle
East and its historical relationship with the West," said
Seth Cayley, Director of Research
Publishing, Gale International. "Researchers are able to access
rare editions of texts from the great Arab scientists, writers and
thinkers, as well as Arabic translations of classical works. It
forms an essential collection of intellectual life in the Arabic
world."
Sciences, History and Geography includes monographs
ranging from medicine, physiology, classical sciences, natural
history, chemistry, and mathematics to biography, geography,
travel, astronomy, astrology, philosophy, logic, and ethics. Works
on medicine and physiognomy include many editions or partial
editions of Ibn Sina's (Avicenna's)
Qānūn fī al-ṭibb from the fifteenth through nineteenth
centuries, as well as works by other great Arab scientists.
Historical works include Arabic chronicles of the crusades as well
as over 200 histories in biographical form. Researchers will also
discover a wealth of travel literature and writings about
topography and cosmography.
As its name implies, Literature, Grammar, Language,
Catalogues and Periodicals contains nearly half a million pages
covering poetical texts, grammar and lexical works critical for the
study of Arabic literature, linguistics and language, works of
bibliography and catalogues, and several 19th-century periodicals.
Also included are dozens of editions of The Thousand and One
Nights in Arabic and numerous translations, and separate
publications of the individual stories.
"The Early Arabic Printed Books collection from the British
Library covers almost all subjects, including history, science and
literature over 400 years, enabling researchers to track the
development of the Middle East's
literary and intellectual heritage over time. As stated in our
Living Knowledge vision published at the beginning of 2015, the
British Library is committed to making intellectual heritage
accessible, and we're delighted that this collaboration with Gale
will enable researchers to study this rich archive online for the
first time," said Catherine
Eagleton, Head of Asian and African Collections at the
British Library.
With Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library,
scholars can search full-text material in Arabic, English and other
languages, and discover through metadata and scanned images content
in Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Syriac and 17
other languages. With this resource come a number of technological
innovations pioneered by Gale to ensure scholars in Arabic-speaking
countries and beyond can research the extensive range of texts,
including interfaces in Arabic and European languages,
right-to-left-read navigation of Arabic texts, an embedded Arabic
keyboard and newly developed optical character recognition
software.
For more information on Gale's Arabic digitization program
please visit www.gale.com/eapb or watch the video overview
here.
To speak with a Gale leader about this archive or the Gale
Primary Sources program, please contact Kristina Massari at
kristina.massari@cengage.com, or visit the Gale booth (#504) at the
American Historical Association meeting in Denver, Jan. 5
-8.
About Cengage and Gale
Cengage is the education and technology company built for learners.
The company serves the higher education, K-12, professional,
library and workforce training markets worldwide. Gale, a Cengage
company, provides libraries with original and curated content, as
well as the modern research tools and technology that are crucial
in connecting libraries to learning, and learners to libraries. For
more than 60 years, Gale has partnered with libraries around the
world to empower the discovery of knowledge and insights – where,
when, and how people need it. Gale has 500 employees globally with
its main operations in Farmington Hills,
Michigan. For more information, please visit
www.gale.com.
About The British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest
research libraries. It provides world class information services to
the academic, business, research and scientific communities and
offers unparalleled access to the world's largest and most
comprehensive research collection. The Library's collection has
developed over 250 years and exceeds 150 million separate items
representing every age of written civilisation and includes books,
journals, manuscripts, maps, stamps, music, patents, photographs,
newspapers and sound recordings in all written and spoken
languages. Up to 10 million people visit the British Library
website - http://www.bl.uk/- every year where they can view up to 4
million digitized collection items and over 40 million pages.
Media Contact:
Kristina Massari
Cengage
(203) 965-8694
kristina.massari@cengage.com
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