Authority Control
General Authority Control
Resources for Arabic Name Authorities
- Princeton University Arabic NACO Manual
- Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Zweite den Supplementbänden angepaßte Auflage. 2 vols. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1943–49.
- Brockelmann, Carl.Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Supplementbänden. 3 vols. Leiden: E.J. Brill,1937–42.
- Guide to Using Carl Brockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur Downloadable pdf version of the article originally published in MELA Notes Nr. 3 (1974) as Basic Reference Outline Series Nr. 1.
- Kaḥḥālah, ‘Umar Riḍā. Mu‘jam al-Mu’allifīn: Tarajīm Musannifī al-Kutub al-‘Arabīyah. 15 vols. Dimashq: al-Maktabah al-‘Arabīyah, 1957-61.
- Sarkīs, Yūsuf Ilyān. Mu‘jam al-Maṭbū‘āt al-‘Arabīyah wa-al-Mu‘arrabah. 2 vols. Miṣr: Maṭba‘at Sarkīs, 1346-49/1928-31. (Not officially sanctioned by the Library of Congress, but very useful.
Resources for Persian Name Authorities
- Princeton University Persian NACO Manual
- Mawlavī, Firishtah, Shuhrah Daryāyi, and Marẓīyah Hidāya, eds. Fihrist-i Mustanad-i Asāmī-i Mashāhīr va Muʼallifān. 2 vols. Tihrān: Kitābkhānah-i Millī-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān, 1376/1997.
Resources for Ottoman Turkish Name Authorities
- Işık, İhsan. Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors: People of Literature, Culture and Science. 4 vols. Ankara: Elvan Yayınları, 2005.
- Özege, M. Seyfettin. Eski Harflerle Basilmiş Türkçe Eserler Kataloğu. 5 vols. İstanbul : Fatih Yayınevi Matbaası,1971-79.
- Tahir, Bursalı Mehmet. Osmanlı Müellifleri. İstanbul: Meral Yayinevi, 1971.