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The Encyclopaedia of Islam, CD-ROM Edition. v. 1.0. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1999. 626 megabytes. $375 (for individuals--far more for institutions).

The Encyclopaedia of Islam is the grand reference book of its subject. The Encyclopaedia's topics mostly deal with the pre-modern period, but some entries are contemporary (such as the Islamist thinker Sayyid Abu `l-A `la Mawdudi and the history of Sudan up to 1995). The first Encyclopaedia was compiled in four volumes between 1913 and 1936. The second edition, still underway, began publication in 1954 and has now finished the letter ...