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Combining excellence with innovation, Cairo Scholarship Online is a unique and invaluable tool for both research and teaching in the growing and increasingly important field of Middle East Studies. With Cairo Scholarship Online, you can cross-search the full text of the best the American University in Cairo (AUC) Press scholarly books in Society and Culture, Political Science, and Religion.

Title lists for each subject area can be downloaded as a PDF or .xls from the subject browse page.

Market research among librarians, faculty, and students at hundreds of institutions worldwide has informed the development of University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO), the platform on which Cairo Scholarship Online is delivered. Cairo Scholarship Online delivers a robust, intuitive, and user-friendly interface with a wealth of important features, including:

Search by author, title, full text, abstract, keyword, subject, publication date, and more
Link to references from bibliographies and footnotes, including OpenURL and DOI-linking support
Link directly to individual books and chapters
Download chapters to PDF
Export to printer-friendly format
Automatically export citations

Cairo Scholarship Online for Scholars

Filter results to view your subject specilizations or to find the latest scholarship in the field
Offers high quality university press monograph content with over 50 books across 3 subject areas
Save time with at-a-glance keywords and abstracts at both book and chapter levels
Quickly build bibiolgraphies with automatic exports citations to RefWorks, Endnote, Reference Manager, Zotero, and ProCite
Save links to favourite books, chapters and searches within a personalization area to save for a future session
Use content as you prefer - whether on screen, printed, downloaded to PDF, emailed, or shared via social sites
Save time with at-a-glance keywords and abstracts at both book and chapter levels
Use content as you prefer - whether on screen, printed, downloaded to PDF, emailed, or shared via social sites
Attractively designed for readability, functionality, and ease-of-use

Cairo Scholarship Online in Libraries

Delivers high quality university press monograph content with over 50 books across 3 subject areas
Enables library patrons to concentrate research through a single online platform
Can be easily integrated into library systems and updated frequently with new content
Provides full customer support services as well as flexibility and choice in purchasing models
COUNTER-compliant statistics at subject and title levels
OpenURL compliance, connecting more than half a million citations to your library's catalogue
WCAG accessibility guidlines, 'AA' compliant
A clear Legal Notice and Privacy Policy, to refer to for issues such as printing and download limits
The assurance of archiving in PORTICO, ensuring permanent access to purchased content
RSS feeds delivering the latest Cairo Scholarship Online news and title lists straight to your desktop

Obtaining access to Cairo Scholarship Online

If you are a Librarian, you can register for a 30 day institutional free trial.

If you are an academic or a student, you can Recommend UPSO to your Librarian.

Free trials are unavailable to private individuals.

Staying in touch

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