{"id":8073,"date":"2019-01-10T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T16:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.menalib.de\/?page_id=8073"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:34:01","slug":"der-fachinformationsdienst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/menalib\/en\/about\/der-fachinformationsdienst\/","title":{"rendered":"The Specialised Information Service (FID)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Specialised Information Service (FID) Middle East-, North Africa- and Islamic Studies provides highly specialised research materials from the countries of the MENA region for German researchers. It is funded by the German Research Foundation<\/a> (DFG) and has been maintained by the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt<\/a> since 2016.<\/p>\n

Acquisitions<\/h2>\n

We acquire literature from the countries of the Near East and North Africa that is difficult to access mainly in the original language and make this highly specialised sources permanently available.<\/p>\n

This is done on the one hand traditionally via the interlibrary loan of the ULB Saxony-Anhalt for printed materials. However, increasingly, we deliver documents digitally as Open Access<\/a> or as licenses for the scientific FID community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Virtual Library<\/a> MENALIB provides central access to our holdings, offers and services which are available to you via the discovery system MENAsearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Range of Subjects<\/h2>\n

The FID Middle East-, North Africa- and Islamic Studies sees itself as a partner for a number of smaller, philologically, religiously and regionally oriented disciplines that belong to the Oriental Studies. These include<\/p>\n