Paul Auchterlonie, replying to Dr. Langermann,wrote:
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If one assumes that, collectively, North American libraries acquire
the most significant works in Arabic, then an online search of their
union catalogues Urica (supported by RLIN) and WorldCat (supported by
OCLC) is the best way of ascertaining whether a text has been edited
and published.
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EUREKA is the name of RLG's web-based interface to the RLG Union catalog
and other resources.
The RLG Union Catalog includes records for half a million works in
languages that are written in Arabic script. Over 140,000 of these records
include Arabic script. Both RLIN and Eureka support display and searching
with original scripts, including Arabic script. (RLIN, used for technical
processing, also supports creation of records with original scripts.)
Additional information about RLG's support for Arabic and several other
scripts is available at http://www.rlg.org/origscripts.html
URICA is the name of a library system developed in South Africa. A list of
Urica sites (as of 1997) is available at
http://www.lights.com/hytelnet/sys/sys012.html
Sincerely,
-- Joan Aliprand
Senior Analyst, RLG
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