Since 1998, the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt (ULB Halle) holds responsibility for the national
Middle East and
North Africa Collection (Sondersammelgebiet Vorderer Orient einschliesslich Nordafrika).
Since 2000, digital services of this collection and other information providers in Middle East and Islamic
studies are coordinated in the Middle East Virtual Library MENALIB. MENALIB offers access to a number of
bibliographic databases and also to electronic fulltext materials. Fulltext materials are stored in
the document repository MENAdoc which is part of ULB Halle's digital libary. MENAdoc provides access
to digital copies of the Periodicals
of the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft) and various
titles from the Turkish
studies collection of Prof. Jacob M. Landau as well as to a growing number of other
electronic fulltext materials related to Middle East and Islamic studies.