School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures
The University of Edinburgh School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures

Resources

The University maintains a number of offices offering IMES students a range of useful resources. These include resources for language study as well as for academic research in a wide range of topics.

IMES and University resources:

  • IMES class library: IMES maintains a non-circulating library including core primary texts and reference works for both undergraduate and postgraduate use. The library itself, located on the first floor of 19 George Square, offers a quiet and comfortable study space, and is equipped with a photocopiers, computers and wireless internet for student use.
  • Language and Humanities Centre (LHC): Centre offering language-study facilities including audio-visual resources (including many films and videos) as well as computing facilities. The LHC is located in the basement of David Hume Tower.
  • Additional resources: main library: Please refer to the main library website for details on the range of electronic resources and databases accessible to students and staff at the university.

External language resources

Arabic resources: Media
Persian resources: Media

Film archives

News

Persian Newspapers

Zanaan: Women in Iran

Music

Musicians biography

Farsi or Persian?

Iranian Language family tree

Languages spoken in Iran

Alphabet

Old Persian Text 

Grammar, pronunciation

Turkish resources: Media

University resources for IMES students.

Electronic media resources

Learning resources

Academic resources