Near Eastern Studies Main Library The Near Eastern Studies Main Library is an essential part of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. The Library can be indispensable for research to both graduate and undergraduate students in the Department.It houses most of the reference materials on various disciplines within NES as well as some rare books (donated by scholars - past and present - affiliated with NES). The Library usually carries books put on reserve by NES faculty each semester, and can also be used as an excellent reading room for students and faculty. Library books are related to the following disciplines: ancient art and archeology of the Near East; Cuneiform and Mesopotamian studies; Egyptology; Semitic languages; and modern languages and literatures of the Near and Middle East (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish). Visit the Near Eastern Studies Library   Address:250 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1940 Phone:510.642.3757 | Fax:510.643.8430 Email:neareast@socrates.berkeley.edu General Info. || Faculty || Programs || Courses || Site Map University of California, Berkeley || Letters & Science URL: http://neareastern.berkeley.edu/lib.html Last modified March 28, 2008. All content copyright UC Berkeley, 2001   Click on the above links for more information. Or you can click on "Site Map" to see an index of all the pages within this site.