Indexes books, journal articles, and papers on Islam and the Muslim world in Western languages, covering the years 1993 to the present.

For the years prior to 1906, see Index Islamicus, 1665-1905 : a bibliography of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications, a one-volume compilation which is shelved in Alden Reference with the call number Z3013 .U529 1989x.

Index Islamicus is available online, covering the years 1906-1997.