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Access to and Use of Collections
The books in the collection are arranged on open shelves on two floors in the IRCICA Library and Archive building, according to the DEWEY Decimal Classification System.
- 1st FLOOR: General Subjects, Philosophy & Psychology, Religion, Social Sciences, Language & Linguistics, Natural Sciences, Technology (books in the range of 000-600 according to their classification numbers)
- 2nd FLOOR: Art, Literature, History & Geography (books in the range of 700-999 according to their classification numbers)
Reference resources, rare books and large-format books in the collection are kept separate from the general collection and arranged amongst themselves.
A closed shelf system is applied for periodicals, off-prints, grey literature, rare book and manuscript collections. You can send your requests regarding collections to library@ircica.org
Points to consider in online catalog search:
- Transcription of the resources in Arabic and Persian scripts is done according to the principles below:
- While searching, definitional articles (a/an, the, al-, der, les, il, etc.) and punctuation marks such as hyphen (-), brackets (“) should not be used.
- Subject headings are given in English according to the Library of Congress subject headings.
- For effective searching, the filters on the left side of the results displayed on the screen (material type, year, subject, language, etc.) should be used.
When the green “Digital” button is seen, by clicking on it and selecting the “Flipbook” title that appears on the screen, the material can be accessed through the user account.
The access tab of the imprint shows the location of the material and the registration number information.
Some sources and tools that can be used during research:
- Turkish Historical Society Date Converter Guide https://www.ttk.gov.tr/tarih-cevirme-kilavuzu/
- Click on LOC Arabic Romanization Table
- Script Source Arabic Romanization Tables https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=rcssdvh5vn
- Click on LOC Persian Romanization Table.
- MELA Ottoman Turkish Rules of Application click
- ALA-LC Romanization Tables https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html
- Gregorian and Hijri Date Converter https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/islamwissenschaft/hilfsmittel/tools/kalenderumrechnung/maliyya.html
- Contemporary Turkish Dialects Keyboard Improved Ottoman Turkish / Arabic Keyboard https://www.isa-sari.com/osmanlica/
- Contemporary Turkish Dialects and Literatures, Latin Letter Virtual Keyboard Application https://pauctle.com/klavye/latin_harfli/ – https://www.isa-sari.com/ctlk/
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