Türkiye’de İhtisas Kütüphaneciliği ve Veri Tabanları Hizmetleri: İSAM Kütüphanesi Örneği

Center for Islamic Studies was established in 1988 to contribute to the training of researchers in the field of Islamic Studies, provide them library and documentation opportunities, support research projects, make academic and scholarly publications, including TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, and organize scientific meetings. In addition to the encyclopedia studies of ISAM, there are works published in different series such as General Knowledge, Doctoral Theses, Research-Reviews, Symposiums-Panels, Source Works, Archive, Qadi (Judge in Islamic Countries) Registers, and Periodicals. Having been developed from past to present following the conditions of the age and become an essential library by being appreciated by domestic and foreign academic circles, ISAM Library has also realized many database projects by facilitating everyone's access to information. The main database services are Turkish History, Literature, Culture, and Art History Articles, Theology Articles, Documentation, Ottoman Turkish Articles, Risala Database and Ottoman Salname Annals. Unlike most databases, ISAM databases are prepared according to their subjects. They are organized in such a way that all researchers can easily access them from anywhere without restrictions such as membership or fees. Another important feature of Databases is that they provide access to articles and papers in symposiums, congresses, workshops, and congresses, which are not printed like e-journals but cannot be accessed by academicians. The main subject of our work is the ISAM Library's documentation services, databases, and archive collections. This study aims to make a general introduction of the related services by giving general information about the library services in question.