Yayınlar | Oku Okut Press https://press.okuokut.org Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:16:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://press.okuokut.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/favicon-100x100.png Yayınlar | Oku Okut Press https://press.okuokut.org 32 32 The Sociologist The Concept and Religion – 1 https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-sociologist-the-concept-and-religion-1/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-sociologist-the-concept-and-religion-1/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:58:10 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1301 This book discusses the works and important concepts of famous Turkish sociologists and illuminates the rich texture of Turkish society through their eyes. Erol Güngör’s concept of cultural change; Ahmet Cevdet Pa-şa’s views on history and society; Prince Sabahaddin’s concept of liberalism and decentralization; Ziya Gökalp’s understanding of Turkism and nationalism; Niyazi Berkes’ perspective on modernization; Erol Gün-gör on the contemporary issues of Islam; Aliya İzzetbegovic on civilization; Orhan Türkdoğan on village sociology; Mübeccel Belik Kıray on urbanization and the buffer institution; Nilüfer Göle on non-Western modernity; Cemil Meriç’s thoughts on civilization, hope and wisdom; Baykan Sezer’s East-West dichotomy; Ünver Günay’s process of Turkification and Islamization of Anatolia; Şerif Mardin’s understanding of civil society, ideology and modernization; Mümtaz Turhan’s cultural changes; Nilgün Çelebi’s concept of socious; Korkut Tuna’s concept of the Westernization of knowledge; Amiran Kurtkan Bilgiseven’s processes of social change, making the reader think about thought, society and especially Turkish society and the interaction of these thoughts with religion. This book is a guide for anyone who wants to study the thoughts and concepts of Turkish sociologists in depth. Each author contributes to our understanding of the complexity and richness of Turkish society by addressing the intellectual heritage of the respective sociologist from a unique perspective. At the same time, it draws attention to the possibilities of developing a new sociological perspective based on our own social realities. The book is therefore a source of inspiration for anyone interested in exploring the key ideas and concepts of Turkish sociology.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-sociologist-the-concept-and-religion-1/feed/ 0 How to write a book review? https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/how-to-write-a-book-review/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/how-to-write-a-book-review/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:50:41 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1298 This study aims to provide a guideline on how to write book reviews. For this purpose, the first chapter begins with a short terminological introduction and draws attention to the similarities and differences between book reviews and book criticism. It divides these writings into those written before and after the publication of the book. Then, it offers an answer to the question of why a book review needs to be written. It argues that the primary reason is a scholarly answer to the readers’ question of what should be read, to guide them through producing works worth reading or suggesting the work of other colleagues who produce such works by writing reviews of their work to contribute to them finding the place they deserve among the literature or criticising the poor-quality works. Finally, the work offers a guideline for how to write a book review. How to write an introductory paragraph, what needs to be included in the description and evaluation of the main sections, and how to write the conclusion. It is hoped that this guideline, together with the sample reviews given in the second chapter, will be useful for those who have just started their academic writing career.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/how-to-write-a-book-review/feed/ 0 The 1st Turkish Symposium of Social Sciences: The Book of Abstracts https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-1st-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-1st-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:49:32 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1296 Oku Okut Academy organizes the Turkish Symposium of Social Sciences to bring together professionals who continue their research in the field of Social Sciences and graduate students who continue their education in the field to enable the transfer of experience and strengthen interdisciplinary studies, and contribute to the academic output. Applications to the symposium may be submitted in the fields of Archeology, Anthropology, Literature, Education, Philosophy, Philology, Law, Economics, Theology, Communication, Business, Architecture, Psychology, Art, Political Science, Social Work, Sociology, History, and International Relations. Applications are reviewed by the Symposium Scientific Committee and subjected to the evaluation of at least two referees. The summaries and full texts of accepted papers are brought to the readers by Oku Okut Publications as open access. This book contains the abstracts presented at the Turkish Symposium of Social Sciences held on August 28, 2021.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-1st-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/feed/ 0 Ismā‘īlīsm and Neoplatonism: The Case of Abū Ya‘kūb al-Sijistānī https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/ismailism-and-neoplatonism-the-case-of-abu-yakub-al-sijistani/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/ismailism-and-neoplatonism-the-case-of-abu-yakub-al-sijistani/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:47:44 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1295 This work deals with the Neoplatonic views of Abū Ya‘qūb al-Sijistānī in comparison with the thoughts of Plotinus. Al-Sijistānī living in the 4th/10th century was one of the Khurāsān-Mā Warā’ al-Nahr dā‘īs of Ismā‘īlīsm. The region was in convenient condition for Ismā‘īlīs in such a way that the dā‘īs would spread their ideas and develop intellectual conceptions during the mentioned period. While the Ismā‘īlīs gained strength and got supported from some statesmen, al-Sijistānī inherited an essential legacy from dā‘īs such as Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Nasafī and Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī. On the other hand, this period has been recorded in history as the period in which Ismā‘īlīsm experienced a philosophical conversion with Neoplatonic influences. The architects of this conversion are Nasafī and his pupil al-Sijistānī. Since the works of Nasafī cannot be founded, the traces of Neoplatonist Ismā‘īlīsm are followed through al-Sijistānī. This study aims to contribute to the efforts to unearth Neoplatonist effects in Ismā‘īlīsm. The work focusing on Neoplatonist components in al-Sijistānī’s works is limited to God and cosmos ideas with intense influences from Plotinus. The study consists of an introduction and three parts. The first part of the introduction is allocated to the methodological framework; the subject of the work, its purpose, limits, method, and some terms used in the study are addressed. The literature review was done in this section. The second part of the introduction is allocated to the life of al-Sijistānī, his successor-predecessor dā‘īs, and his works. In addition, Neoplatonist influences in al-Sijistānī’s views were generally tried to be summarized in this part. The first chapter is allocated to al-Sijistānī’s understanding of God. The author’s views, which display an extreme example of tanzīh, have been compared with the similar opinions of Plotinus. The first half of this chapter focuses on the indefinability of God and the rejection of some concepts attributed to Him. It also deals with the dual tanzih, an unprecedented understanding of tanzih. The second half of the chapter examines some ideas and usage forms attributed to God in the context of al-Sijistānī and Plotinus’ views about God, although they consider God ineffable. The second chapter consists of God’s relation to the cosmos, its creation, and the superlunary realm. The first part of this chapter is allocated to the comparing the emanation theory of Plotinus, who considers the cosmos eternal, and the view of the Amr, defended by al-Sijistānī, who states that the cosmos was created out of nothing. This section discusses the creation of the Intellect, the first being, and how Amr caused existence in al-Sijistānī, who denies that God is the first cause, unlike Plotinus. The second part of the chapter examines the superlunary realm and the details of the Intellect and Soul which form the superlunary realm. This section elaborates on the essence of the Intellect, which is the most crucial point in al-Sijistānī’s understanding of the cosmos, inclusivity, creativity, and marriage with the Soul. It also expands on that Soul received benefits from Intellect and managed the sublunary realm with the benefits. The third chapter of the work is allocated to the sublunary realm, its elements, and man, one of its elements. The first section mentions the movement and time that emerge from the matter, form and spheres which are the components of the sublunary realm, believed to be surrounded by spheres and started just on the border of the Soul. The second section addresses the human being called the miniature world by al-Sijistānī. In this context, the soul, which has an essential place in Plotinus and al-Sijistānī and provides man’s relationship with the superlunary realm are discussed as well as Jadd, Fatḥ, and Khayāl, that Ismailis put in place of angels. The body of the work was completed with the nubuwwah, Ismā‘īlī period (dawr) understanding, imāmate, Qā‘im, and the abolition of sharīʿa although there is no equivalent in Plotinus. The study aiming to reveal the Neoplatonic influences in al-Sijistānī’s works, concluded that the author was greatly influenced by the aforementioned philosophical school and reflected them in his works. Although al-Sijistānī, remained loyal to Plotinus in many aspects, such as the divisions of the cosmos, the hierarchy of emanation and the human soul, differed from him in the subject of creation out of nothing.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/ismailism-and-neoplatonism-the-case-of-abu-yakub-al-sijistani/feed/ 0 ISNAD Citation Style (Arabic) https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-arabic/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-arabic/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:46:42 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1293 There are more than 6,000 bibliographic styles around the world. The most common academic writing and citation styles have emerged since the beginning of the 20th century. Chicago style (The Chicago Manual of Style, CMOS, CMS) was introduced by the University of Chicago in 1906, and its 17th edition was released in 2017. The APA style (The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, APA) was published in 1952, and the 7th edition was released in 2019.

Styles such as Chicago and APA are guidelines for academic publication in English. Students or academics can access the full texts of these styles in English by purchasing the book format or subscribing to their university’s electronic versions. A fee is required for both access options. Therefore, access to the full texts of these styles is not common except in Western countries.

It is also an option to use styles such as Chicago and APA if they have translations such as Turkish and Arabic. However, even translations of earlier editions of these styles are on sale as a commercial products and are not freely available. The styles, such as Chicago and APA, are updated, and new editions are made available over time. The current version of the APA, the 7th edition, was published in English with 428 pages in 2019, and the 17th edition of Chicago was published in 2017 with 1144 pages in English. As of August 2022, they do not have translations into other languages. Even if translated, students can only access their full texts by purchasing them.

Researchers who submit their work to an institute or a journal requesting the use of Chicago and APA styles usually prepare their studies by looking at the examples of one of the different editions they find on the internet. In this case, researchers are often unaware of which editions of Chicago style, which has 17 editions, or APA, which has seven editions, they are looking at. Suppose universities mandate the use of styles such as Chicago and APA in dissertation writing. In this case, universities that require these styles should subscribe to them, like European and US universities, and offer them free of charge to their students. However, access to their English texts will not be a complete solution. These studies prepared to write academic texts in English will need to be translated into Arabic or Turkish and made available to students. Whenever these styles are available to students and researchers in full text, awareness will increase that Chicago and APA styles do not only contain 3-5 pages of information in the footnote and bibliography.

These styles contain all the basics from A to Z that students and researchers must know about academic research and writing. Therefore APA’s English has 428 pages, and Chicago style has 1144 pages. Styles such as Chicago and APA cannot be learned correctly by students due to the difficulty of accessing the full English texts of these styles and the translations of their current editions. The negative consequences of this are suffered by advisors, editors, and publishers who have to check and correct academic texts. Due to the lack of knowledge of academic writing and citation, academic ethical violations can be made by students and researchers without even being aware. To eliminate all these negativities, the ISNAD Citation System was developed with the project support of Sivas Cumhuriyet University in 2018.

ISNAD is a Turkey-based academic writing and citation system developed in Turkish for use in scholarly studies. Access to the full text and web version of ISNAD is entirely free. English, Arabic, and Persian translations of ISNAD are also available free of charge. It will also be translated into Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, and other Turkish languages. ISNAD; It can also be used with citation management tools such as Zotero, EndNote, and Citavi.

Universities, publishers, and researchers can use ISNAD free of charge, which is offered with an open-access license. ISNAD is more accessible to students and easier to learn. Citation styles differ according to the discipline. In disciplines that use up-to-date data, such as questionnaires and interviews, it is preferred to cite (in-text system) by specifying the publication date immediately after the author’s surname. In branches of science that consider it necessary to reach the oldest written source, such as manuscripts, archive documents, and classical works, it is practiced to specify the source name after the author’s name (system with footnotes). ISNAD has both in-text and footnote versions. However, in the academic texts written in both versions, the works are written in the same order and format in the bibliography. Therefore, ISNAD is suitable for all branches of science. Preparing the bibliography in a single format allows the bibliography data to be presented as “clean data.” Accepting ISNAD as a reference system by universities and journals will also contribute to the standardization of academic writing. Thus, “clean metadata” will be provided to academic databases and indexes using bibliographic data. ISNAD will continue to be developed with the opinions and suggestions of academicians and researchers and will remain accessible free of charge.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-arabic/feed/ 0 The 2nd Turkish Symposium of Social Sciences The Book of Abstracts https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-2nd-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-2nd-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:43:27 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1292 The 2nd Turkey Social Sciences Symposium was held online on 27-31 August 2022 in cooperation with Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and Oku Okut Association. The Symposium received 264 paper submissions. After the pre-review, these papers were reviewed by two reviewers from the related field of science. As a result of the peer review, 92 of the applications were accepted. The Symposium lasted five days, and scholars attended the Symposium from 50 different universities and institutions. The opening session of the Symposium focused on “The Present and Future of Social Sciences”. Answers were sought to the questions of what the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, history, law, and theology have said to the present and what they can say to the future by scholars in these fields. Presentations about more effective academic research and writing in the social sciences took place in the second session. After the opening sessions held a total 31 sessions. In these sessions, presentations were made in the fields of philosophy, sociology, theology, Turkish language, Arabic language, art history, music, political science, and international relations. The 2nd Turkish Symposium of Social Sciences: The Book of Abstracts contains Turkish and English abstracts of the papers presented at this Symposium. The full texts of some of the presented papers were published in the September 2022 issue as an article in the Journal of Tetkik: Turkish-Islamic Culture. Video recordings of the entire Symposium were made available on the symposium website. The branches of science within the scope of social sciences are disciplines that focus on understanding and gain more importance today, where the value of “data” is increasing daily. In these branches of science, data evaluation becomes a skill over time with the transfer of experience. In this context, it is crucial to meet students who continue their postgraduate education with experts in a scientific event to provide an opportunity to transfer knowledge. The Social Sciences Symposium of Turkey was organized to bring together professionals and postgraduate students, enabling the transfer of experience, strengthening interdisciplinary communication and studies, and contributing to academic production, and the desired results were achieved.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/the-2nd-turkish-symposium-of-social-sciences-the-book-of-abstracts/feed/ 0 Big Bang and Creation – 2 https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-2/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-2/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:30:58 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1290 In this book, the issue that if the Big Bang theory supports the idea that creation from nothing is discussed in terms of hudūth evidence (Kalām cosmological argument). In the first part of the study, the history of cosmology and science prior to the Big Bang theory, the basic premise of the theory, and the anti-Big Bang universe models have been studied in detail. Accordingly, the universe began to form approximately 13,7 billion years ago from an endless dense, small and hot (singularity) state that with a sudden burst (opening = expansion). Einstein’s theory of relativity, the continuing expansion of the universe (Hubble’s Law), the discovery of the cosmic background microwave radiation, and determine quantities of substances in space are presented for this theory as the most powerful evidence. In the second part, the mutakallimūn’s (Muslim theologians) hudūth evidence has been examined and described in detail. This evidence not only endeavors to prove the existence of God; but also is a product of mutakallimūn’s efforts to understand and interpret the universe as a whole. The universe which is set forth via hudūth evidence with all parts; including movement, time, and space, is hādith, that is were created from nothing and afterward. Consisting of finite units the universe has a beginning and an end. The universe consists of essence (jawhar) and attribute (a‛rādh) has lived a process of constant change and transformation (formed-disruption). In the last part of the work, the Big Bang theory is compared with the hudūth evidence. Finally, I have reached the following conclusions: Proving that the universe is expanding along with The Big Bang theory has precisely refuted the constant, eternal, and unchanging universe concept of materialist and atheist philosophies. In addition, with the relativity theory has been expired the absolute time concept; besides it has been proven the relativity the time and has been started with the universe. However, in our opinion, the Big Bang theory has demonstrated conclusively that the universe had a beginning point (singularity), although it can not be considered as proof of creation from nothing. Only assessed “a scientific initial” that is compatible with the theories we now have. Already there is not expected the science track down the existence to absolute absence, and then to reach God. Because the absolute absence can not be subject to science and human knowledge. Even at a scientific point of this summit, humanity has reached, the most consistent explanation of the existence of the universe is shaped by religious explanations that the universe was created by God out of absolute nothing and afterward.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-2/feed/ 0 Big Bang and Creation – 1 https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-1/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-1/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:27:00 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1287 In this book, the issue that if the Big Bang theory supports the idea that creation from nothing is discussed in terms of hudūth evidence (Kalām cosmological argument). In the first part of the study, the history of cosmology and science prior to the Big Bang theory, the basic premise of the theory, and the anti-Big Bang universe models have been studied in detail. Accordingly, the universe began to form approximately 13,7 billion years ago from an endless dense, small and hot (singularity) state that with a sudden burst (opening = expansion). Einstein’s theory of relativity, the continuing expansion of the universe (Hubble’s Law), the discovery of the cosmic background microwave radiation, and determine quantities of substances in space are presented for this theory as the most powerful evidence. In the second part, the mutakallimūn’s (Muslim theologians) hudūth evidence has been examined and described in detail. This evidence not only endeavors to prove the existence of God; but also is a product of mutakallimūn’s efforts to understand and interpret the universe as a whole. The universe which is set forth via hudūth evidence with all parts; including movement, time, and space, is hādith, that is were created from nothing and afterward. Consisting of finite units the universe has a beginning and an end. The universe consists of essence (jawhar) and attribute (a‛rādh) has lived a process of constant change and transformation (formed-disruption). In the last part of the work, the Big Bang theory is compared with the hudūth evidence. Finally, I have reached the following conclusions: Proving that the universe is expanding along with The Big Bang theory has precisely refuted the constant, eternal, and unchanging universe concept of materialist and atheist philosophies. In addition, with the relativity theory has been expired the absolute time concept; besides it has been proven the relativity the time and has been started with the universe. However, in our opinion, the Big Bang theory has demonstrated conclusively that the universe had a beginning point (singularity), although it can not be considered as proof of creation from nothing. Only assessed “a scientific initial” that is compatible with the theories we now have. Already there is not expected the science track down the existence to absolute absence, and then to reach God. Because the absolute absence can not be subject to science and human knowledge. Even at a scientific point of this summit, humanity has reached, the most consistent explanation of the existence of the universe is shaped by religious explanations that the universe was created by God out of absolute nothing and afterward.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/big-bang-and-creation-1/feed/ 0 ISNAD Citation Style (Persian) https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-persian/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-persian/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 14:24:29 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1285 The ISNAD Citation Style is a Turkey-based academic writing and referencing style developed to be used in studies carried out in the fields of Humanities and Social Science such as Anthropology, Archeology and Art History, Geography, Language and Literature, Education, Philosophy, Folklore, Law, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Theology, Psychology, Arts, Social Work, Sociology and History.  The word “isnād (pl. asānīd)” is derived from the root “sanad (pl. asnād)” in Arabic, meaning “to rely on, to lean, to put one’s trust in” in dictionary. Therefore, it means “to ground, to base upon, to take the word back to its owner, to indicate the way through which a word or a narration has been arrived, or to take it back to its origin”. It is used to question and indicate the source of the word as in the example of “what is the origin of your word?” Taking this sense of the word into account, “ISNAD” was chosen as a name for the citation style by the majority (70.4%) of editors who work for the journals publishing in the field of Theology in Turkey. The ISNAD contains all the rules necessary to know and apply in academic writings such as how to determine the title of an academic work, what information should be included in its abstract, how to select the keywords, how the outlining format should be, how to create the tables and figures, how to write the names of authors and the titles of studies carried out in Arabic, Persian or English, how to indicate dates and centuries, what should be considered in the context of publication ethics, how to quote directly or indirectly from the source work, how to cite the references in text or footnotes and how to create bibliography. “Citation” is one of the essentiality of the scientific nature of knowledge as well as a requirement of respect for intellectual property and copyrights. It is a crime of publication ethics when the original source of the text is not cited (plagiarism). Therefore, the sources of a scientific study must be cited correctly and completely with its all bibliographic components so that other researchers can easily access to them. The ISNAD was developed first as “Citation Style for Theological Studies” in 2017, and its first version was published on 12 March 2018 in printed form and online for free of charge. Having gainded interest in the journals belong to the field of Theology and also demanded in other academic fields in Turkey and Turkic Republics, its updated version has been put into service to be used in all of social sciences in September 2018 as the second version of the ISNAD. From now on, the ISNAD can be used in all the fields Humanities and Social Sciences. The ISNAD has been, within a short period of time, adopted by peer-reviewed academic journals and book publications as well as by the faculty deans (in writing graduation thesis) and the Administration of the Institutes of Social Sciences (in writing Master and Ph.D. theses). It also has been integrated into indexes and journal platforms such as TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) TR Index and TUBITAK DergiPark (Journal Park Platform) as one of the citation styles. In ISNAD citation style, the templates are created in a similar fashion to those of library and world-wide citation management programs like Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote. It is the only citation style launched free of charge for the first time and also the only national citation style. For Turkish to be recognized as a scientific language around the world, it was indispensable to develop a scientific citation style. Having developed in Turkish language and launched free of charge, The ISNAD is more convenient and easier to be learnt and used by Turkish middle school and university students, as compared to the other citation styles that are in English and unaffordable. The scientists in Turkish speaking countries will help strengthen Turkish as a scientific language by preparing their scientific researches such as symposium papers, articles and books according to the ISNAD Citation Style. By the ISNAD, it is targeted to use a common citation style in Turkey and Turkic Republics in the publications prepared in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. The use of the ISNAD will help detect the citation and the degree of influence by standardizing the citation style in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences in Turkish speaking countries and will make the scientific communication easier in Turkish speaking World. The ISNAD has been initiated for students, academicians, writers who research and write in the Humanities and Social Sciences and for those institutions and organizations publishing in the same field. Many journals who publish in the field of Social Sciences have started using the ISNAD. The number of universities who prefer using the ISNAD in BA senior thesis, MA and Ph.D. thesis is increasing. Furthermore, institutions and organizations organizing national and international symposiums and conferences have started asking their participants to prepare their papers according to the ISNAD. This style, that has been initiated free of cost, having user-friendly interface and citation software add-ons, is gaining acceptance and is being adopted rapidly. Students, writers, researchers and academicians can carry out their “reference and citation” processes easily, fast and free of mistake with the help of the ISNAD’s citation management software add-ons like EndNote, Zotero and Mendeley. The use of the ISNAD continues to increase in Turkey and Turkic Republics.

]]> https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/isnad-citation-style-persian/feed/ 0 Data Search in Theological Researches: Databases – Libraries – Citation Indexes https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/data-search-in-theological-researches-databases-libraries-citation-indexes/ https://press.okuokut.org/yayin/data-search-in-theological-researches-databases-libraries-citation-indexes/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:25:38 +0000 https://press.okuokut.org/?post_type=product&p=1284 This study is aimed to introduce national and international databases which stand out specifically in the Islamic sciences, libraries and digital media that identifies citation. Moreover, databases on citation are also included in the research. The literature review is one of the pillars of academic work. Nowadays, the literature review is made mostly with databases in virtual environments that can be accessed via internet. There is not a single database which contains the literature of all disciplines of Islamic sciences in detail. It will be possible to reach a more comprehensive literature with multiple database searches. However, the upcoming developments show that databases will expand their scope day by day. In this context, classical sources, manuscripts, historical records, archives and registers, current studies (books, theses, articles), academic and popular magazines, visual materials (posters, postcards, stamps, etc.), audio and video records, newspapers, will be completely transferred to the digital media and made available to the users within the scope of these databases. Islamic sciences academia is rapidly digitalizing. Much electronic scientific software continues to develop. Our study is limited by the introduction of the databases which has been used frequently in Turkey Theology and Islamic Studies faculties. Especially it is aimed to introduce literature review and the websites that fresh postgraduates should see and know. In this study, relevant databases are introduced by obtaining introductory information from the official websites of databases and libraries widely known in the Islamic sciences field. Moreover, the answers of the following questions were tried to be given and demonstrated in practice: “How to search for a thesis, article, and journal in a digital environment or database in the field of Theology? How is it found? Where is it located?” While demonstrating the application, the database, and the part of the library that needs attention has been confirmed with the screenshots of each directory.

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