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Turkish Language and Literature: Print Books

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Print Books

Books are arranged on the bookself by subject. Each book has spine label help you find what you are looking for.  The “call numbers” that you see on the spine label of the book is a combination of numbers and letters or just numbers that identify the location of the item on the shelf.

Ozu Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize its collection.

Finding Print Books

  1. Write your keyword Library Catalog search box.
  2. Start a search with the Search button.
  3. Note that your results will include both print and ebooks.
  4. You can limit your results as by selecting “Books” from FORMAT to the left of your search results list.
  5. You can narrow your search in different ways from the other options on the left if you want.
  6. If the book you want to borrow is "Available", it means that you can find the book on its shelf with the specified call number.

What are call numbers for?

Each book in the library has a unique call number. The call number tells you the book's location on the shelf.

This image adapted from University of Michigan Library.

Borrowing, renewing and returning books

  • Borrowing books: Books can be borrowed from Information Desk or using the self-check machine on level B2. 
  • Renewing books: Books which you have on loan can be renewed via My Library Account or you can come by Information Desk for renewing.
  • Returning books: Books can be returned from Information Desk and Return Box.

Read more about borrowing privileges. 

How do I request a book the library doesn't have?

Ozu Library provide your book request that are not in the library. There are 2 options for requesting.

ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Request: It is a free service that is offered by OZU Library that provides books that are not available at our library and may be requested to be loaned from other libraries. Current students, staff, and faculty are allowed to request ILLs.  Books requested through ILL usually arrive within 3-5 business days.

Library Resources Request: Ozu Library welcome suggestions and requests for new resources. Books requested usually arrive within 6-8 weeks.

If the book is not available...

What to do if the book is not available?

If a book you need is currently checked out, you can place a hold to be notified when the book is returned.

For a book that is listed in the library catalog as checked out or otherwise unavailable, click the "Hold" button in the catalog record and sign in with your Ozu username and password on the page.

When the book is returned and checked in, you will receive an email that the book is ready. It will be held for you at the Information Desk for up to 3 days.

Recommended Print Books

Useful Call Numbers for Turkish Language

SUBJECT CALL NO
   Turkish literature     PL201-272
   Turkish poetry    PL234
   Turkish drama    PL237
   Turkish prose literature    PL239
   Turkish letters    PL242
   Turkish essays    PL243
   Turkish wit and humor    PL244
   Short stories, Turkish    PL245
   Turkish fiction    PL248
   Children's stories, Turkish    PZ90.T8 
   Culture--Turkey    DR/HM
   Turkey--History    DR401
   Turkey--Antiquities    DR431
   National characteristics, Turkish    DR432
   Turkey--Civilization     DR432
   Civilization, Turkic    DS26
   Turkic peoples    DS26
   Turkic peoples--History    DS26
   Civilization, Turkic    DS26/DR432/GR268.T86
   Epic literature, Turkish    GR245
   Turkic peoples--Social life and customs    GR268.T86/DS26
   Folklore--Turkey     GR280
   Legends--Turkey    GR280
   Tales--Turkey    GR280
   Turkey--Social life and customs    GR280/GT2295.T9/DR432
   Folk literature, Turkish--History and criticism    GR280/PL229
   Folk literature--Turkey    GR280/PL229
   Clothing and dress--Turkey--History    GT1400
   Turkish wit and humor, Pictorial    NC1660.T9
   Turkish wit and humor    PL227/PL244
SUBJECT CALL NO
   Learning and scholarship    AZ
   Comprehension    BF325
   Teacher effectiveness    LB1025.3
   Teaching    LB1025.3
   Effective teaching    LB1027
   Active learning    LB1027.23
   Observation (Educational method)    LB1027.28
   Study skills      LB1049
   Study skills -- Problems, exercises, etc.    LB1049 
   Educational psychology    LB1051
   Learning    LB1060
   Learning, Psychology of    LB1060/ LB1091/     BF318/ BF319.5
   Academic achievement     LB1062.6
   Learning strategies    LB1066
   Learning ability    LB1134 
   Language experience approach in education    LB1576
   Teachers—Training of     LB1707
   National teacher examinations--Study guides    LB1762 
   Student teaching    LB2157.A3 
   Curriculum planning    LB2806.15
   Educational tests and measurements     LB3051
   Education, Bilingual    LC3715
   Language and languages – Philosophy    P106
   Multilingualism    P115
   Language acquisition    P118
   Second language acquisition--Case studies    P118.2
   Second language acquisition     P118.2
   Second language acquisition--Study and teaching    P118.2
   Language and languages--Research    P118.2 
   Language transfer (Language learning)    P118.25
   Academic language -- Study and teaching    P120.A24
   Language and the Internet    P120.I6
   Language awareness     P120.L34
   Sublanguage    P120.S9
   Linguistics    P121
   Applied linguistics    P129
   Languages in contact    P130.5
   Phonetics    P221-240
   Focus (Linguistics)    P299.F63
   Grammar, Comparative and general--Indirect discourse    P301.5.I53 /P302
   Discourse analysis    P302
   Semantics    P325
   Language and culture      P35
   Psycholinguistics    P37-37.5 / BF455-463 
   Language and logic    P39
   Sociolinguistics    P40
   Language maintenance     P40.5.L32
   Language and education    P40.8
   Language and languages--Study and teaching    P51
   Interlanguage (Language learning)    P53
   Language and languages--Ability testing    P53 / P53.4
   Immersion method (Language teaching)    P53.44
   Computational linguistics    P98
   Languages, Modern--Study and teaching    PB35
   Languages, Mixed    PM7802 
   Cross-language information retrieval    Z667.5

Hulki Aktunç Collection

It is a collection donated to Özyeğin University by his family in memory of the writer Hulki Aktunç, mainly covering subjects such as literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, sociology, and art. There are more than 3000 titles in the collection, which also includes Hulki Aktunç's own works. Books in this collection have orange labels on the spines.