{"id":905,"date":"2024-10-03T10:38:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T10:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/asl\/?p=905"},"modified":"2024-10-03T10:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T10:38:57","slug":"on-trial-ottoman-turkish-discovery-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/asl\/2024\/10\/03\/on-trial-ottoman-turkish-discovery-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Ottoman Turkish Discovery Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a request from staff in History, the Library currently has trial access to Muteferriqa: Ottoman Turkish Discovery Portal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Homepage<\/p>\n

You can access the Ottoman Turkish Discovery Portal<\/strong> on the E-resources Trials page<\/a><\/strong>. Access is available until 31 October 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Muteferriqa<\/strong> is a primary source research portal containing 7 million pages of Ottoman Turkish printed books and periodicals, on which you can search and read in Ottoman, Turkish, and English; and make visual discoveries as well through image search. It contains an exceptionally rich collection of printed materials published in the Ottoman Empire from the 18th to mid-20th century.<\/p>\n

You can access Ottoman Turkish Discovery Potal<\/strong> via the\u00a0E-resources trials page<\/strong><\/a>.
\nTrial access ends 31 October 2024.
\nFeedback welcome<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please note, trial access to a resource is an opportunity for our staff and students to try a resource out and give\u00a0feedback<\/a>\u00a0on its quality and usefulness. However, if we trial a resource this is not an indication that we plan to or will be able to purchase or subscribe to the resource in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a request from staff in History, the Library currently has trial access to Muteferriqa: Ottoman Turkish Discovery Portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[67],"tags":[26,13,28,193,79,17,25,195,162,194],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcUES5-eB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":775,"url":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/asl\/2024\/05\/07\/am-explorer-your-primary-source-hub-trial-access\/","url_meta":{"origin":905,"position":0},"title":"AM Explorer – your primary source hub (trial access)","date":"May 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm happy to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to AM Explorer, your gateway to millions of pages of primary source content. 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