Find what you're looking for among millions of pages in a few steps.
Wikilala lets you search for a word or concept inside newspapers, journals, books and historical documents, filter the results and go straight to the source where the information appears.
Starting your research is easier than you think.
Type what you're looking for
Type a person, place, event, institution, concept or keyword into the search field.
Narrow the results
If you get a lot of results, narrow your research with date, publication, publication type and other advanced filters.
Reach the source itself
Wikilala takes you not just to a result list, but to the publication and the exact page where your phrase appears.
How does a search unfold?
You can start from a simple keyword and go straight to the relevant page of the historical source.
Example search: "Sabiha Gökçen"
1. Type your keyword
Type the person, event, institution or concept you want to research into the search field.
2. Review the matching results
Wikilala shows the newspapers, journals, books and other sources related to your search.
3. Narrow your research
Use the date or other filters to bring a large result set in line with your research topic.
4. Open the publication and the page
Select the publication in the result and review the page where the information appears, in its own context.
Reach the information you need in different ways.
Keyword Search
Start your research from a person, event, institution, place or concept.
Search Within a Publication
Focus your research inside a specific newspaper, journal or book.
Search by Date
Focus on results from a specific period or date range.
Advanced Search
Combine multiple criteria to reach far more targeted results.
Start researching without knowing Ottoman Turkish.
Wikilala's search infrastructure makes it easy to search historical Ottoman Turkish sources with today's Latin letters. Instead of going through sources one by one, you reach the publications and pages where the relevant words and concepts appear.
Narrow thousands of results with a few right filters.
Date
Specific years or periods.
Publication Type
Newspaper, journal, book, etc.
Publication
Limit to a specific publication.
City
Narrow by place of publication.
From the result straight to the source.
Search results take you not just to a publication name, but to the source and page where the information you seek is located.
PUBLICATION
Which newspaper, journal or book?
ISSUE / DATE
Which issue or publication date?
PAGE
Where exactly is the information?
Study the source in its own context.
Once you reach a search result, you can view the publication and study its pages and bibliographic information.
One search, many research paths.
Trace a person through the past
Research which publications a name appeared in across different years.
Study how an event was covered
Discover how the same event was handled in different publications.
Follow a concept over time
Research how a specific word or concept was used in different periods.
Do local history research
Study the traces of a city, district, institution or region in historical sources.
Discover sources for academic work
Reach historical primary sources for theses, articles and research projects.
For better results
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Start with a general keyword first.
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If there are too many results, narrow the date range.
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Try different spellings.
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Judge a result from the source page, not just the title.
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If you know the publication you want, limit the research to it directly.
Now you know how it works.
Try a search.
Start researching within newspapers, journals, books and historical sources spanning centuries.