Bibliography studies, which we can call “esâme-i kütüp” in our tradition or commonly “index”, are very important in terms of conducting scientific research with a specific subject and a purposeful purpose. Such publications, which serve to determine the boundaries of the research subject correctly and enrich the content, play an exceptional role in preventing duplication and thus revealing new findings fed from existing information. Since some of the new things are forgotten old things, the bibliographies that enable us to remember the old ones in question are a necessary gear of the scientific control mechanism that prevents the vicious circle in our academic research. In this regard, the need for bibliographic studies in every field is much felt in neglected disciplines such as Turkish-Islamic book arts.
