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Type your thesis topic once, and its results open in the largest databases of university theses. We do not search on your behalf and we do not keep what you type — the buttons open each database on your topic, and you read its results yourself.

Tip: try the keywords alone before the full title — titles are written in different ways.

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Al-Kashshaf — Dar Almandumah

The widest Arabic register of university theses: about 200,000 theses, defended or in preparation. Free.

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Google Scholar

Theses and papers published on the web, in every language.

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WorldCat — theses in the world's libraries

The catalogue of thousands of libraries, limited to theses and dissertations.

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BASE — open repositories

What universities around the world have deposited in their open repositories.

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Databases searched on their own site

Their searches cannot be opened by a link — they need a sign-in or their own search form. Copy your topic and paste it there.

Library of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Holds more than 30,000 university theses. Searching it requires signing in with a library account. Shamaa — the Arab Educational Information Network Mainly for theses in education and language teaching. Searched through its own form. King Saud University theses More than 62,000 theses held by the Deanship of Library Affairs.

Few results do not mean the topic is unregistered. These databases do not cover every university, and some theses are indexed only after their defence. So ask your department too before you register.