Search by Subject Request Service (SSR) Service

Search by Subject Request (SSR) is a service provided to researchers enabling them to request e-articles or chapters of e-books covering a specific subject from one or more of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina subscribed databases using keywords specified by the researcher. The service shall provide you with full-text results. The percentage of the downloaded digital materials is subject to the separate terms of each database. The results are sent via e-mail.

Terms and Conditions of the Subject Search Request (SSR) Service (According to Intellectual Property Law)

  • E-articles: Only one article can be submitted from each issue of a definite e-periodical.
  • E-books: Only 20% of an e-book content can be sent.
  • University E-theses and E-dissertations: Cannot be sent.

Results must be used for personal, academic, or scientific research purposes only.

We would also like to inform you that there are other websites, such as the Digital Asset Repository (DAR), which contain several public domain books, and can be browsed in full text.

You can also log into the Egyptian Knowledge Bank website, using national ID card number, and view and/or download the available e-books and e-articles. There are platforms dedicated to children, basic education, reading, higher education and scientific research.

Note that the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Reference Services personnel are not responsible for creating accounts on such website

This form shall cover only one research subject per week.


The fields on the request form marked with * are required.

* BA Membership Card Number:
For non-BA members, please enter your national ID number or passport number.
* Full Name:
* Mobile Number:
* Email:
* Degree you are currently registered in:
* University:
* Faculty:
* Department:
* Please upload an official academic transcript /ID for the current research degree enrolled:

Note: In case your official academic transcript/ID is not verified, your request will be ignored
* Preferred Language of Research:

Fields of Interest:
* Main Research Subject:
* Research Subject Keywords (terms related to your research topic in preferred language of research):
* Please explain the requested research in few lines:
* Please specify the time frame to be searched through: From  To 
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