Librarians
Please contact an expert librarian from the library staff list
For general inquiries:
Tel: 08-6461111/2
Email: yaatz@bgu.ac.il
Mail: P.O.Box 653, Beer-sheva 8410501, Israel
The library catalog enables a quick and simple search for theses (for a master's degree) and dissertations (for a PhD) written at Ben-Gurion University and other academic institutions in Israel and around the world.
Using the advanced search option at you can find theses by subject, title, thesis supervisor and department where the work was written at Ben Gurion University.
It is also recommended to use the digital collections for a focused search of theses and doctoral theses written at Ben Gurion University (guide).
To locate theses from academic institutions abroad, it is recommended to use the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database (guide).
Theses and dissertations of Ben-Gurion University can be found in the "Digital Collections" tab in the library catalog:
1. Go to the "Digital Collections" tab in the top bar of the library catalog
2. In the digital collections page that opens, select "Collection of theses and dissertations"
3. The collection is arranged by the different faculties and the content is sorted by departments
4. Within the faculty's collection, you can search by supervisor name, author, title or words
A search for theses and dissertations written in academic institutions abroad and in other institutions in Israel (not all) can be conducted in various databases, of universities or in various national databases. A list of these databases can be found under "Theses and Dissertations" in the list of databases in the library catalog:
1. Go to the "Databases Search " tab in the top bar of the library catalog.
2. Select the option of theses and dissertations on the sidebar, which will display the list of databases that allow locating theses and doctorates from various institutions in the world, or type the name of the database in the search box:
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is a recommended database for searching theses and dissertations abroad. The database offers a wide variety of works, some in full text.
Important note: theses and dissertations from the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database are also displayed when performing a general search in the library catalog - BGUsearch, but to download full texts of the theses/dissertations, a search must be performed directly in the database. Through the library catalog it will not be possible to download full text by remote access.