Al Manhal is the world’s first full-text searchable electronic platform for the efficient access and utilization of Arabic peer-reviewed publications. Our platform enables academics, researchers and library users to access thousands of the highest quality Arabic publications via advanced electronic research and discovery tools. Al Manhal enables publishers of books, journals, theses, reports and conference proceedings to distribute their electronic content to libraries around the world, while ensuring that all digital rights are protected. Al Manhal is a joint venture between the management of TechKnowledge, the Middle East’s leading electronic library consultancy, and Wolters Kluwer; a global publisher and provider of academic and professional electronic information solutions with over 20,000 employees in 25 countries. We have entered strategic partnerships with the world’s leading electronic content platform providers, to enable academic, research and professional libraries to cost effectively build their Arabic e-content collections, and optimize their patrons’ research experience. Al Manhal makes the publishing industry’s most intelligent electronic research tools available for Arabic language content. Our powerful search and discovery tools include: • Full-text search • Contextual linking • Highlighting and annotating • Personal bookshelves • Automatic citations Vision To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and valuable ideas, and the creation of new income streams needed to fund the progress of research and publishing in the Arab world. Mission To be the leading publisher of full-text searchable electronic databases of scholarly, professional and peer-reviewed documents from the Arab World.