The Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa) is an online database that documents educational research carried out in Arab countries in all fields of education, in the three languages, Arabic, French, and English, providing free access to researchers and those interested in educational research. Shamaa collects educational bibliographic data on books, articles, reports, and university dissertations (master's and doctoral) from universities, colleges of education, research centers, publishing houses, journals, ministries, and regional and international organizations in the Arab world. Bibliographic reports and abstracts are then prepared and in some cases, full texts are made available.

Shamaa aspires to be the main reference for researchers and others concerned with educational knowledge in its capacity as a documentation database for all sorts of intellectual educational production in the Arab countries.

Objectives

• - Document all scholarly educational works published as of 2007 in the Arab countries in Arabic, French, and English, also documenting studies dealing with education in the Arab countries, though not published in the Arab region, and studies produced by international organizations with whom Shamaa has a cooperation agreement.
• - Disseminate information on educational work and make it available to researchers, faculty members, university students, and all those concerned with educational matters.
• - Facilitate the review of educational research, allowing the accumulation of educational knowledge, innovation, and improvement of teaching, learning, research practices, and decision-making in education.
• - Facilitate networking among researchers, organizations, universities, professional associations, individuals, and others working in the education fields.
• - Contribute to the clarification of concepts and technical terms used in educational literature, through the production of an educational thesaurus and updating it periodically.
• - Promote the culture of documenting educational literature in the Arab World as well as the use of databases.