ILO Library & Knowledge Hub

ILO Library Research Guides are a good way to start your research and familiarize yourself with ILO concepts.

In addition, we recommend :

Labordoc - Access ILO publications, meeting documents, ILO products in Open Access, and the International Labour Review (ILR) collection of articles since 1921. 

ILO Research Repository – Access to ILO research and ILO experts. 

LabourDiscovery – Browse the library’s collection of non-ILO publications.

A-Z ILO Databases – Search more than 120 databases and access International Labour Standards (NORMLEX), download labour statistics (ILOSTAT), or Industrial Relations Data (IRData).

Finding Aids – Discover our tools to assist your research on specific ILO topics.

External researchers wishing to conduct research on the ILO Library’s premises are invited to make an appointment by contacting our virtual information service at library@ilo.org  at least 48 hours before your visit.

The ILO Institutional and Open Access Repository - Labordoc offers you access to ILO publications and ILO meeting documents online. You will find ILO Governing Body Papers, Conference Reports, Sectorial Meeting documents, Flagship reports, Working Papers, etc. 

You can search the Library Search Tool  -  LabourDiscovery to find out the latest non-ILO publications. 

A-Z ILO Databases allows you to access International Labour Standards, Labour Statistics and more.

Explore our Digital Collections, like the List of delegates to the ILC: from 1919 until now.

Library resources: visit our Research Guides and discover ILO documentation in our Finding Aids:  

• ILO General Surveys Reports: by theme, by year, or by ILO Instrument.
• International Labour Conference (ILC) : by sessions, by year, or by Maritime sessions.
• ILO Instruments: preparatory reports work. All conventions, protocols and recommendations by number and session (Under construction)

GOALI - Global Online Access to Legal Information is a programme led by the ILO providing free or low-cost online access to legal research and training in the developing world. Find more information in this link. 

The ILO Library is open from Monday to Friday: 09:00 - 17:00. 
To get personalised assistance on the library premises, please make an appointment by contacting our virtual information service at library@ilo.org  at least 48 hours before your visit.

The ILO Institutional and Open Access Repository - Labordoc offers access to ILO publications and meeting documents online. You can also access Open Access Publications.

The Library’s Search Tool is LabourDiscovery 

A-Z ILO Databases: A-Z list

Library resources: visit our Research Guides and discover ILO documentation in our Finding Aids:  

• ILO General Surveys Reports: by theme, by year, or by ILO Instrument.
• International Labour Conference (ILC) : by sessions, by year, or by Maritime sessions.
• ILO Instruments: preparatory reports work. All conventions, protocols and recommendations by number and session (Under construction)

GOALI - Global Online Access to Legal Information is a programme led by the ILO providing free or low-cost online access to legal research and training in the developing world. Find more information in this link. 

The ILO Library is open from Monday to Friday: 09:00 - 17:00. 
To get assistance on the library premises, please make an appointment by contacting our virtual information service at library@ilo.org  at least 48 hours before your visit. 

The ILO Institutional and Open Access Repository -  Labordoc offers access to ILO publications and meeting documents online. You can also access Open Access Publications.

The Library’s Search Tool is  LabourDiscovery 

A-Z ILO Databases: A-Z list

Visit our Finding Aids to dive in the ILO documentation:

• ILO General Surveys Reports: by theme, by year, or by ILO Instrument.
• International Labour Conference (ILC) : by sessions, by year, or by Maritime sessions.
• ILO Instruments: preparatory reports work. All conventions, protocols and recommendations by number and session (Under construction)

To know more about our controlled vocabularies visit: 

• ILO Thesaurus
• ILO Taxonomy

If you require interlibrary loan services, drop us a line at library@ilo.org

We offer an enquiry service to help you navigate and find information on the world of work.

Ask a Librarian  to get:
 

• Advice on where to find ILO sources of information;
• Guidance on where to find national legislation or statistical data;
• Support on how to begin a topic search, or to fill in gaps in research that is already underway.
• Any ILO documents such as ILO Conventions, ILO flagship, working papers, special studies, articles, reports of the Governing Body and International Labour Conference.

If you, as an ILO user, cannot locate the document you are looking for in the ILO library collection, you may request an interlibrary loan by contacting library@ilo.org  

UN Libraries and University Libraries can also request documents on loan if they are unavailable in electronic format.

Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Except Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1st May and 25th December to 1st January, when the ILO in Geneva is usually closed.

ILO Library
4 route des Morillons
CH-1211 Geneva 22
Switzerland

Email : library@ilo.org 

The reading room of the ILO Library is open from Monday to Friday by appointment only. 

External researchers wishing to conduct research on the ILO Library’s premises are invited to make an appointment by contacting our virtual information service at library@ilo.org  at least 48 hours before your visit.