The University of Iowa Libraries has International Labour Organization (ILO) publications, including monographs and serials, dating from 1906 to the present. This guide is meant to provide users a means for identifying and locating information that is available in the collection or via the WWW. Many ILO print items can be located via the Library Catalog. Please stop by Government Publications if you have questions or need assistance with your ILO research questions. Thanks to New York University for their research guide which forms the basis of this document.

• Background Information
• Indexes & Databases
• International Labour Conference Documents
• Journals
• Statistics
• Additional materials

Background Information

From ILO's web site

• ILO Web site: http://www.ilo.org
• About the ILO: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/about/index.htm
• ILO History: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/about/history.htm

Monographs

• The International Labour Organisation : a case study on the evolution of U.N. specialised agencies by Victor Yves Ghébali. MAIN Library HD6475.A2 I6964 1989 
• History of the International Labour Organisation by Antony Evelyn Alcock. (1971). MAIN Library HD7081 .A53 

Indexes & Databases

• Access to ILO Databases : http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/dblist.htm
• Labordoc: http://labordoc.ilo.org
  ILO Library Catalogue. Over 350,000 bibliographic records describing ILO books, journal articles, reports and other publications covering many work-related issues. Increasing number of links to online publications available in full-text.
• ILOLEX: http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/
  ILOLEX is a full-text database of more than 80,000 full-text documents on international labour standards, fundamental principles and rights at work.
• Index to International Statistics (IIS). Many statistical sources from ILO are indexed through IIS (1983-, Gov Pubs Ref fAI1.I49), and the web counterpart Lexis Nexis Statistical . The contents of these sources are available in the IIS microfiche collection and some are available in the print collection.
• International Labour Documentation. 1977-2001. Gov Pubs Stacks Z7164.L1 I64. Microfiche 195: 1965-1977.
  Monthly. Indexes by subject articles from journals published by the ILO and other publishers pertaining to international labour issues. As an alternative, use Labordoc.
• Legislative Series General Subject Index 1919-1988. Gov Pubs Stacks HD7809.I74. Indexes labour and social security legislation of different countries.

International Labour Conference Documents

• International Labour Conference Record of Proceedings. 1920- .Gov Pubs Stacks HD4813.I49. Annual. Contains the meeting records of the conference, the texts of the conventions and recommendations adopted by the conference, an index of speakers present at conference meetings, and a revised list of delegates present at the conference.
• International Labour Conference Reports. 1919- .Gov Pubs Stacks HD4813.I66 I81. Annual. Consists of the Report of the Director-General (Report I), Information Concerning the Programme and Budget...(Report II), Information and Reports on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Report III). The topics for Reports IV-VII are according to the agenda for each session. Labordoc (http://labordoc.ilo.org) provides bibliographic indexing to volumes in the reports and proceedings series.

Journals/Serials

• Bulletin of the ILO. 1906-1919. Gov Pubs Stacks 338.9 I61.
• International Labour Conventions and Recommendations. Gov Pubs Stacks K1703.I57
• International Labour Review. 1921-. Gov Pubs Stacks HD4811.I65. Contains journal articles dealing with research by the ILO and others into economic and social subjects pertaining to international labour issues.
• Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. 1978- Gov Pubs Stacks K1704.52.I57. Continues Series C of the Official Bulletin
• Labour Law Documents. 1990-1995. Gov Pubs Stacks HD7809.L3. Includes labour legislation of different countires as well as conventions and other agreements of ILO and other international organizations. Continues Legislative Series.
• Legislative Series. 1920-1988. Gov Pubs Stacks HD7809 .I74. Continued by Labour Law Documents.
• Minutes of the Governing Body. 1932-1973. Gov Pubs Stacks HD7801.I658.
• Official Bulletin. 1919- . Gov Pubs Stacks HD4811.I573.
  Series A: Includes key documentation of the ILO. Provides the texts and status of conventions as well as the texts of ILO recommendations. This source also gives information regarding activities of the ILO.
  Series B: Reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association. 
  Series C: 1975-1977. Judgements given by the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. Continued by Judgements of the... See above.
• Studies and Reports. 1920-1929. Gov Pubs Stacks 331.06 I61s. Series C-P.
• Studies and Reports Series A. Gov Pubs Stacks HD6961.I63
• Studies and Reports Series B. Gov Pubs Stacks HC54.I6
• Studies and Reports New Series. HD7801.I67
• Social and Labour Bulletin. 1974-1992. Main Library journal stacks, 3rd floor. Contains articles on social and economic policy, effects of new technologies, income distribution, labour relations, trade unions, collective agreements, wages, working conditions, employment, occupational safety and health, social security, and other topics pertaining to international labour issues.

Statistics

• Bulletin of Labour Statistics. 1965- . Gov Pubs Stacks HD4826.I6. Provides statistics on unemployment, employment, wages, hours of work and consumer prices.
• Index to International Statistics (IIS). Many statistical sources from ILO are indexed through IIS (1983-, Gov Pubs Ref fAI1.I49), and the web counterpart Lexis Nexis Statistical (UI Access Only). The contents of these sources are available in the IIS microfiche collection and some are available in the print collection.
• Source OECD Provides employment and economic statistical information from OECD member countriers, via OECD statistics databases, periodicals and monographs.
• Yearbook of Labour Statistics. 1935- . Gov Pubs Stacks HD4826.Y4. Annual statistics can be found on employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, industrial disputes, occupational injuries, and consumer prices.

Additional Materials

• A variety of ILO publications are available in the Government Publications "Swank" collection, located in the southwest corner of the stacks (call number: I-ILO). Many of these are included in the library catalog, but may have less descriptive cataloging available. Those that are serial titles may have shorter or incomplete runs. Reports from the ILO African Regional Conference, Asian Regional Conference, and American States are among the agencies represented.