The University of Iowa Libraries has International Monetary Fund (IMF) publications, including monographs and serials, dating from 1945 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 IMF print items can be located via the Library Catalog. Please stop by Government Publications if you have questions or need assistance with your IMF research questions.

• Background Information
• Indexes & Databases
• Journals & Series
• Additional materials

Background Information

From IMF's web site

• IMF Web site: http://www.imf.org
• About the IMF: http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm
• What is the IMF : http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/exrp/what.htm

Indexes & Databases

• IMF Publications: http://www.imf.org/external/pubind.htm
• International Financial Statistics . provides data from the International Monetary Fund, and includes country and world tables, commodity prices, and an "economic concept view".
• Index to International Statistics (IIS). Many statistical sources from IMF 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. Among those available in microfiche include:
  • Annual Report
  • Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook
  • Direction of Trade Statistics
  • Finance & Development
  • IMF Policy Discussion Papers
  • IMF Staff Country Reports
  • IMF Staff Papers
  • IMF Working Paper Series

Journals & Series

Links are to on-line versions of the titles, where available.

• Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook. 1981- . Gov Pubs Stacks fHF1014.I5
• Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly. 1981- . Gov Pubs Stacks HG3881.D6
• Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook. 1981- . Gov Pub Stacks HG3881.D62
• Government Finance Statistics Yearbook. 1977- . Gov Pubs Stacks HJ101.G68
• International Financial Statistics. 1948- . Gov Pubs Stacks fHG3881.I626
• International Financial Statistics Yearbook. 1979- . Gov Pubs Stacks fHG3881.I6262
• IMF Country Reports
• IMF Research Bulletin. 2000- . Gov Pubs Stacks I-IMF10:
• IMF Staff Papers. 1950- . Gov Pubs Stacks HG3810.I5
• IMF Survey. 1978- . Gov Pubs Stacks HG3881.I618
• IMF Working Paper Series

Additional Materials

A variety of IMF publications are available in the Government Publications "Swank" collection, located in the southwest corner of the stacks (call number: I-IMF). 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.