While UK government publications are naturally the most strongly represented, this collection does not end there. For other countries the Library aims to acquire central government publications containing social or economic data, or illustrating the processes of government and public administration. A special deposit agreement, dating from 1903, ensures an extensive collection of US federal government publications.
Since 1946 the Library has been a United Nations depository library, providing a comprehensive collection of UN publications and documents. Many other organisations are significantly represented, including OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), ILO (International labour Organization), OAS (Organization of American States) and GATT/WTO (General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade / World Trade Organization). As a European Documentation Centre, the Library has received publications from the European Community since 1964.
These web pages give you an overview of what is available. Also, governments and intergovernmental organisations increasingly publish documents on the World Wide Web. We provide a range of useful sites for you.
The pages marked * are a result of a collaborative project with the British Library (BL) and Oxford University's Social Science Library (SSL). The Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, the BL and SSL are auditing the holdings of their libraries in respect of western European government publications outside the UK. More information.|
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