Primary sources are one of the principal research tools for international historians. This page is therefore designed as a way of helping you to obtain information about primary sources located in the Library and some of the research tools that are available in order to be able to use the collections.

Newspapers

For information on accessing newspaper resources, see the Newspapers page.

Government

Governmental publications contain a range of historic information. Since its foundation the Library has collected material published by governments on a global basis. This information comes in a variety of forms such as reports of working parties, departmental publications and parliamentary papers.

The Library is strongest in publications published by the British government| and the Untied States Federal government|. These pages contain information about how to find material in these collections.

Intergovernmental Organisations (IGO)

The Library holds specialist status as a European Documentation Centre and as a United Nations depository.
For documents relating to the above collections you may need to use specialist databases such as Europa and AccessUN. Further finding aids are available via the above pages.
There is a large collection of materials published by IGO's held in the Library. Further information is available on the Intergovernmental Organisations page

Microfilm and Microfiche

The Library has a large microfilm and microfiche collection. Items held on this medium include the National Sceurity Archive of the United States Further information on the collection can be found on the microfilm and microfiche collections in the Library| page

Statistics

Part of the Library's Government holdings is a large quantity of statistical data relating to a number of topics. More detail can be found on the Statistics Collection| pages

Contact your Academic Support Librarian

Paul Horsler
Academic Support Librarian - Enquiry Services

Telephone: 020 7955 6354

E-mail: p.n.horsler@lse.ac.uk|

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