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Identifying and Locating Books

Paper Format

IHEID Library Classification Scheme
Brochure with the IHEID Library systematic classification (call numbers) and an alphabetical index. Useful when beginning a search, can be found at the reference service InfoDesk and in the reading-room.

In Geneva

RERO Geneva Catalogue
Use "Advanced search". Select "Books" in the type of document and limit the search to the IHEID Library or search the editing organisation by author.

United Nations Library Catalogue

WTO Library Catalogue

ICRC Documentation Catalogue

In Switzerland

RERO Union Catalogue
In order to extend the search to Libraries in the Western Switzerland.

Swiss Virtual Catalogue (CHVK)
Simultaneous search in numerous Swiss libraries' catalogues.

Around the world

Library of Congress (LOC)

British Library

British Library for Development Studies (BLDS)

European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EL@ND)

Hollis Catalog (Harvard University)

Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog

Library Servers via WWW (LIBWEB)

LSE Library

The Peace palace Library

Réseau d'information et de documentation pour le développement durable et la solidarité internationale (Ritimo)

Système Universitaire de Documentation (SUDOC)

Electronic Format

E-books
IHEID Library's e-book collection.

Ebook Search Engine
A search engine to find free e-books online.

Google Books
Access (in full or partial text) to several library book collections (Oxford, Harvard, Lausanne…). Use "Advanced Search".

Google Scholar
Academic articles, theses, monographs, citations. Use "Advanced Search".

Répertoire des bases de données et ouvrages de référence en ligne
University of Geneva directory of over 400 electronic resources, bibliographic databases, reference works, as well as selections of periodical titles.

See also

 

Graduate Institute Publications


Special collections

The Library is the depository library of United Nations since 1947, OSCE, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB) documents. These documents can be found in the RERO Geneva Catalogue.

 

Tools and Software

 

IHEID Library Services