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Last revised: August 2007

Guide to International Documents Collections in the College Park Area

Scope: This is a guide to libraries and institutions in the vicinity of the University of Maryland at College Park which house collections of documents published by international organizations and/or foreign governments, and which are open to the public. For further information on individual holdings, contact the individual libraries directly.

Compiled by Gerri Foudy, Social Sciences & Allied Professions Team.

Table of Contents

United Nations System Documents

United Nations

  • Johns Hopkins University
    The Milton S. Eisenhower Library
    Government Publications/Maps/Law Department
    Baltimore, MD 21218
    410-516-8360
    Hours, Directions, & Parking

  • Library of Congress
    Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
    Room LM-133, Madison Building
    10 First Street, SE
    Washington, DC 20540-4174
    202-707-5690
    Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8:30am-9:30pm (No materials pulled after 7:30pm); Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 8:30am to 5pm (No materials pulled after 4pm)

  • United Nations Information Centre
    1775 K Street, N.W., Suite 400
    Washington, D.C. 20006
    202-331-8670
    Hours: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. By Appointment Only

Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • ECLAC Office in Washington
    1825 K Street NW
    Suite 1120
    Washington, DC 20006
    202-955-5613
    Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call Ahead

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

  • ILO Washington Branch Office
    Library
    1828 L Street NW
    Suite 600
    Washington DC 20036
    202-653-7652
    Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. By Appointment Only

  • US Department of Labor
    Wirtz Labor Library
    200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-2445
    Washington, DC 20210
    202-219-6992
    Hours: Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

United Nations Scientific Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO)

  • Library of Congress
    Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
    Room LM-133, Madison Building
    10 First Street, SE
    Washington, DC 20540-4174
    202-707-5690
    Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8:30am-9:30pm (No materials pulled after 7:30pm); Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 8:30am to 5pm (No materials pulled after 4pm)

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

National and Regional Documents

Africa

Australia

  • Embassy of Australia
    Library
    1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20036-2273
    202-797-3126
    Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Canada

  • Embassy of Canada
    Information Center
    501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20001
    202-682-1740
    Hours: Monday to Thursday
    By Appointment Only
    (Selective Depository)

European Union

  • American University
    Pence Law Library
    4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20016
    202-274-4350
    Hours

  • Library of Congress
    Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
    Room LM-133, Madison Building
    10 First Street, SE
    Washington, DC 20540-4174
    202-707-5690
    Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8:30am-9:30pm (No materials pulled after 7:30pm);
    Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 8:30am to 5pm (No materials pulled after 4pm)

  • George Mason University
    Arlington Campus Library
    3401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 130
    MSN 1D1
    Arlington, VA 22201
    703-993-8188
    Hours
    Directions

  • Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
    Library
    2300 M Street NW
    Washington DC, 20037
    202-862-9539
    Hours: By Appointment Only
Japan
  • Embassy of Japan
    Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC)
    Lafayette Centre III
    1155 21st Street NW
    Washington, DC 20036-3308
    202-238-6949
    Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

  • Japanese Section
    Library of Congress
    Asian Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Room LJ-150, Thomas Jefferson Building
    1st St. and Independence Avenue, S.E.
    Washington, D.C. 20540-4810
    202-707-3766
    Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Korea
  • Korean Section
    Asian Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Asian Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Room LJ-150, Thomas Jefferson Building
    1st St. and Independence Avenue, S.E.
    Washington, D.C. 20540-4810
    202-707-3766
    Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Latin America
  • Hispanic Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Thomas Jefferson Bldg., Room LJ240
    101 Independence Ave, SE
    Washington, D.C. 20540-4850
    202-707-5397
    Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Ask A Librarian

  • Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
    Felipe Herrera Library
    1300 New York Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20577
    202-623-3521
    Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    By Appointment Only

  • Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
    Library
    525 23rd Street NW
    Washington, DC 20037
    202-974-3305
    Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
    By Appointment Only

Middle East

South and Southeast Asia
  • Southern Asian Section
    Asian Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Room LJ-150, Thomas Jefferson Building
    1st St. and Independence Avenue, S.E.
    Washington, D.C. 20540-4810
    202-707-3766
    Hours: Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Directions

United Kingdom

  • British Government Documents in the Microform Reading Room
    Library of Congress
    Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ 139B
    101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
    Washington, DC 20540-4660
    202-707-5522
    Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m;
    Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Intergovernmental Organizations Documents

European Union

  • American University
    Pence Law Library
    4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20016
    202-274-4350
    Hours

  • Library of Congress
    Newspaper and Current Periodicals Reading Room
    Room LM-133, Madison Building
    10 First Street, SE
    Washington, DC 20540-4174
    202-707-5690
    Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday 8:30am-9:30pm (No materials pulled after 7:30pm);
    Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday 8:30am to 5pm (No materials pulled after 4pm)

  • George Mason University
    Arlington Campus Library
    3401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 130
    MSN 1D1
    Arlington, VA 22201
    703-993-8188
    Hours
    Directions

  • Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
    Library
    2300 M Street NW
    Washington DC, 20037
    202-862-9539
    Hours: By Appointment Only

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Organization of American States (OAS)

  • Organization of American States
    Columbus Memorial Library
    19th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
    Washington, DC 20006-4499
    202-458-6037
    Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;
    Friday 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • US Agency for International Development
    Development Information Center Library
    Ronald Reagan Building, Mezzanine
    1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
    Washington, DC 20523
    202-712-0579
    Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Call ahead.

Subject-Specific Documents

Agriculture

Environment

  • World Resources Institute
    Library and Information Center
    10 G Street NE
    Suite 800
    Washington, DC 20002
    202-729-7601
    Hours: By Appointment Only

Medicine

Population

  • Census Bureau Library International Collection
    4600 Silver Hill Road
    Room 1L001
    Suitland, MD
    301-763-2511
    library@census.gov
    Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.


  • Population Reference Bureau
    Library
    1875 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Suite 520
    Washington, DC 20009-5728
    202-483-1100
    Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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