Reference Works, Bibliographies, & Research Guides
- League of Nations Research GuideFinding Aids tab provides digitized copies of important guides and bibliographies for identification of League publications related to actions and deliberations. The Digitized Collections tab advises on finding publications from various repositories.
Historical Dictionary of the League of Nations by Call Number: EBook (NU affiliated users only)ISBN: 9780810865136Publication Date: 2006- Guide to League of Nations publications; a bibliographical survey of the work of the League, 1920-1947. byCall Number: Main Library Reference 016.341 L434aPublication Date: 1951
- A Repertoire of League of Nations Serial Documents, 1919 - 1947 byCall Number: Main Library 1 East - Reference Section 016.341 L434g 2 volumes.; ALSO Law Library Closed Stacks Int 67 G41r 1973 2 volumes.Publication Date: 1973Digitized by UN Archives Geneva on their League of Nations research guide.
- Sources of information: a handbook on the publications of the League of nations byCall Number: Main Library 1 East - Reference Section 016.341 B848Publication Date: 1939
Consolidated Catalog of League of Nations Publications Offered for Sale by Call Number: Main Library 1 East - Reference Section 016.34122 B616c ALSO by request from Oak Grove Library Center through NUSearchISBN: 0379003287Publication Date: 1976Many publications of the League sent to member governments or available through official publication channels were also made available for sale to the general public.
- Advice on how to obtain information rapidly on a Given SubjectSuggestions for research process when working with League of Nations publications.
This document is a scanned copy of Annex B from Breycha-Vauthier, A.C. (1939). Sources of Information: A Handbook on the Publications of the League of Nations, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. pp.95-96
- The League from Year to YearCall Number: Main Library 1 East - Reference Section 341.22 L434Publication Date: 1927/28 - 1938
Key League Publications
- Official Journal byCall Number: Pritzker Law Library MON KZ4860.5 .L43Publication Date: 1920-194?Contains Council Minutes and official documents "...received or dispatched by the Secretariat (reports, exchanges of notes, ratifications of conventions concluded under the auspices of the League of Nations, etc.). The October issue each year contains the budget and also staff lists..." Breycha-Vauthier, A.C. (1939). Sources of Information: A Handbook on the Publications of the League of Nations, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., p.17.
Available online to NU Affiliated Users through the HeinOnline database. All users can access the Official Journal volumes in the public domain using the HathiTrust digitized version. - Official Journal Special Supplement byPublication Date: 1920-1946Included in the series are: Resolutions and recommendations adopted by the Assembly; Records of the Assembly, Plenary meetings; and: Records of the Assembly, Meetings of the committees.
Volumes for 1920-21 in English and French; <1922>- issued alternately in English and French.
Available to NU Affiliated users through HeinOnline - Minutes of the Council byCall Number: Pritzker Law Library Stacks MON JZ4910 .L423Publication Date: 1st-107th sess.; Jan. 16, 1920-Dec. 14, 1939."Annexed to the minutes are the most important documents distributed during the session." Breycha-Vauthier, A.C. (1939). Sources of Information: A Handbook on the Publications of the League of Nations, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., p.17.
- Treaty Series (League of Nations)Call Number: Oak Grove Library Center MON KZ170.5 .T74Publication Date: 1920-1946v.1-205; Request volumes housed at Oak Grove Library Center through NUSearch link above OR use link to digitized volumes provided by HathiTrust (only those volumes in the public domain can be viewed in their entirety online). The Treaty Series General Index can assist locating treaties within this series on specific topics, nations, etc. and is available in Main Library Lower Level Government Publications Room B190 341.2 L435 or can be requested thru NUSearch from Oak Grove Library Center.
Digitized version available through the League of Nations Research Guide, UN Archives Geneva.
League of Nations -- History
Published histories, some authored by participants in the League, can provide context and pointers to events and actions of the League that will aid your discovery of the primary source materials. Below are a selection of titles identified by searching NUSearch using the subject heading League of Nations -- History.
Broken Star by Call Number: Oak Grove Library Center 341.22 J89b request online through NUSearchISBN: 0715404199Publication Date: 1978- A History of the League of Nations. byCall Number: Main Library Stacks 341.6 W235h; ALSO Law Library Closed Stacks Int 67 W23h 1952Publication Date: 1952
- The League of Nations : its life and times, 1920-1946 byCall Number: Main Library Stacks 341.22 L434ZnPublication Date: 1986
- Lessons on security and disarmament from the history of the League of Nations byCall Number: Law Library Stacks MON JZ4871 .S56 1949; ALSO Oak Grove Library Center 341.6 S559l request through NUSearchPublication Date: 1949Digitized copy available through HathiTrust.
Digitized copy available to NU affiliated students, staff, and faculty through Hein Online. 
Securing the World Economy by Call Number: Main Library Stacks 341.22 L434ZcISBN: 9780199577934Publication Date: 2013- A Time of angels : the tragi-comic history of the League of Nations byCall Number: Law Library Closed Stacks Int 67 B45t 1975; ALSO request from Oak Grove Library Center 341.22 B458t through NUSearchPublication Date: 1975
