Library services

We provide scholarly support to IUCN researchers and are working to expand open access to conservation knowledge.

Scholarly support to IUCN researchers

All IUCN constituencies

The IUCN Library Team offers assistance with publishing in external (non-IUCN) sources, including help with: journal selection, peer-review policies, publishers’ editorial policies, understanding donors’ open-access requirements.

We also provide support on understanding and using research tools, such as: research profiles, bibliography and reference management, publication metrics, social media performance, copyright policies, etc.

HQ-based Secretariat staff

The IUCN Library Team offers physical loans of items in our collection, as well as interlibrary loans, to HQ-based IUCN Secretariat staff.

IUCN Secretariat staff worldwide

We offer assistance to IUCN Secretariat staff worldwide with finding and accessing journal articles and other conservation literature for use in their research.