A Look at the Many Databases Available from the International Labor Organization
Shirl is taking the week off (very well deserved) from Resource of the Week this time around. Of course, she is continuing to post an amazing amount of new content on ResourceShelf's sister site, DocuTicker.
This week's Resource of the Week comes from RS Contributing Editor, librarian, and compiler of the IWS Documented News Service weblog, Stuart Basefsky. It's a
reprint (with Stuart's permission of course; thanks S.B.) of a recent IWS post that offers a great +overview of the many databases offered by the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Resource of the Week A Review of International Labor Organization Databases Accessible on the Web
by Stuart Basefsky, MLIS
Martin P. Catherwood Library, School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR), Cornell University
Director, IWS News Bureau, Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)
Contributing Editor, ResourceShelf
Country information system on human rights, labour standards, and environmental protection. (Maintained by the United
Nations Global Compact Network with the participation of the ILO and UNEP)
compilation of basic information on gender equality laws, policies and programmes, including international labour standards as well as national legislation, policies, practices and institutional arrangements introduced by governments, trade unions and public and private sector enterprises
Covers six different databases on social protection: Scheme Description, Complementary and Private Pensions, Reforms, Legislation, Bibliography and Thesaurus. Produced by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) with the support of the ILO. Outside the ILO: A userid and a password are needed; for information about access contact: issadoc@ilo.org For alternative, but reliable information source, see --
InfoBase Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training (produced with the collaboration of the ILO)
The publications of the GLADNET Infobase are now held by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Please click the link below to search the GLADNET collection of publications in the Catherwood Library's Digital Commons online repository.
Search GLADNET Collection in DigitalCommons@ILR at
compilation of basic information on gender equality laws, policies and programmes, including international labour standards as well as national legislation, policies, practices and institutional arrangements introduced by governments, trade unions and public and private sector enterprises
a comprehensive selection of new and recent ILO publications in the areas of labour, employment, social protection, women at work, occupational safety and health, child labour, management and training, labour statistics and more.
The ILO's largest bibliographic database; provides international coverage of labour topics including employment, labour
relations, labour law, working conditions, vocational training, socia security, occupational safety and health, women workers, child labour, migrant workers, economic and social rights and all labour-related aspects of social and economic development.
Labour Force Survey is a standard survey of work-related statistics. The following countries and territories make their Labour Force Surveys available online...
This Resource Database contains more than 200 tools and resources that directly or indirectly focus on poverty from a
macro-level perspective and/or from a local development perspective within the ILO's decent work framework.
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