The United Nations iLibrary

The United Nations iLibrary is the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations. Initially launched in 2015, the UN iLibrary was updated in December 2020 to incorporate new features such as an interface in all six official UN languages and a search feature by Sustainable Development Goals.

United Nations iLibrary offers an extensive list of features that deliver flexibility, speed, and efficiency such as intuitive navigation, integrated search results, granular content, citation tool, DOI identification, and multilingual content.  

There are approximately 9000 titles included in the UN iLibrary. Every year around 500 new titles are added to the collection, approximately 70% of which are in English. 

Content is organized by series title, publication year and alphabetically. Search and discovery of complete publications or even their components – chapters and articles – is a click away. The content is accessible in different formats – PDF, ePub, accessible ePub and READER –whether for reading on a mobile device, sharing with peers via social networks or integrating content in a report. 

All questions about content should be addressed to ilibrary[at]un.org.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945.  It is currently made up of 193 Member States.  The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. For more information about the United Nations please visit: un.org.