This document is an overview of the archives concerning the organization and the holding of the World, Continental and Intercontinental Games presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardized description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the organization and the holding of the Regional and Sub-regional Games presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardized description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the organization and the holding of the Affinity-based Games presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardized description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Vikelas, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Coubertin, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Baillet-Latour, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Edström, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Brundage, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Killanin, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the biography, mandates and activities of President Samaranch, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the preparation, organisation and running of the Olympic Games, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the preparation, organisation and running of the Olympic Winter Games, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the preparation, organisation and running of the Olympic Winter Games, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the history, missions and activities of the NOC assistance working group, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the preparation, organisation and running of the Olympic Games, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the history, missions and activities of the Olympic Solidarity Commission, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the organisation, running and decisions of the Olympic Congresses, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the history, missions and activities of the Olympic Solidarity Department, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

This document is an overview of the archives concerning the Olympic Anthem, scores and musical works linked to Olympism, presented as a fonds list. This is a detailed, standardised description of the content of the archives, produced after the documents have been sorted out, filed and conditioned.

Relations between the IOC and the Olympic Movement: National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs), national sports organisations, and organisations and institutions recognised by the IOC.
The IOC’s external relations: public administrations, international governmental and non-governmental organisations, media, companies and private bodies.
The Olympic Museum, past (Mon-Repos and Ruchonnet) and present (Ouchy).
Fonds connected to the Olympic Movement:Regional games and sports events (besides the Olympic Games).
Private fonds: Paul Martin, Charles Waldstein, Francis Messerli, Albert Mayer and Otto Mayer.
These fonds presently have no on-line description, but they are accessible for on-the-spot consultation in the Olympic Studies Centre study room.
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Benefit from the full overview of 2012 publications on the IOC’s key themes: the Olympic Movement, the OG, the athletes, the Olympic sports and many other aspects of sport (art and culture, education, environment, finance, health, law, management, media, young people, etc.) All publications can be loaned via the IOC Library.

Each month, see the latest publications on Olympism and sport available at the Library:  June 2013.

Each month, see the latest publications on Olympism and sport available at the Library: July-August 2013

This is available to consult in full at the Library at the Villa du Centenaire. SPORTDiscus™ is the most comprehensive, bibliographic database covering sport, sports medicine and sports science. It includes well over 1.7 million records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 22’000 dissertations and theses. The content also consists of international references from journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings and more.

The journals contain the most recent information and make up an important part of the library’s collections. See the complete list of titles available.

From the official film of the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games and Spyros Louis biopic through to the commemorative set of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, find all the films at the IOC library.

The IOC Library is member of RERO, the most important library network of Switzerland. RERO manages a collective catalog of about 215 libraries, with some 250’000 users registered. All the collections of the library (44’000 volumes) are referenced in RERO. For access, select “IOC” in the “Limit my search to one or several libraries” section. For further information on how to use the catalogue, refer to the HELP section.

This bibliography offers a non-exhaustive selection of references on the Olympic Movement, the Ancient Games, Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and the IOC Presidents.

With the aim of addressing the growing interest being placed on the topics of legacy and impact as they relate to the Olympic Games, the Olympic Studies Centre has created a descriptive bibliographic source list. In most cases, the documents are available online.

Discover our selection of publications on the Olympic Winter Games, in particular Vancouver 2010 and on Canada.

Selection of publications on the Youth Olympic Games, of which a great part is accessible online.

This bibliography offers to you a non-exhaustive selection of references on the work, life and personality of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the IOC and reviver of the Olympic Games.

For the benefit of any research or analysis on the Olympic marketing through time, this document provides a qualitative bibliographical selection and assessment per theme (IOC marketing components, evolution of Olympic Media Coverage and Rights etc).

This e-books’ selection focused on Olympism and the Olympic Games is proposed by the platform “DawsonEra”.
The access is direct, by IP recognition, from all IOC computers. For offsite consultation, contact: library@olympic.org

contains 250.000 photos, 8.000 hours of video and audio material, 1.000 archive documents and  10.000 Olympic Museum objects.
Access is granted for a period of three months to university professors, researchers and students undertaking an Olympic and/or sport related academic activity.

Olympic Review Magazine is the official publication of the Olympic Movement. First published in 1894, the year of the founding of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Review is now an 84 page, full-colour quarterly produced in English, French and Spanish. It features news, interviews and in-depth features on subjects that matter to Olympic enthusiasts.(access at the bottom of the page)

The offer of e-journals at the IOC Library is developing constantly.
Discover the list of e-journals accessible free of charge from any computer connected to the IOC network.

Articles filed by Olympic expertise and alphabetical order: from Arts and Culture to Urbanism. At the end of the document: articles on the Olympic Games themselves.

A single interface to search e-journals, e-documents, online databases, digital libraries and other catalogues.
The E-Searcher is an easy-to-use and effective search engine, capable of launching simultaneous searches in all of the electronic resources available in the IOC Library. This software returns relevant and reliable results in record time, and guarantees the most appropriate data for each request. NB. Some documents are accessible only in the IOC Library.

Access all the journals available for free on the International Sports Federations websites.

Which are the most interesting websites for your research into the areas of sport and Olympism? See our selection of websites.

The digital collection of the IOC Library is available on RERO.DOC, the digital library of RERO. You will find a selection of patrimonial publications – from the International Olympic Committee or the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games – as well as thesis and research reports on Olympism free of rights.