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  • to find information on a specific issue:
    • Search International Organisations: Type a part of an organisation's name into the search-box at the top right of the Organisations site, for example "Cancer" to search for the "International Union against Cancer". You will see its alternative names in different languages, the specific League Handbook source and all information known about the organisation. You can go further by using the links of persons and places and discover their sites. The graphic at the bottom of each organisation’s page reveals its complete networking activities.
    • Search People: Type a name into the search-box top right of the Search People site, for example "Arthur Sweetser". You will see short information on his biography, his positions in international organisations and his residences. Specify your search by using the categories on the right-hand side of the screen.
    • Search for international activities in a certain city or region: You can either navigate to places via the geographic site or by manually choosing a place on the map You can go up to the streets and house numbers.
    • Connection Search: mark two people by clicking on the top right of their pages, for example Armi Inkeri Hallstein-Kallia and Zoe Fairfield. Then try "Connection Search" at the left-hand margin to discover if there is a way to connect these two.
  • Tips if your search was not successful:
    • ... try one keyword instead of a complete name.
    • ... try alternative organisation names or keywords in French or English.
    • ... if you search for French names, check the spelling (you need to include all word accents!)
  • to simply discover the historical world of international organisations:
    • Browse International Organisations, Persons, Places, Topics The choice of subject areas has been made according to the categories of the League of Nations Handbook of International Organisations. See for example law. Use the categories on the right-hand margin to specify your questions, for example choose “female” to ask how many women were involved in the League of Nations.
    • Discover international life through conditional tag clouds on the right-hand margin of the pages. Find unexpected international connections by combining different information: for example, is there a relation between a person’s position in an organisation and his/her place of residence? Can a connection be found between the founding date of organisations and the places where their congresses were held?