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  • Perhaps the best place to start is with the Official WEB Site Locator for the United Nations. The alphabetical list page allows you to search by topic. Open up the CEB option at the bottom of the page for thematic access to websites, documents, and more.
  • ODS offers keyword search access to UN official documents. 
  • Index to UN Systems Programs - Thematic issues considered by UN agencies and related bodies devoted to social or economic development, with hyperlinks to relevant websites. Also try Global Issues on the UN Agenda
  • UN News Centre 
  • List of all United Nations searchable databases.
  • A nice browseable list of many UN and UN related websites is available from the State Department. 
  • UN Conferences - link to past conferences (1994 - 2008)  
  • UN Treaty Collections 
  • United Nations Acronyms and Short Forms explained. 
  • The Yearbook of the United Nations (JZ4947 .Y43 yr) provides coverage of UN issues by year. The Drew Library archives the Yearbook back to 1945 in the Reference Section on the main floor of the library. The most current print edition of the Yearbook is shelved by the Reference Desk. 
  • United Nations Multimedia - News articles, radio, television and more.
  • Encyclopedia of the United Nations  -  Ref KZ4968 .M66
  • Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics - Ref JZ 1160. E53 2005
  • Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000. - Ref KZ4968 .G67 2001
  • United Nations Today (yr) - Ref JZ 4970.U658 
  • United Nations Handbook (yr) - Ref JX 1977.2.N5U55 
  • Encyclopedia of Human Rights - Ref JC 571.E673 2009 
  • Annual Review of United Nations Affairs - 341.23 A615a dates from 1959. "The Annual Review of United Nations (ARUNA) is one of the longest established annual publications on the  United Nations affairs. It offers in-depth commentaries and analysis by a group of distinguished  experts as well  as comprehensive documentation of the work of the United Nations."
  • ODS offers keyword search access to UN official documents. 
  • UNBISnet  - perhaps more user friendly than ODS.
  • Index to UN Systems Programs - Thematic issues considered by UN agencies and related bodies devoted to social or economic development, with hyperlinks to relevant websites. Also try Global Issues on the UN Agenda.UN News Centre .
  • List of all United Nations searchable databases.
  • A nice browseable list of many UN and UN related websites is available from the State Department. 
  • UN Conferences - links to past conferences (1994 - 2008) available from this site (scroll down).
  • UN Treaty Collections 
  • United Nations Acronyms and Short Forms explained. 
  • The Yearbook of the United Nations (JZ4947 .Y43 yr) provides coverage of UN issues by year. The Drew Library archives the Yearbook back to 1945 in the Reference Section on the main floor of the library. The most current print edition of the Yearbook is shelved by the Reference Desk. 
  • United Nations Multimedia - News articles, radio, television and more.
  • Encyclopedia of the United Nations  -  Ref KZ4968 .M66
  • Encyclopedia of International Relations and Global Politics - Ref JZ 1160. E53 2005
  • Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000. - Ref KZ4968 .G67 2001
  • United Nations Today (yr) - Ref JZ 4970.U658 
  • United Nations Handbook (yr) - Ref JX 1977.2.N5U55 
  • Encyclopedia of Human Rights - Ref JC 571.E673 2009 Annual Review of United Nations Affairs - 341.23 A615a dates from 1959. These multi volume annual sets include an overview of UN activities for the year, GA resolutions and issues related to the Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, peacekeeping issues and the annual report from the Secretariat annual reports. (On E-level).

For specific issues: 

  • Since specific UN bodies/committees/conferences focus on particular topics, it is important to identify those entities which are most relevant to you topic. The Organization of the UN gives an overview of the organization of the United Nations and provides access to numerous bodies and organizations.
  • The following subscription databases are relevant for United Nations research: Columbia International Affairs Online (CAIO); LexisNexis;World News; Worldwide Political Science, ScienceDirect, Academic Search Premier, Sociological Abstracts, EconLit, Proquest Political Science (databases available to Drew community from the A-Z Databases by Title page).
  • See also International Law.

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