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The best places to begin:
- Perhaps the two 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.places to start are: 1) the alphabetical list page of the United Nations System Directory and 2) the Global Issues on the UN Agenda site. These two sites provide thematic access to UN and UN related issues; they more often compliment one another than provide redundant resources.- 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.
- Global Issues on the UN Agenda also provides thematic access with related links and more.
- The alphabetical list page allows you to search by topic. Open up the CEB
- Annual Review of United Nations AffairsAnnual 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.
- , but works best if you search using the classification symbols for specific types of UN documents (see the section on "United Nations voting records" above).
- UNBISnet - perhaps more user friendly than ODS.
- United Nations - Groups UN resources by the major functions of the United Nations: Peace and Security; Development; Human Rights; Humanitarian Affairs; International Law
- UN News Centre 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
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