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- 1946-1956 - Law Library
- 1957 - present - Main Library, Microforms Room (MIC)
- 1957 - 1981 -
Microcard - JX1977.A2 U55
1982 - present -
Microfiche - JX1977.A2 U552
- Our set includes:
- All documents from the following UN divisions (and their subsidiary bodies):
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat documents after 1981
Official records, sales publications, treaty series, and other documents, filmed at
the Dag Hammarskjold Library.
- Excludes documents from:
- Secretariat before 1982
International Court of Justice (Law Library)
Autonomous organizations who do not report directly to the UN but are under the UN
umbrella including FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IMF, IMO, ITU, MIGA,
UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO.
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Official Document System (ODS) (1993 - present, selected 1946 - present)
- Provides full text access to official U.N. documents from 1993 to present as well as
General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship
Council resolutions from 1946 to present. Simple searches include U.N. symbol and
full text searches. Advance search features also available.
- Index to United Nations Documents and Publications (1946-present) -
[Find in Library.]
- CD-ROM database that can be used at a stand-alone station in the Microforms area.
Intended as an index to UN documents in the Readex/Newsbank edition, but also indexes
a few documents not in that set. In two sections:
- The first section consists of the Index to UN documents and Publications and contains
references to official records, documents, mimeographed items, and periodicals and
serials.
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The second section includes texts of resolutions, and decisions, as well as voting
records from full meetings of the General Assembly and Security Council.
- Complete Reference Guide to U.N. Publications (1946-1978) -
[Find in Library.]
- Lists publications by UN documents number, broad subject category,
and by type of publication, e.g. resolution, etc. Has title and keyword indexes.
- Index to the Proceedings of the General Assembly (1953-2003) -
[Find in Library.]
- Includes special index to resolutions and decisions and chart of voting records,
1975-2003.
- Index to the Proceedings of the Security Council (1964-2003)-
[Find in Library.]
- Includes special index to resolutions and decisions and chart of
voting records 1976-2003.
- Index to the Proceedings of the Trusteeship Council (1952-1993)-
[Find in Library.]
- Index to the Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council (1953-2003) -
[Find in Library.]
- Includes special index to resolutions and decisions and chart of voting
records 1987-2003.
Each of these four titles contains separate indexes for subject, country, and speeches.
- United Nations Documents Index - (1950-1973) -
[Find in Library.]
- UNDEX (1974-1978) -
[Find in Library.]
- UNDOC (1979 - 1983) -
[Find in Library.]
- These titles index all official records, documents of subsidiary bodies
reporting directly to the UN, and recurrent sales publications. Separate
subject, country, and document symbol indexes.
Understanding UN Document Numbers
- For a very clear, concise explanation of UN Document numbers,
see Jonsson Library
website.
Hard-to Find Information
TEXTS OF RESOLUTIONS
- U.N. Documentation Centre
- Online access:
- General Assembly, 1946-present.
- Security Council, 1946-present.
- Economic and Social Council, 1992 -.
- Official Documents System - (See above.)
- CD-ROM Index to UN documents (See above.)
- Full text of General Assembly resolutions from 1981 to present, and for the
Security Council from 1974 to present.
- Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly during. . . .
[Find in Library:
1946-1986,
1991-present)]
- Table of Contents lists resolutions by number. Full text of each resolution is
given. Also listed are decisions which were adopted mainly as a result of reports of
various committees.
- An alternate way to find text of resolutions is as follows: If you know the body from
which the resolution came, consult the appropriate Index to the Proceedings. . .
(see above). Some later volumes include a separate cumulative
index for resolutions at the back of the volume. (This separate index begins in 1975
for the General Assembly, 1976 for the Security Council, and 1987 for the
Economic and Social Council). If there is not a separate resolution index at the back,
look under subject and entries will be arranged by general documents, resolutions, etc.
Find the document number and go to the set on microfiche or microcard.
Texts of important resolutions may sometimes be found in the United Nations Yearbook
[Find in Library.]
VOTING RECORDS
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UNBISNET Voting Records (1983-present).
- CD-ROM Index to UN Documents - (See above.)
- Alternately, use the appropriate Index to the Proceedings. . .
(see above). It is easiest to
use the Resolution Index section if there is one (1975- General Assembly; 1976-
Security Council; 1987 - Social and Economic Council).
If there is not a special resolutions index at the back, look under subject and entries
will be arranged by general documents, resolutions, etc.
Find the UN document number and go then to the set on microfiche or microcard. (On going
to the microcard, you may, on occasion, find a cross reference and have to go through
several additional steps).
SPEECHES
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UNBISNET: Index to Speeches (1983-present).
- CD-ROM Index to UN Documents - (See above.)
- Search by country and/or speaker's name in combination with subject, date, or session.
- All of the Indexes to Proceedings. . . . (see above),
have a separate Speech Index at the back of the volume.
TREATIES
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United Nations Treaty Collection [Subscription service - OSU only]
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Includes status of multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General;
United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS); Texts of recently deposited multilateral treaties;
and photographs of signature.
- United Nations Treaty Collection
(U.N. website)
- Search status of multilateral treaties; U.N. Treaty Series; League of Nations Treaty
Series; and more.
- United Nations Treaty Series (1946-present) .
[Find in Library.]
- Includes texts of treaties and international agreements which are registered with the
Secretariat of the UN. Texts are published in the original language with some translated
into English. Tables of contents, but no index.
ADDRESSES
- Europa World Year Book, volume one.
[Find in Library.]
- Addresses of UN bodies, UN missions, etc.
- Yearbook of the United Nations
[Find in Library.]
International Yearbook of Organizations.
[Find in Library.]
- Often contain addresses of obscure UN bodies.
VERY RECENT INFORMATION
- U.N. Chronicle -
[Find in Library.]
- Official UN website.
- UN Press Releases, Daily Journal, Briefings, Highlights and Developments,
Updates from the Secretary General, and other sources.
UN DOCUMENT SYMBOLS
- Document Symbols
- UN Document Series Symbols -
[Find in Library.]
U.N. SALES PUBLICATIONS
- U.N. Publications (current sales catalog)
- Complete Guide to UN Publications 1946-1978 -
[Find in Library.]
Search OSCAR to determine whether OSU Libraries hold known titles.
General and Financial Information about the United Nations
- Yearbook of the United Nations -
[Find in Library.]
- Annual authoritative publication on the activities of the organization for the
most recent year. Has extensive surveys of the activities of the principal organs with
reference to resolutions, decisions, and major reports. Includes full text of the
Secretary General's Report and also key resolutions. Also has summaries of the activities
of the major IGOs.
- Basic Facts about the UN -
[Find in Library.]
- Similar to Yearbook of the United Nations but usually more up-to-date. Describes
each unit. For example, one can sort out the World Bank, The IBRD, the International
Financial Corporation, and the IMF and see how they are related. Also has subject entries
such as "peacekeeping," UN budgets for current year, addresses, membership and dates, and
UN special observance days.
- Annual Review of United Nations Affairs -
[Find in Library.]
- Covers political and security questions, security subjects, decolonization, economic,
social and human rights, administrative, budget and financial, legal, and other
questions. Includes full list of membership of each related organization.
- U.S. Participation in the UN
(most recent years);
1955-1991.
- Facts and financial information.
Useful Internet Sites
- Official UN Internet Site
- Dag Hammarskjold Library
- United Nations Library. Provides links to UNBISNET, Official Documents System,
research tools, guides, and other resources.
- GUIDES
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United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale
- A collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps and pointers to print and
electronic information. Particularly good are 3 valuable links to UN information by
UN Organizational Structure,
by research topic, and by
geographic area.
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United Nations Documents and Publications
- Stanford University. Covers organization and structure, current awareness, directories,
statistics, indexes, official records, regional commissions, document numbers and other
subjects. Clearly written, relating print, microfiche and electronic sources.
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United Nations Documents and Publications
- University of California at Berkeley. Lists and describes printed sources and
suggests strategies for finding UN information.
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United Nations Guide
- University of Illinois. Covers structure of the U.N., the U.N. classification
system, document types, shelving/filing of U.N. documents, and locations and formats
of U.N. materials at UIUC. Includes comments and explanations of
idiosyncracies of various U.N. sources with detailed bibliographic information on
each source. This information is hard to find elsewhere. Annotates U.N.
materials and reference sources.
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United Nations Treaties Collection
- Search the League of Nations Treaty Series (1920-1944).
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Using League of Nations Documents and Publications
- This thorough guide provides extensive information on finding and using League
Of Nations documents. For anyone who wants an in-depth understanding of League of
Nations publications. You can also search for UN documents by clicking on the
"browse/search" key in the top left corner of the page.
- Guide to League of Nations Publications -
[Find in Library.]
- Historic guide to League of Nations documentation and bibliography.
Consult OSCAR to determine if a desired League of Nations publications is
available at OSU.
- League of Nations Documents, 1919-1946. A Descriptive Guide to the Microfilm
Collection -
[Find in Library.]
- If the desired item is not found in OSU's collection you may use this guide to find
microfilm numbers to order items from the Center for Research Libraries.
UNESCO Publications
- UNESCO Official Site.
- Bibliography of Publications Issued by UNESCO, 1946-1971 -
[Find in Library.]
- UNESCO List of Documents and Publications (1972-1999) -
[Find in Library.]
- UNESCO Courier (1948-2002) -
[Find in Library.]
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