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United Nations

Dag Hammarskjöld Library

Overview of Resources and Databases

UN Reference Service

Dag Hammarskjöld Library

2012

Presenter: Elizabeth Mwarage

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Main information resources

• The UN website: www.un.org

• ODS: http://documents.un.org

• Library database(UNBISNET): http://unbisnet.un.org/

• Commercial Electronic resources (databases and

journal articles)

http://research.un.org/e-resources

• Press release database:

http://www.un.org/en/unpress/

• UN Member States on Record:

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/unms/about.shtml

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The UN website:

www.un.org

• Wide coverage of information on main

thematic issues.

• Good start for a general research

• Provides links to the main thematic pages

and websites

• Has an index:

http://www.un.org/en/siteindex/

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ODS- Official Document System

http://ods.un.org/

• Main database for UN Official document mast-head documents

• Searchable trough symbol, title, session, subject agenda item

• Most documents available full text from 1993…others available as hard copies

• NB: All security council and resolutions available.

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UNBISNET

• http://unbisnet.un.org/

• This is the Library catalogue bibliographic

catalogue.

• Documents resources the entire holding of the

Library

• Data available from 1979

• Links to ODS for official documents

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UN-I-QUE

UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest

http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf

• Provides Information about UN documents which are recurrent nature

• Each record is comprehensive historically

• Provides the symbols only

UN-I-QUE

• Types of documents include:

• Various reports by the SG

• Reports on Peacekeeping Missions

• annual/sessional reports of committees/commissions/

• reports issued periodically

• reports of major conferences

• statements in the General Debate

• Search by title key words e.g. “Nelson Mandela”

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UN Press Releases database

• Available fulltext since 1993

• Older copies available from the Library

• Good source for current information,

briefings and daily highlights.

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UN Member States on Record

• A website that collates information for each

member state through one portal.

• Links to related Library resources and

databases.

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UN Delegates Portal:

• Provides access to internal information

• Contacts, access to restricted content, protocol.

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Social media and web 2.0

technologies

• Find us on Social media

http://twitter.com/#!/UNLibrary

http://un-library.tumblr.com/

http://www.facebook.com/UnitedNationsLibrary

http://www.youtube.com/unreference

http://www.slideshare.net/UNDHLLIBRARY/

https://plus.google.com/u/0/1008021188161977514

67/posts

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Reference Services

• Reference librarians:

– Responds to question on UN

– Offers research assistance

– Offers one-one or small group training

• unreference@un.org

• 212-963-7412

• Current awareness

– UN Pulse

http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf

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Q&A

unreference@un.org

212-963-7412