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UNITED NATIONS COLLECTION PROFILE
I. OVERVIEW OF DEPOSITORY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
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Depository Program
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The Government Documents and Information Center has been a depository for
United Nations publications since 1945. As a depository, the library receives
the official records of the main organs of the United Nations,
sales publications, periodicals,
the United Nations Treaty Series, publications from the United
Nations Development Programme, the United
Nations Environment Programme, and all other generally distributed documents
and publications of the United Nations.
The depository program does not include publications of
the International Court of Justice, United
Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research, and the
United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Also not included are documents with
LIMITED and FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY categories of distribution, mimeographed
documents of the regional commissions, and materials from the specialized
agencies within the United Nations system (i.e., FAO, GATT/WTO, IMF, ILO,
UNESCO, WHO, etc.). A complete list of
United Nations depository libraries is available.
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Other Depository and Exchange Programs
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The Government Documents and Information Center is a depository for
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
(see collection profile below); the Social Science Library receives on exchange
materials from the regional commissions and the mimeographed documents from
the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development.
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Non-depository Publications
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In addition to those documents and publications received on deposit the
Government Documents and Information Center subscribes to the mimeographed
versions of the verbatim records of the plenary meetings of the General Assembly
and the Security Council and to the summary records of the plenary meetings
of the Economic and Social Council. Also, the Center receives many periodicals
and monographs from mailing lists and upon request from the United Nations
Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme. Selected
publications not distributed through the depository program are purchased
and/or requested from a variety of United Nations units.
In addition, selected United Nations publications are acquired and housed
in the Latin American
Collection, African
Collection and
Southeast
Asia Collection.
The Yale Law Library's
International Law
Collection subscribes to the Readex United Nations Law Collection in
microfiche. And the Law Library collects the International Court of Justice
documents and publications.
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Microform Collections
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The Government Documents and Information Center has purchased and continues
to subscribe to the Readex United Nations microform collection. The collection
includes 1945-present and is on microfiche. Readex films all United Nations
publications which are indexed in UNDOC (the official index
to United Nations publications produced by the UN) and its predecessors.
Prior to 1963 the index (and the microform collections) included United Nations
specialized agencies, i.e., UNESCO, ILO, World Bank, etc.). Some LIMITED
and FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY categories of documentation are included in the
microform collection although they are not distributed to depository libraries.
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Electronic Services
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The United Nations Scholars'
Workstation, developed by the Yale University Library and the
Social Science Statistical
Laboratory, serves as the gateway to United Nations information and
documentation in electronic format. The UN Workstation includes three
sections---one on the United Nations Studies Program at Yale, one on research
tools and one on research approaches.
The United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet) provides access
to documentation published by the United Nations and about the United Nations from 1979 to present. In addition, the Government Documents and Information Center subscribes to
Access UN, an online database which indexes and provides some
UN materials full text from 1945 to the present and to the United Nations Official Documents System
(ODS), an online service which provides full text of United Nations official documentation from 1992 to present.
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Other United Nations Depositories
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Yale University is the only United Nations depository in
Connecticut. Other United Nations depository libraries in the Northeast
area include
Brown
University, Harvard University,
Boston Public Library,
New York University,
Columbia University, Cornell University,
and Princeton University. A complete list of
United Nations depository libraries is available.
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II. UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM
The United Nations series symbols reflect both the body which produces the
document as well as the type of publication it is. The symbols are composed
of capital letters, combined with Arabic numerals. Roman numerals when
used
designate the number of the session. A slash (/) separates the components
of the symbol.
The first letter(s) indicates the main organ of the United Nations to which
the document was submitted:
A/- General Assembly
E/- Economic and Social Council
S/- Security Council
T/- Trusteeship Council
ST/- Secretariat
Special symbols have also been designed for certain subsidiary organs of
the United Nations, for instance:
CCPR/- Human Rights Committee
TD/- UN Conference on Trade and Development
UNEP/- United Nations Environment Programme
After the first slash, the second series of symbols indicates the sub-body
within the main organ which produced the document:
-AC./- Ad Hoc Committee or similar body
-/C./- Standing, permanent, main committee
-/CN./- Commission
-/CONF./- Conference
-/GC./- Governing Council
-/PC./- Preparatory Committee
-/SC./- Subcommittee
-/Sub./- Subcommission
-/WG./- Working Group
-/WP./- Working Party
Subsidiary bodies are given an Arabic numeral which usually is assigned in
order of their establishment. The General Assembly main committees, for example,
may be identified by the following symbols:
A/C.1/- First Committee (political and security)
A/C.2/- Second Committee (economic and financial)
A/C.3/- Third Committee (social, humanitarian and cultural)
A/C.4/- Fourth Committee (trusteeship)
A/C.5/- Fifth Committee (administrative and budgetary)
A/C.6/- Sixth Committee (legal)
A/SPC/ Special Political Committee
The following letters are added to the basic series symbols to denote the
nature of the document. Examples:
-/INF/- information series
-/L. limited distribution documents
-/MIN. minutes
-/NGO/- statements by nongovernmental organizations
-/PC/- preparatory committee
-/PET/- petitions
-/PV./- verbatim records
-/RES./- mimeographed texts of adopted resolutions
-/SR./- summary records of meetings
-/WG./- working group
-/WP./- working paper
Specific United Nations series symbol numbers may be identified in the following
volume: United Nations Document Series Symbols, 1946-1996; cumulative
list with indexes. 1998. [ST/LIB/SER.B/5/rev.5]
They are updated quarterly by a table which appears in
UNDOC entitled "New Document Series Symbols".
For more detailed information on the documentation system, see
United Nations
Documentation: Research Guide
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III. FINDING AIDS
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Bibliographic records and holdings from 1989-present for serials, including
all currently received periodicals, are included in
Orbis, Yale's online
catalog. Monographic series and sales publications have been entered into
Orbis since January 1995. Earlier United Nations publications are not included
in the public card catalogs.
United Nations documents and publications housed in the Government Documents
and Information Center are classified by the United Nations Series Symbol.
The UN Series Symbol is usually printed by the United Nations on the publication
or document.
Organization and Background
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Sources which provide information regarding the organization of the United
Nations system and background information on the documentation published
by the various United Nations units are listed below.
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Organization
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Basic Facts About the United Nations. 1989. [DPI/991] (Government
Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
Everyone's United Nations; a handbook on the work of the United
Nations. 10th edition. 1986. [DPI/UN/E/985] (Government Documents Center,
United Nations Reference)
United Nations Handbook (annual). [DOC CTR. REF. DU400 A33 yr.]
(Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. 3rd edition. 2003 [DOC CTR. REF. JX1977 +08213 2003]
(Government Documents Center Reference)
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Documentation
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Guide to United Nations Organization, Documentation and Publishing.
1978. [DOC CTR. REF. JX1977 H22] (Government Documents Center, United Nations
Reference)
International Information: Documents, Publications, and Information systems
of International Governmental Organizations. 1988. [DOC CTR. REF. Z688
I57 I56 1988] (Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
Publications of the United Nations System; a reference guide. 1972.
[DOC CTR. REF. Z6481 W55] (Government Documents Center, Untied Nations Reference)
Directory of United Nations Documentary and Archival Sources. 1991.
[DOC CTR.REF. JX1977.8 D6 +H34X 1991]
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Directories
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Who's Who in the United Nations and Related Agencies. 2nd edition.
1992. [DOC CTR. REF. JX1977 A1 W89 1992] (Government Documents Center, United
Nations Reference)
United Nations Telephone Directory. (annual) [ST/OGS/SER.E/ no.]
(Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
United Nations Information Centres from around the world.
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Indexes to Documents and Publications
Orbis, Yale's online
catalog. Primary access to other United Nations official documents and
publications is through the printed and electronic resources listed below.
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Checklist of United Nations Documents
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1946-1949 Part 1: General Assembly (never published)
1946-1949 Part 2: Security Council. [ST/LIB/SER.F/2]
1946-1952 Part 3: Atomic Energy Commission. [ST/LIB/SER.F/3]
1946-1949 Part 4, no. 1-3: Trusteeship Council. [ST/LIB/SER.F/4/nos. 1-3]
1946-1949 Part 5, no. 1-3: Economic and Social Council. [ST/LIB/SER.F/5/nos. 1-3]
1947-1949 Part 6A: Economic and Employment Commission. [ST/LIB/SER.F/6A]
1946-1949 Part 6B: Transport and Communications Commission.
[ST/LIB/SER.F/6B]
1947-1949 Part 6C: Statistical Commission. [ST/LIB/SER.F/6C]
1947-1949 Part 6D: Commission on Human Rights [ST/LIB/SER.F/6D]
1946-1949 Part 6E: Social Commission. [ST/LIB/SER.F/ 6E]
1947-1949 Part 6F: Commission on the Status of Women. [ST/LIB/SER.F/6F]
1947-1949 Part 6H: Fiscal Commission. [ST/LIB/SER.F/6H]
1947-1949 Part 6J: Population Commission. [ST/LIB/ SER.F/6J]
1947-1949 Part 7B: Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East.
[ST/LIB/SER.F/7B]
1948-1949 Part 7C: Economic Commission for Latin America. [ST/LIB/SER.F/7C]
1946-1949 Part 8: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
and United Nations Appeal for Children. [ST/LIB/SER.F/8]
1950-1973 United Nations Documents Index. [ST/LIB/SER.E/no.] (Government
Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1950-present
Access
UN. [Limited to Yale IP address.]
1950-present Index
to United Nations Documents and Publications (CD at Government Documents Center).
1973-1991 International Bibliography: Publications of
Intergovernmental Organizations. [DOC CTR. REF. Z6428 +I58] (Government
Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1974-1978 UNDEX: United Nations Documents Index. [ST/LIB/SER.I/no.]
(Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1979-present UNDOC: Current Index; United Nations Documents
Index. [ST/LIB/SER.M/no.] (Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1979-present United Nations Bibliographic Information System.
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Sales Catalogues
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Sales publications are a distinctive category of publication issued by many
international intergovernmental organizations, including the United Nations.
Often sales publications are cited by United Nations sales number without
any other identification. Consequently, it is useful to know about some reference
guides which more clearly identify each publication. Listed below are selected
sales catalogs and guides.
1946-1978 The Complete Reference Guide to United Nations Sales
Publications, 1946-1978. 2 vols. [DOC CTR REF. Z6485 +B57 1982] (Government
Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1948-1962 United Nations Official Records; a reference catalogue,
1948-1962. [ST/CS/SER.J/2] (Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1962-1981 United Nations Official Records, 1962-1981. and Supplement
1981. (Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1981-1984 United Nations Official Records, 1981-1984. (Government
Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1977-present United Nations Publications Catalogue. (annual)
[ST/DCS/SS/CAT/yr.] (Government Documents Center, United Nations Reference)
1998-United Nations Sales
Catalogue
In addition to the above reference and sales catalogues, the Center collects
publication and sales catalogues from the United Nations specialized agencies,
such as the World Health Organization,
World Bank,
and UNESCO.
UNIPUB (Kraus/Bernan) serves as the sales
agent in the United States for many United Nations and other international
intergovernmental organization publications.
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Indexes to Proceedings
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The "indexes to proceedings" series is published for each session and provides
subject access, and in some cases, access by country and name of speaker,
to the official records. Bibliographic citations to speeches made in the
General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council and
the Trusteeship Council from 1983 to present may be identified by searching
UNBISnet.
The official records comprise the records of the meetings of the General
Assembly and its main committees, of the Security Council, the Economic and
Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Law Commission,
the Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development as well as the supplements and annexes to these records.
The titles for this series of guides are listed below.
1952- Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council. 15th Session-
[ST/LIB/SER.B/E.no.]
1950/51- Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly. 5th Session-
[ST/LIB/SER.B/A.no.]
1964- Index to Proceedings of the Security Council. 19th Session-
[ST/LIB/SER.B/S.no.]
1952- Index to Proceedings of the Trusteeship Council. 11th Session-
[ST/LIB/SER.B/T.no.]
Many mimeographed documents, including those of LIMITED distribution, are
"republished" in the official records of the United Nations. A listing of
republished documents appears in UNDOC. However, the two volumes listed below
cumulate this information for the Security Council and the Economic and Social
Council for the time period 1946-1964/65.
1946-1965 United Nations Economic and Social Council Index;
document number index to material located in the Official Records. [DOC CTR.REF.
HC59 +D425]
1946-1964 United Nations Security Council Index; Document number index
to material located in the Official Records. [DOC CTR.REF. JX1977 +D364]
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Indexes to Resolutions
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The "index to resolutions" series provides a cumulated numerical list of
resolutions with the date of adoption and reference to the document in which
the full text is to be found. There is also a subject index to the content
of the resolutions.
1946-1970 Index to Resolutions of the General Assembly. [ST/LIB/SER.H/1]
1946-1991 Index to Resolutions of the Security Council. [ST.LIB/SER.H/5]
1964-1972 Index to Resolutions and Other Decisions of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development and of the Trade and Development Board. [ST/LIB/SER.H/2]
The full text of Security Council resolutions which were adopted from 1946-1989
were published in the following publication:
Resolutions and Statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946-1992);
a thematic guide. 1993. [DOC CTR.REF. JX1977 A59X 1993]
Included on UNBISnet
is the full text of resolutions adopted by the General
Assembly (from 1981), the Economic and Social Council (from 1982) and the
Security Council from the 29th year (1974). The full text of resolutions
for the General Assembly (from 1981) and the Security Council (from 1982)
is also available on the Readex Index to United
Nations Documents and Publications compact disc and online via
Access UN.
In addition, the full text of resolutions adopted by the
General Assembly
(from the 32th Session), the
Security Council (from the 1946 session), and the
Economic and Social
Council (from the 1982 session) is available via the Internet.
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Roll Call Votes
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The Canadian Peace Research Institute has published cumulations of the United
Nations General Assembly roll call votes in the titles listed below.
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Nations on Record: United Nations General Assembly Roll-Call Votes (1946-1973). [DOC CTR.REF. JX 1977 +N37]
Nations on Record: United Nations General Assembly Roll-Call Votes (1974-1977). [DOC CTR.REF. JX1977 +N37 SUPPL.]
Nations on Record: United Nations General Assembly Roll-Call Votes (1978-1983). [DOC CTR.REF. JX1977 +N37 SUPPL. 2]
Nations on Record: United Nations General Assembly Roll-Call Votes (1987-1989). [DOC.CTR.REF. JX1977 +N37]
Beginning in 1975 the Index to Proceedings volumes for the
General Assembly, Security Council, and the Trusteeship Council include tables
of roll call votes.
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IV. TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS
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Official Records
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The Government Documents and Information Center holds a comprehensive collection
of the official records of the main bodies of the United Nations, including
the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship
Council and the Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development. Provisional verbatim records or summary records
of the meetings of some of the bodies reporting to the main United Nations
units, such as the Conference on the Committee for Disarmament and the Human
Rights Committee, are received at the Center, in paper as well as microfiche.
In general, the official records of the main bodies of the United Nations
consist of three components:
- meeting records: verbatim or summary records of meetings;
- annexes: collections of texts of documents related to and arranged by agenda items;
- supplements: reports of subsidiary organs and other bodies, resolutions and decisions.
Access
The most detailed access to the official records is through the printed
Index to Proceedings volumes listed above or electronically
on UNBISnet. Subject access is provided, and in recent years, also access
by country and speaker.
The official records also are indexed in UNDOC, the printed
quarterly index to United Nations documents and publications; and online through
Access
UN, 1950 through present; and through UNBISnet,
1979 through present.
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Mimeographed Documents
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United Nations organs produce a large volume of provisional documents, working
papers, draft resolutions, letters, memorandum, etc., which are issued as
"mimeographed" documents. Mimeographed reflects the quality of paper on which
the documentation is printed as well as the process by which it was originally
produced.
The Center holds a large quantity of mimeographed documents in paper; however,
because of deteriorating paper, early documents usually must be consulted
in microform.
Since 1950 there are three categories of mimeographed documents---general,
limited and restricted. Generally, depositories such as the Center only receive
those documents designated for general distribution. However, as noted earlier,
some documents designated for limited distribution are included in the microform
collection. Also, many limited documents are "republished" at a later date
in the annexes and/or supplements of the official records.
Access
The mimeographed documents are indexed in the printed United Nations index,
UNDOC, and online through Access
UN and UNBISnet.
Current mimeographed documents are available through the
Official Documents System (ODS) with
a user ID and password in the Government Documents and Information Center.
Selected mimeographed documents for the General Assembly, Security Council,
and the Economic and Social Council are available through the Internet.
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Sales Publications
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Many different types of materials may be designated as United Nations "sales
publications". Most official records and treaty series volumes are sales
publications as well as many periodical and serial titles. The major criteria
for being designed as a "sales publication" is the amount of public interest
that the publication is likely to generate.
Sales publications are assigned a United Nations sales number but usually
also are assigned a United Nations "series symbol" number. An example of
the United Nations "sales number" is:
E/F 92.I.5 (E indicates English; F indicates French; 92=year of publication;
I=subject category of publication; 5=the fifth publication in this category
issued in 1992.
The United Nations "series symbol" is the classification number used for
shelving the materials in many research libraries. As noted earlier, this
number reflects the body from which the publication originates and the nature
of the publication.
The Center has a comprehensive collection of the United Nations sales
publications and maintains a cross-reference index from the sales publication
number to the United Nations series number. Since 1989 this cross-reference
has been made available in Orbis. To determine which sales publication the
library holds by sales number and to convert that number to the classification
number or shelving location, search Orbis by title (t=United Nations publication
sales no). Select the serial record, then select the number for the appropriate
subject category.
[NOTE: It is only appropriate to perform this type of search as a means of
access when the only information you have about the publication you are seeking
is the United Nations publication sales number.]
Access
The sales publications are indexed in the printed United Nations index,
UNDOC, and online through
Access UN and UNBISnet. In addition, since 1989,
Yale's holdings of United Nations sales publications will be reflected in Orbis.
Recent sales publications may be identified using the UN's Publications web site.
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Statistical Publications
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The United Nations Statistical Office has compiled and published statistics
from its member countries for more than 40 years. Some of the well-known
titles are the Statistical Yearbook, the Demographic
Yearbook, the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, and
National Accounts Statistics. The regional commissions, the
Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, and the United Nations Development Programme also publish a considerable
amount of statistical data. The
United Nations Statistics Division Common Database provides statistics on member countries from several United Nations
related agencies.
The Government Documents and Information Center holds a comprehensive collection
of the statistical publications of the United Nations. The Center has the
microfiche collection which accompanies the Index to International Statistics (IIS) (1983-present). Statistical publications of the United Nations and its related agencies are included as a part of the IIS microfiche collection.
Access
Many of the United Nations statistics publications are published on a regular basis---monthly, quarterly, annually. Since 1989 the Center has entered holdings for all
currently received serial and periodical issues into Orbis. Also, the United Nations statistical publications are indexed in the printed United Nations index,
UNDOC, and in United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
Since 1983 the most detailed subject access is provided by the Index to International Statistics or electronically in Lexis Nexis Statistical. Abstracts are included with the citations that provide information on the geographic area represented, the dates of coverage and the data elements included. Some publications are available full text in pdf and some tables are provided in excel. Other international data sets may be located through the StatCat. StatCat includes information about numeric datasets in the Yale Social Science Data Archive, data available to the Yale community from ICPSR, selected datasets available in the Yale University Library, and selected data sources on the Internet.
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Treaty Series
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By provision of the United Nations Charter every treaty and international agreement entered into by any member of the United Nations after coming into force shall be registered with the Secretariat and published by it. Treaties are published in the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) sequentially in the order in which they are registered. Cumulated indexes to the treaty series are published irregularly. The United Nations Treaty Series is now available electronically 1947-present.
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V. PUBLICATIONS BY BODY
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General Assembly (A/)
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The Government Documents and Information Center has a complete collection
of the official records of the General Assembly and its main committees.
In addition, the Center's holdings include large quantities of "mimeographed
documents" and publications of subsidiary units, ad hoc bodies, and conferences
authorized by or reporting to the General Assembly. These include the Conference
on the Committee on Disarmament, the Special Committee Against Apartheid,
Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Economic and Social Council (E/)
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The Economic and Social Council, under the authority of the General Assembly,
is responsible for the economic and social activities of the United Nations.
Thus the Council initiates or conducts studies in the areas of international
economic, social, cultural, educational, health and related matters.
The Government Documents and Information Center holds a complete collection
of the official records of the Economic and Social Council as well as
documentation from the commissions, committees and ad hoc groups which report
to the Council. These include the Statistical Commission, Population Commission,
Commission for Social Development, Commission on Human Rights, Commission
on the Status of Women, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and the Economic
Commission on Europe.
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Security Council
(S/)
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The Government Documents and Information Center holds a complete collection
of the official records of the Security Council and the considerable amount
of "mimeographed documentation" generated by the Council.
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Trusteeship Council (T/)
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A complete collection of official records and mimeographed documents of the
Trusteeship Council are a part of the Center's collections.
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Trade and Development Board (TD/)
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The Government Documents and Information Center collects the official records
of the Trade and Development board of the Conference on Trade and Development.
The Center's collections also include mimeographed documents, periodical
and serial titles from the Trade and Development Board.
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Secretariat (ST/)
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The United Nations Secretariat is comprised of many subsidiary organs, including
the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Statistical Office, the
Dag Hammorskjold Library, the Legal Services Office, and the Centre for
Transnational Corporations. The Government Documents Center collects
comprehensively from the various units of the Secretariat.
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International Court of Justice (ICJ/)
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The International Court of Justice, which sits at The Hague, in the Netherlands,
acts as a world court. It decides in accordance with international law disputes
of a legal nature submitted to it by States, whilst in addition certain
international organs and agencies are entitled to call upon it for advisory opinions.
It was set up in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations to be the principal
judicial organ of the Organization, and its basic instrument, the Statute of the
Court, forms an integral part of the Charter. The International Law Library, Lillian
Goldman Library, is the repository for the ICJ materials.
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Other United Nations Organs
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The Government Documents and Information Center attempts to collect
comprehensively documentation from the United
Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi and the
United Nations Development Programme. It
has purchased the Readex Index to United Nations Development Programme
Project Reports on compact disc. This disc may be searched in the
Government Documents and Information Center and is also available through
the Social Science Library Network. The microfiche collection which accompanies
this disc consists of evaluative, technical and terminal reports from UNDP
projects released since 1972.
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Access
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Access to the publications of all the United Nations main organs and their
subsidiary units is provided by the printed United Nations index,
UNDOC, and online through Access
UN and UNBISnet.
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VI. UNITED NATIONS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
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The United Nations system of organizations is a decentralized system of
intergovernmental agencies; each one is autonomous and has its own constitution
and its own specific organizational structure, budget and documentation.
There are sixteen specialized agencies and two other organizations in the
United Nations. Some of these operate a depository system for their
documentation; most of them publish and/or sell their documentation through
commercial vendors or operate their own sales systems.
The Government Documents and Information Center is a designated depository
for one of the specialized agencies, the Food
and Agriculture Organization. Documentation for the other United Nations
specialized agencies is collected and housed by several departments in the
Yale University Libraries. The libraries of record are noted below.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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The Government Documents and Information Center is a depository for the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Most of the documentation
which becomes a part of the depository program are FAO "sales publications".
Many of the depository publications are actually housed in either the Kline
Science Library or the Forestry Library and may be identified through Orbis
or the card catalogs. The Center retains a small collection of printed
publications, primarily those on social and economic conditions.
The Government Documents and Information Center also holds a complete collection
of FAO documentation---working papers, documents and sales publications---in
microfiche from 1978-present.
Access
All FAO documentation is indexed by subject, geographic area, project and
author in a bimonthly publication entitled: FAO
Documentation: Current Bibliography. This publication is cumulated
on microfiche annually with periodic five or ten year cumulations. Each citation
provides the microfiche reference number for retrieving the full text document.
The FAO Library Catalog
is now available for searching online.
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Other United Nations Agencies Collecting Library
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Many of the publications received from these agencies will be reflected in
Orbis; however, not all will be. Therefore, it is important to ask the librarians
in the appropriate libraries for assistance in identifying holdings from
these agencies.
Publications from the following United Nations agencies are collected selectively
by Yale libraries; refer to the public card catalogs and
Orbis for identification
of holdings.
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