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| Databases and CD-ROMS for UN Information |
A ready reference database created to respond to frequently asked questions, focusing on documents and publications of a recurrent nature. This database is an easy way of identifying the United Nations symbol; the United Nations symbol is the more effective method of searching the United Nations Official Documents System (a full text database).
United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet)
UNBISnet is the primary index to United Nations documentation published since 1979, or earlier for selected documents. It also includes the catalogue of the collections of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A special file provides detailed voting records of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly (38th session, 1983-) and Security Council (1946-). Another special file contains speech citations for the main United Nations organs, the General Assembly (38th session, 1983-), the Security Council (38th session, 1983-), the Economic and Social Council (1983-), and the Trusteeship Council (1982-). Some links to full text are currently available.
United Nations Official Documents System
The database comprises the full text of all United Nations parliamentary documents, including resolutions and decisions issued at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the United Nations Office at Geneva since 1993 (with selected earlier coverage), and at the United Nations Office at Vienna since 1997, as well as documents from the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific beginning in 1997. In addition to parliamentary documentation, all currently valid United Nations administrative issuances (ST/AI/-, ST/IC/- and ST/SGB/-) are included in the database. The official record version of United Nations resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards are stored separately on ODS in the “United Nations resolutions” database.
AccessUN is a web-based database which provides bibliographic access to the Readex United Nations Documents and Publications microfiche collection. It provides access to United Nations documents and publications published from 1951 to present. Access is by subject, title, author, document number, document type, UN sales number, and country. Full text of the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions are appended to the bibliographic citation. Document numbers provide links to the microfiche and paper collections housed in the Government Documents and Information Center.
International Financial Statistics (IFS)
The IFS is a statistical product of the International Monetary Fund and corresponds to the printed International Financial Statistics which is located in the Social Science Library and Information Services Reference Section (HG 3881 I626). IFS contains time series of financial and economic variables: exchange rates, fund accounts, international liquidity, international banking, money, interest rates, prices, wages, production, employment, international transactions, government finance, national accounts and population are included for most members of the Fund. Consult the printed volume for definitions of variables. This product is indexed by Lexis-Nexis Statistical.
Searches, at the table level, U.S. Federal Government (1974-present), international intergovernmental (1983-present), state government and privately published documents (1981-present) that contain statistics. Default screen searches the "Power Tables" (full text of the most frequently requested statistics). A second method of retrieval is by searching the abstracts. You can limit search by subject, title, agency, and author; and/or to a particular collection, by geography, demography or commodity, and/or by date. Some of the publications are available full text and you can limit your search to those. Some of the tables are also available for exporting into a spreadsheet. The Government Documents and Information Center's collection contain the full text of most of the publications indexed in Statistical Universe on microfiche.
Statistical Yearbook of the United Nations on CD-ROM
The United Nations Statistical Yearbook provides data on every aspect of social and economic life for nearly 200 countries and areas of the world. The content of the SYB-CD is the same as the print edition but the compact disc provides an easy means of searching and grouping of countries, periods and series.
United Nations Statistics Division Common Database
The United Nations Statistics Division Common Database is a database which covers all countries and areas and selected series from more specialized international data sources. From the main menu, you may browse, access and retrieve statistics and look up information on data sources, definitions and classifications.
WISTAT is a global database of statistics and indicators on women and men. Contains detailed national statistics on a wide range of topics, disaggregated by sex where possible, for 180 countries and areas of the world, and a limited selection of statistics for 32 countries or areas for which very little data is available.
Provides over 500 time series of economic and socio-economic data from more than 230 countries, incorporating data from the World Bank publications World Tables, Social Indicators of Development, World Population Projections, the World Development Report, and the World Bank Atlas. Includes the majority of the information found in the print version of WDI (SSL HC59.15 W656), with some additional indicators and more extensive time series. Text providing commentary, definitions and source notes is also included. This product is indexed by Lexis-Nexis Statistical.
FBIS Electronic Index (Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
An index to the FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information.
World News Connection provides online the full text and summaries of newspaper articles, speeches, conference proceedings, television & radio broadcasts, books, and reports which have been collected and translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. The material covers a broad range of political, socioeconomic, scientific, technical and environmental topics. Generally, the information in WNC is available within 48-72 hours from the time of the original publication or broadcast.
Treaty Body Database, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Monitors the principal international human rights treaties, also know as conventional mechanisms and includes:
Searchable by treaty, country, type of document, and symbol.
United Nations Treaty Collection
The United Nations Treaty Collection database includes the Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, the United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index, full text of over 40,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and subsequent actions, and texts of recently deposited multilateral treaties.
The Contemporary Women's Issues database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science.
E-MINE: The Electronic Mine Information Network
Provides program reports, country and area reports, and casualties and incidents on a country-by-country basis, covering the land mine crisis.
Contains electronic collection of full-text documentation related to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, and its preparatory stages. Includes principles and conventions adopted, official statements, national and regional reports.
The Index to United Nations Development Programme Project Reports was produced by Readex, Inc. It provides access to a collection of reports from over 35 agencies that trace the economic development and technical cooperation in developing countries over the past 20 years. UNDP projects assist developing countries to better utilize their human and natural resources, expand productivity, improve living standards and contribute to a sustainable expansion of the global economy. The UNDP project report collection consists of evaluative, technical and terminal (final) reports for projects from 1972 through 1997. All of the documents indexed are available on microfiche at the Government Documents and Information Center. More recent reports are available online from United Nations Development Programme.
This compact disc is produced by the United Nations Library, Geneva, in cooperation with the Centre for Human Rights. The compact disc supplements the paper edition with coverage through October 15, 1994. The cd-rom contains citations for approximately 12,000 United Nations documents and publications issued since 1980 on subjects related to human rights. References are drawn from the United Nations Bibliographic Information system and the citations contain the United Nations documents symbol for referral to the text of the document. The pre-selection menu allows the user to search 11 subject categories from the Human Rights Classification Scheme and to select any of 13 types of materials. Types of materials include declarations, annual and session reports, draft source materials, United Nations resolutions and decisions, and reports and letters of the Secretary General. Boolean operators may be used within fields or between fields. Each citation includes title, imprint, notes, UN document number, UN issuing body and session number.
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