International Organizations: Publications & Information Databases

Comprehensive Catalogues & Indexes:

PAIS International

Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW, WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.

Contains citations and abstracts to many international government documents.

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Directory of Publishers and Vendors of Government Publications

Links to government publishers and bookstores from around the world. Many organizations' web sites have links to Publications.

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International Agencies and Information on the Web

From the University of Michigan, search by organization name. Many organizations web sites have links to Publications.

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International Governmental Organizations

From Northwestern University, search by organization name. Many organizations' web sites have links to Publications.

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YearBook of International Orgaizations

Selected from the Yearbook of International Organizations, search by organization name or by topic. Many organizations web sites have links to Publications.

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Publications & Information Databases from Selected Institutions:

United Nations Index: 1944 - Present

Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.

Provides bibliographic citations for a comprehensive number of United Nations documents and publications on microfiche. Since 1994, however, the Index has included selected full-text UN Resolutions. In 1997, selected full-text Provisional Verbatim (PV) and Summary Records (SR) containing voting records were included.

For cited Documents, record the document number and readex year for access to UN Microfiche collections, check with the Information Desks.

United Nations Index (Access UN): 1946 - Present

Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: UW. Eligible users can also connect from home.

Search by keyword for the Full - Text of several thousand UN documents, including citations to official records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN sales publications, and the UN Treaty Series.

Locate documents, by document number, in "United Nations documents and publications, microfiche edition" (UW Porter. Gov. Pubs. Microfiche. 5th Floor. Call# UN0).

United Nations Index (Access UN): 1998 - Present

Access restricted. Available to registered students, faculty and staff at: WLU. Eligible users can also connect from home.

Search by keyword for the Full - Text of several thousand UN documents, including citations to official records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN sales publications, and the AUN Treaty Series.

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United Nations System of Organizations: Alphabetic Index of Websites

Search by organization name. Many organizations, web sites have links to Publications.

For Cited Publications, check Trellis for document availability in Paper or Microfiche.

Help Guides

Guides for Users of International Information

A selection of guides to help understand and work with various international organizations & publications.

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide From the United Nations Dag Hammarskjvld Library, this guide explains the UN documentation symbols, the research tools which are available, and the different types of publications from the UN.

November 2003