Search Tips for Model UN Participants
The U of A Library System has been a full depository for the United Nations since 1957. This means that through the U of A Libraries, you have access to the documents of the six main bodies of the United Nations (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat, and International Court of Justice), as well as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The Cameron Science & Technology Library has been a depository for the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) since 1965. The U of A Libraries also collect publications from other UN agencies, such as UNIFEM, UNESCO, UNICEF, United Nations University Press, etc.
See: U of A Libraries web page – Government Info – International Organizations – United Nations
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/un/index.cfm
WHERE TO SEARCH:
· Library Catalogue http://www.library.ualberta.ca/catalogue/
Example Words anywhere searches:
- “United Nations” and women and Thailand
- Canada and "Kyoto Protocol"
- “human rights” and child$ and Kenya
- Beijing +5 and implementation
- “United Nations” and convention and rights and implement$
· Access UN Database (U of A Databases http://www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
UN Documents:
United Nations Documents and Publications
1946-1980: GOV DOC UN1 02 0002 [microfiche] - UA Book and Record Depository
1981-2000: GOV DOC UN1 02 0002 [microfiche] - UA Rutherford N Fl2 GovPubMicr (publications from most recent years not yet complete)
1998-present : GOV DOC UN1 02 0002 [print] - UA Rutherford South Gov Pub Floor 2A
Documents for earlier years that are not provided on microfiche are retained in print
Online:
- UN Web site (www.un.org)- Site index(http://www.un.org/site_index/) - Look for publications, reports, etc. under each section
· United Nations Treaty Series
1946-most recent: JX 171 U5 - UA Weir Law Library
1967-most recent: GOV DOC UN1 ST/LEG/ SER.T/ - UA Rutherford South Gov Pub
1946-1967: GOV DOC UN1 ST/LEG/ SER.T/ - UA Rutherford N Fl2 GovPubMicr
To find out whether a given country was signatory to a treaty, convention, etc. consult the Treaty Series, or search the title of the treaty or convention on the web, ie:
v International Convention against Transnational Organized Crime http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_convention.html
Ø Signatories to the UN Convention against Transnational Crime and its Protocols http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_signatures.html
Ø Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air: Signatories http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_signatures.html
v Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
Ø Text of convention: http://www.unicef.org/crc/fulltext.htm
Ø Status of Ratifications http://www.un.org/Depts/Treaty/final/ts2/newfiles/part_boo/iv_boo/iv_11.html
See also: UN Human Rights Internet: Treaties, Conventions & Agreements
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/index.shtml
· United Nations system of organizations http://www.unsystem.org/ - links to websites for UN agencies (many documents available online), ie:
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) website
http://www.unescap.org/
- Economic Commission for Africa http://www.uneca.org/
- United Nations Population Fund http://www.unfpa.org/
- Etc.
· Women Watch http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
· U of A Libraries guide to International Organizations: Human Rights
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/humanrights/
· Etc.
See: U of A Libraries web page – Government Info – International Organizations
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/international/index.cfm
BACKGROUND INFO:
Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Yearbooks:
· Encyclopedia of the United Nations - KZ 4968 M66 2002 - UA Weir Law Library
· Great debates at the United Nations : an encyclopedia of fifty key issues, 1945-2000
KZ 4968 G67 2001 - UA Rutherford N Flr1 Reference and UA Weir Law Library
· Yearbook of the United Nations - GOV DOC UN1 ST/DPI/ YEAR - Current year in Rutherford Reference; others in Rutherford Reference Auxiliary (HSSREFAUX - 2nd floor Rutherford North)
· Basic Facts about the United Nations - GOV DOC UN1 ST/DPI/ SER.A/ 2 - Current year in Rutherford Reference; others in Rutherford South Floor 2A
EXAMPLES OF DOCUMENTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UN CONVENTIONS:
- found in the Library Catalogue, in Access UN, and on the internet
- In any search tool, combine the name of your convention with keywords and phrases such as: "reports of states parties", "implementation", "country reports", "report of the committee on", "special rapporteur", etc. Try also including the name of your country in the search.
· Division for the Advancement of Women: CEDAW - Country Reports, Reports by Session, etc.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
· Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discriminiation (2001) http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/898586b1dc7b4043c1256a450044f331/29a9383590721399c1256af5005c7ee2/$FILE/N0160153.pdf
· United Nations-sponsored world conferences : focus on impact and follow-up
JZ 4954 U55 2001 UA Rutherford North Flr 4
· Beijing to Beijing+5: review and appraisal of theimplementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: report of the Secretary-General HQ 1236 B45 2001 UA Rutherford North Flr 4
· Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) http://www.unifem.undp.org/resources/cedaw/index.html
· Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/session34.htm
· Declarations and statements with respect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
KZA 1120.21982 L38 1997 UA Weir Law Library
· International law and the conservation of biological diversity
K 3488 Z9 I58 1996 UA Weir Law Library
Journal Articles:
· PAIS International (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· International Political Science Abstracts (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Multilaterals Project Database http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
· Historical Abstracts (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Contemporary Women’s Issues (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Women’s Resources International (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Online Bibliography Theology and Peace (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Academic Search Premier (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· JSTOR (U of A Databases www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/)
· Etc.
CITING UN DOCUMENTS IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY:
· Citation rules and forms for United Nations documents and publications
JX 1977 Z9 R84 1971 - UA Rutherford N Flr1 Reference and UA Weir Law Reference
HELP:
Rutherford Library Reference Desk (Library Hours: http://www.library.ualberta.ca/hours/index.cfm)
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Government Publications Librarian: Lindsay Johnston 492-5946
University of Alberta Libraries United Nations Research Guide
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/government/un/