United Nations Information Resources

Resources for Country Profile

General Information

	Library Catalog. books from NMSU Library.http://libcat.nmsu.edu/
	WorldCat. books from other libraries. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Portals to the World. covers 67 countries. addresses business, government, politics & law, culture, languages, and more. “Country Study” information created by the Library of Congress’ Federal Research Division. http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
	World Factbook. covers more than 267 countries. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
	Foreign Affairs Online. links to official government websites of many countries. look under “foreign states.” http://wsrv.clas.virginia.edu/~rjb3v/rjb.html
	Country Watch. general information on country conditions. http://www.countrywatch.com
	Strategic Forecasting. look for “situation reports” on various countries.http://www.stratfor.com/

Statistical Information

	2003 World Population Data Sheet. "latest population estimates, projections, and other key indicators for all geographic entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the United Nations." birth and death rates, infant mortality, fertility rates, life expectancy, percentages with HIV/AIDS, figures on rural vs. urban, per capita GNP, projected population totals for 2025 and 2050, and more. figures available by country or region. http://www.phishare.org/documents/PRB/621/
	Global Urban Indicators Database. information on urban conditions and trends. covers over 200 cities in over 100 participating countries. information divided into two sections: Key Indicators (quantitative data) and Qualitative Data. includes socio-economic development, infrastructure, transportation, environmental management, local government, and housing http://www.unchs.org/guo/gui/index.html
	World Bank Social Indicators of Development. use the search interface under Archival and Access Information to retrieve historical data (from 1965 to 1993). http://www.ciesin.org/IC/wbank/sid-home.html
	Social Indicators. from the Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. covers children and the elderly, population and development, social development, and women. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/social/default.htm
	World Income Inequality Database. provides time-series data on income inequalities over the period 1950-98 for 149 countries. http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm

UN Resources (countries & topics within the UN)

General (information on both countries & topics within the UN)

UN (main site). official site of the UN, maintained by the UN's Department of Public Information. general information, history, addresses and e-mail addresses of member states, events calendar. http://www.un.org UN Official Web Site Locator. search function not very useful, but there is a comprehensive list of UN agencies and programmes, whether they have websites or not. also a classification of UN agencies and programmes. http://www/unsystem.org/ United Nations Documentation Research Guide. basic research tools for deciphering document symbols, codes, numbering systems, and indices to UN documents. links to publications, speeches, resolutions, press releases, declarations, conventions, and parliamentary documents of the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/ United Nations System Pathfinder. identifies major publications (mostly print) of the United Nations, including "global studies and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies." focuses on current major issues of international security and peacekeeping; economic and social development; environment; disarmament; international law; and human rights. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/start.htm  UN Chronicle. compilation of major developments, speeches, and initiatives in the UN. site allows viewing of back issues but includes no search features. http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/index.html General Assembly Resolutions. from 1977 to present with links to full text where available, including Special Sessions and Emergency Special Sessions. http://www.un.org/documents/resga.htm SEE ALSO General Assembly Resolutions. gopher to lists of resolutions with links to full-text from 1981 to 1998. gopher://gopher.un.org:70/11/ga/recs/ UN Wire. good source of news, with links to referenced stories from other sources. free, but registration is required. http://www.unfoundation.org/unwirelogin/unf_reg_form.asp UNBISnet: UN Bibliographic Information System. online catalog of the UN's Dag Hammarskjold Library, voting records, links to full text of resolutions, and index to speeches. http://unbisnet.un.org/  United Nations Scholars' Workstation. great starting point for finding United Nations information. collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and pointers to print and electronic information. http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html

UN (component agencies) Food and Agriculture Organization http://www.fao.org  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) http://www.iaea.org ILO - International Labour Organization http://www.ilo.org UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS http://www.unaids.org United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) http://www.unicef.org United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) http://www.unctad.org/ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) http://www.undp.org/ United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/ SEE ALSO the UNESCO Archives Portal links to thousands of archives, with guides and resources on international cooperation. free & updated daily. http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/index.shtml United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) http://www.unep.org   United Nations Foundation (UNF) http://www.unfoundation.org United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) http://www.unhcr.ch   United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) http://www.unicri.it United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) http://www.undcp.org United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) http://www.unscear.org United Nations Volunteers (UNV) http://www.unv.org World Food Programme (WFP) http://www.wfp.org World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.who.org United Nations System Locator. listings of UN agencies alphabetically, by official classification or through a search engine. http://www.unsystem.org

Countries within the UN

	Global Policy. monitors policy making at the UN. includes a section on nations and states. http://www.globalpolicy.com
	Infonation. up-to-date statistical data on UN Member States. "over 30 different fields of information on 185 different countries from population to the level of carbon emission, from the average temperature to the GDP." http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. full-text access to current news, business, legal, and reference information. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	InfoTrac. full-text articles, abstracts and citations from several thousand academic journals, general periodicals, magazines and newspapers. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Wilson Select. full text journal database with over 800 high-quality periodicals. covers 1994 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Issues/Topics within the UN

Business & Financial Issues

	ABI/INFORM. covers 1000 worldwide business periodicals for information on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. includes some full-text articles. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Business Source Elite. full-text articles from 970 journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting from 1990 to the present. also includes abstracts from another 1,650 journals from 1984 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	EconLit. citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 600 economics journals from 1969 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Agricultural & Environmental Issues

	Agricola. covers every major agricultural subject, including agricultural engineering and marketing, animal breeding, entomology, environmental pollution, farm management, foods and feeds, pesticides, rural sociology, veterinary medicine, and water resources. gives citations to journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials. covers 1970 to present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	CABDirect. gives citations to international literature in agriculture, including books, conference proceedings and journal articles from 1973 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Environmental Universe. provides comprehensive access to a full range of environmental concerns, from local to worldwide conditions. coverage includes journals, conference papers and proceedings. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	GEOBASE. citations to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology from 1980 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Pollution Abstracts. provides access to the literature of the environment, including air pollution, waste management, toxicology and health, and environmental action from 2002 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Water Resources Abstracts. citations to journal articles, conference proceedings and reports covering engineering, scientific and environmental perspectives on water resources from 1976 to the present. available at Branson Library Reference department only. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide. largest index to citations on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians and their management. also includes unpublished conference proceedings, dissertations and field reports. 1971 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Science & Technology Issues

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts. covers all areas of science, engineering, and technology. indexes more than 600 periodicals, including trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Social Issues

	Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database. abstracts of child abuse information from journals and reports from 1967 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Contemporary Women's Issues. gives citations to over 1,500 sources (periodical and nonperiodical) published by more than 100 organizations around the world from 1992 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Criminal Justice Abstracts. gives citations to journal articles, books and agency reports in criminology and related disciplines from 1968 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Education Abstracts. citations to journal articles and yearbook entries covering administration, teaching methods and curriculum, literacy, government funding, and more from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Health & Medical Issues

MEDLINE. citations to articles from 3,900 journals in all areas of medicine, including clinical medicine, experimental medicine, dentistry, nursing, health services administration, nutrition, and much more from 1965 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Governmental, Public Administration & Legal Issues

	Index to Legal Periodicals and Books. citations from over 890 journals, yearbooks, law reviews, and bar association publications. covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions, legislation, and original scholarship from 1981 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	PAIS. citations to literature on public affairs from 1972 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Social SciSearch/Social Science Citation Index. citations from 1,700 worldwide journals in a broad range of disciplines. includes all significant items such as articles, letters, editorials, etc. 1996 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html
	Social Sciences Abstracts. citations from some 415 core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, and international relations from 1983 to the present. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Statistical Information

Statistical Universe. statistical information from hundreds of major federal, state and international sources are searchable by subject and agency. charts can be viewed & downloaded in a variety of formats. Available through http://lib.nmsu.edu/article.html

Regional Search Engines

	Search Engine Colossus: International Directory of Search Engines http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
	Search Engines Worldwide http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/

Translation Tools

	Free Translation http://www.freetranslation.com/
	Babelfish Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/
	World Ling http://www.worldlingo.com/
	Xlation http://www.xlation.com/glossaries