NMSU Library--United Nations Resources

New Mexico State University Library
United Nations Resources

General Country Information
General News Sources
United Nations General Resources
Resources for Global Issues
Statistical Information
Model UN/NMSU Information

General Country Information

NMSU Library Catalog

WorldCat
Search national and international library catalogs for books and reports.

Portals to the World

CIA World Factbook

U.S. Department of State Background Notes

Foreign Affairs Online - Foreign States

Foreign Government Websites
Links to official government websites

United Nations Country @ a Glance

General News Sources

Expanded Academic
Contains full-text access to articles, abstracts and citations from academic journals, general periodicals, magazines and newspapers.

Lexis-Nexis Academic
Provides full-text newspaper articles from around the world. Click on "Guided News Search", then choose "World News" as the news catagory. In the second dropdown, choose the region of interest.

United Nations Country @ a Glance
Provides links to local and regional news sources.

United Nations General Resources

United Nations Home Page

United Nations System of Organizations

United Nations Documentation Centre

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide

Official Document system (ODS)

Global Issues on the UN Agenda

Das Hammarskjold Library (United Nations Library)

Library Subject Guide

Member States

Voting Records

Member Speeches

Resources for Global Issues

Agriculture/Food

Food and Agriculture Organization (UN Component Agency)

World Food Programme (UN Component Agency)

Agricola
Provides citations to journal articles, books, conference proceedings and reports related to agriculture.

CABDirect
Includes international literature in agriculture.

Environment and Geography

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Component Agency)
International Atomic Energy Agency (UN Component Agency)
Environmental Universe
Covers environmental issues, including international views, in journals and conference reports.
Human Population & Natural Resource Management
Includes relevant papers, reports, books and reviews from standard peer-reviewed scientific journals from 1995 to the present.
GEOBASE
Provides citations to worldwide literature on geology, geography, and ecology from 1980 to the present.
Water Resources Abstracts
Gives citations to journal articles, conference proceedings and reports covering engineering, scientific and environmental perspectives on water resources from 1976 to present.
Pollution Abstracts
Provides access to literature of the environment, including air pollution, waste management, toxicology and health.
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
Indexes citations on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians and their management.

Finance

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UN Component Agency)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UN Component Agency)
Business Source Elite
Contains the world's largest full text business database.
EconLit
Contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 600 economics journals.

Government and Law

UN Security Council
United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UN Component Agency)
United Nations Office of Drug Control and Prevention (UN Component Agency)
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Covers all areas of jurisprudence, including court decisions and legislation from 1981 to present.
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Provides full text articles on legal issues. Click on "legal research".
PAIS International
Covers literature on public affairs from 1972 to the present. The PAIS Archives covers back to 1915.

Health

Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UN Component Agency)
World Health Organization (UN Component Agency)
MEDLINE
Covers all areas of medicine such as clinical medicine, nursing, health services administration, and nutrition.

Science and Technology

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UN Component Agency)
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
Covers all areas of science, engineering, and technology.
SciSearch Citation Index
Indexes international journals covering all areas of science.

Society and Culture

International Labour Organization (UN Component Agency)
United Nations Children's Fund (UN Component Agency)
Office of the High Commissionor for Human Rights (UN Component Agency)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UN Component Agency)
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN Component Agency)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UN Component Agency)
Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption Database
Contemporary Women's Issues
Provides citations to items published by international organizations
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Covers criminology and related disciplines
Education Abstracts
Provides citations to journal articles covering educational administration, literacy, and government funding.
Social Sciences Abstracts
Covers fields of anthropology, economics, geography, sociology, and international relations.
Social SciSearch
Provides citations from over 1,700 social science journals.

Statistical Information

Statistical Agencies (International)

Sources of International Statistics on the Internet

United Nations Statistics Division

World Health Organization Statistical Information System

Statistical Universe--Lexis/Nexis statistics database

Model UN/NMSU Information

Model UN Headquarters

Resources for SPAIN

Portals to the World: SPAIN

CIA World Factbook: SPAIN

Columbia International Affairs Online/CIAO
CIAO provides basic country information, but also full-text access to reports and studies from many academic, governmental and NGO sources.

SPAIN: Permanent Mission to the United Nations/Representacion Permanente de Espana ante la O.N.U.

SPANISH NEWS

Lexis/Nexis
Choose Guided News Search>>Select News Category WORLD NEWS>>Select a news source EUROPEAN NEWS [for English language sources] Choose Guided News Search>>Select News Category NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWS>>Select News Source SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWS [for Spanish sources]

Agencia EFE--Major Spanish news agency

Google News
Change TOP STORIES box to ESPAÑA, to see news headlines or search for specific topics or stories, in Spanish.

RESOURCES for ARAB STATES

League of Arab States

Model Arab League Resource Page

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
From Georgetown University

Middle East Network Information Center

Middle East & Jewish Studies
From Columbia University

Arab Net

Arab DataNet

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Model UN Headquarters Resources for SPAIN Portals to the World: SPAIN CIA World Factbook: SPAIN Columbia International Affairs Online/CIAO CIAO provides basic country information, but also full-text access to reports and studies from many academic, governmental and NGO sources.

Resources for SPAIN

SPANISH NEWS

RESOURCES for ARAB STATES