LSU Libraries - Government Documents Tutorial

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Introduction
What are Government Documents?
US Government Documents
State Documents
UN Documents

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United Nations Documents

What are they?
Publications issued by the United Nations (UN) on a variety of topics.

Where are they?
The UN has its own depository system. Until 1996, Middleton Library was a UN Depository Library. Middleton continues to get microfiche and print copies of many UN documents. Middleton also gets the Readex Set, which is a microfiche set of UN documents. Both microfiche and the paper copies of most UN documents are in the Documents Department in the basement, Room 53.

How are they arranged?
Most paper copies of UN documents arranged by UN Call Number. Documents shelved in the stacks will have a Library of Congress Number. The Readex microfiche set is arranged by Readex number.

What are they good for?
The UN is a huge organization whose activities run from peacekeeping operations to AIDS research to world banking. If you are doing research on any of the following, you might use UN documents:

International business and banking: the UN is involved in making loans to developing countries and offering economic and business advice, and does a lot of studies on emerging economies.
Social issues: From international drug trafficking to the AIDS crisis, the UN's various arms are involved in collecting information about all kinds of international social issues.
International statistics: Like the federal government, the UN collects and disseminates statistics on agriculture, economy, population, etc.
International legal issues: The UN provides a forum for countries wishing to take legal action against one another, and various department adjudicate different aspects of international law, from intellectual property rights to trade law.

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