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Country Research Sources
- CIA World Fact Book
Call number: PREX 3.15:
Current edition is kept at the Middleton reference desk. This resource is also available online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS552. The World Fact Book is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US government officials and has a section of country profiles. Provides demographics, economic information, military statistics, and transnational issues.
- Country Studies
This resources from the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress presents a description and analysis
of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the
interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors
- The Europa World Yearbook
Call number: JN 1 E85
Current edition is kept at the Middleton reference desk.
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
University of Michigan Documents Center has an excellent array of resources for information on foreign governments.
- Guide to Country Information in International Governmental Organization Publications
Call number: G 123 A11 G85 1996
Shelved on Reference Table 4. An annotated bibliography created by the American Library Association's Government Documents Roundtable this resource lists principal series of publications and selected books with useful information on countries.
- Handbook of International Economic Statistics
Call number: PREX 3.16:
Shelved in Government Documents, basement of Middleton Library.
Current edition can be found through the Central Intelligence Agency's web site at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS2917.
- The Military Balance
Call number: UA 15 L65
Current volume is kept in Middleton reference. An excellent resource for military information.
- The Stateman's Yearbook
Call number: JA 51 S7
Current volume is kept at the Middleton reference desk.
- STAT-USA
GLOBUS and National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) are two modules of STAT-USA that provide current and historical trade-related releases, intenrational market research, trade opportunities, country analyses, and much more. Access is limited to on-campus.
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United Nations Resources
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations
Call number: JX 1977 O8213 1990
Shelved on third floor of Middleton Library. A good place for brief information on the United Nations, its branches, and international treaties and incidents. It includes many citations at the end of the articles to UN documents.
- Everyone's United Nations
Call number: OPE/UN/E/
Shelved in Government Documents Department, basement of Middleton Library. These editions concisely summarize major events in the United Nations' history. The researcher is given the forum (e.g. Security Council, General Assembly) before which and the year(s) during which the matter was discussed.
- Index to Proceedings of...
These highly specialized indexes are produced annually/sessionally and are comprehensive, including citations to every documents relating to the organization's consideration of the topic. Shelved in Government Documents Department, basement of Middleton Library.
- Economic and Social Council--Call Number: ST/LIB/SER.B/E
- General Assembly--Call Number: ST/LIB/SER.B/A
- Security Council--Call Number: ST/LIB/SER.B/S.
- Trusteeship Council--Call Number: ST/LIB/SER.B/T.
- United Nations Research Guide
LSU Libraries posted a tutorial on our United Nations documents collection. Learn how they are arranged and how to use AccessUN.
- UN Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet)
http://unbisnet.un.org/
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöd Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also search voting records of the General Assembly from its 38th session (1983) onward and the voting records of the Security Council beginning with its first year (1946). UNBISnet also indexes speeches made in the General Assembly and the Security Council beginning with 1983.
- UN Documentation Centre
http://www.un.org/documents/index.html
Includes resolutions for the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and the Security Council.
- UN Homepage
http://www.un.org/english/
A wealth of information on the UN and its various sub-organizations, and links to their respective homepages. Most pages have documents or publications links that you can use to see the ocuments that that agency puts out.
- UN System
http://www.un.org/aroundworld/map/ provides links to the web sites of the United Nations system.
- Yearbook of the United Nations
Call number: JX 1977 A37 Y4
This source gives a detailed account of events, bibliographic citations to core documents and full-text of key resolutions.
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