ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTERNET APPETIZER

Locust Watch, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/index.html

INTRODUCTION

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Who's Who in International Affairs. London, Europa, 1990-. Davis Reference, Row 1, JZ4838.W4 2003.

Who's Who in International Organizations : a Biographical Encyclopedia of more than 19,000. Leading Personalities. Union of International Associations,   München ; New Providence : K.G. Saur, 2003.   Davis Reference,  Row 1: CT120 .W485 2003.  3 vols.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Guide to Reference Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 11th ed., 1996. International Intergovernmental Publications will be listed under "Government Publications.

International Organizations Series.  Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 1992- Organizations included:  European Communities, International Monetary Fund, the Commonwealth, Organization of African Unity, Organization of American States,  North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Nations System, and World Bank.

INDEXES

International Bibliography.  Kraus, 1973-1991.  Davis Reference, Row 10.

PAIS (Public Affairs International Service) International with Archive, 1937- Article Databases. http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=1226

DICTIONARIES

Historical Dictionaries of International Organizations Series:  Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

   Historical Dictionary of Aid and Development Organizations.
   Davis Reference, HC60.A738 1996.
   Historical Dictionary of Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations.
   Davis Reference, JC571.G655 1997.
  Historical Dictionary of the European Community
   Davis Reference, JN15.D56 1993.
  Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization.
   Davis Reference, RA8.L44 1998.

HANDBOOKS/GUIDES

Europa Directory of International Organizations. London, Europa, 1st edition, 1999-
Latest, Davis Ref JZ4838.E97

Information Sources in Official Publications. Valerie J. Nurcombe. London, Bowker-Saur, 1997.
Davis Reference J9.5.I54 1997.

International Information: Documents, Publications, and Electronic Information of International  Governmental Organizations. Peter I. Hajnal, ed. Englewood, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
Davis Reference Desk: JZ4850 .I58 1997. [Vol 2, 2001]

International Organizations: a Dictionary and Directory. Giuseppe Schiavone. Palgrave, 2001. Davis Reference JZ4838.S344 2001b.

Introduction to International Organizations.Lyonette Louis-Jacques and Jeanne S. Korman, eds. New York : Oceana Publications, c1996. Davis Reference: JX1954 .I57 1996.

YEARBOOKS

Europa Yearbook  Annual. 1959-  London, Europa Publications, Two volumes.  Volume 1 includes a section on international organizations. Davis Reference Desk  JN1.E85. 

Europa Publications also issues several supplementary publications, by world region:
    Africa South of the Sahara.  Annual. 1971-  Davis Reference Desk DT351 .A37
    Central and Southeastern Europe, 3rd ed. 2003, Davis Reference Desk, HC244.A1C46,
    Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.  3rd ed. 2003. Davis Reference Desk DJK38.E37.
    Far East and Australasia. Annual.  1969- Davis Reference Desk  DS1 .F3
    Middle East and North Africa.  Annual.  1964- Davis Reference Desk  DS49 .M5
    South America, Central America and the Caribbean.  Annual.  1985-
        Davis Reference Desk  F1414.2 .S68.

European Yearbook, The Hague, Nijhoff, 1952- Davis Reference JN3.A5.

International Information Directory.  Washington, Congressional Quarterly.  1998-
Davis Reference Desk  JX1905.5.C65. 

Yearbook of International Organizations  Annual.  5 Volumes, Davis Reference Desk  JX1904 .A42
Published by the Union of International Agencies, http://www.uia.org/website.htm
1: Organization Descriptions and Cross-References (in 2 parts), 1950-
2: International Organization Participation - Country Directory of Secretariats/Membership, 1983-
3: Global Action Networks - Classified Subject Guide and Index, 1983-
4: International Organization - Bibliography & Resources, 1986-
5: Statistics, Visualizations and Patterns (Statistics volume), 2001-

STATISTICS

United Nations Statistics Division, includes data as well as links to national statistics divisions and IGO statistics units. http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm

Index to International Statistics (IIS).  Washington, D.C. : Congressional Information Service, 1983-  [Davis Reference, Row 19].  This is available online in LexisNexis Statistical, Article Databases on UNC-CH Library homepage.
http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?EIDID=188

IGO Statistics webpages

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, http://www.fao.org/waicent/portal/statistics_en.asp.
• International Labour Organization, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/portal/online.htm.
• World Bank
• World Health Organization, http://www.who.int/research/en/.

INTERNET

GATT Digital Library, 1947-1974, from Stanford University, http://gatt-archive.stanford.edu/

International Documents Task Force, GODORT. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/doc/idtf/home.htm

Links to International Organizations websites, http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/govinfo/alphaintl.html

NGO's are listed in the Yearbook of International Organizations, described above.

Non-Governmental Organizations Research Guide, Catherine Shreve, Duke University. http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/index.htm

NGO Cafe, http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/

UN Economic and Social Council, Non-Governmental Organizations Section.

BACKGROUND

History of the League of Nations, http://www.unog.ch/library/archives/lon/index.htm.

League of Nations Timeline, http://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/league18-46.html

Map of Member Countries, http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/lego-nat.htm

League of Nations Photo Archive, Indiana University, http://www.indiana.edu/~league/

ORGANIZATION

1. Assembly
2. Council
3. Secretariat
4. Committees

DOCUMENTATION
1. Sales publications (see below)
2. Documents not for sale.
3. Classified (confidential and secret documents).

LANGUAGES: English and French

DOCUMENT NUMBERS:

1. C.340.M.98.1928.II
2. 1928: Year in which document distributed.
3. C340: 340th document distributed to Council members.
4. M.98: 98th document distributed to members of the League who were not members of the Council.
5. II: Classmark for Economic and Financial Section of the Secretariat.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES

• Consolidated Catalog of League of Nations Publications Offered for Sale. Mary Eva Birchfield.
  Oceana, 1976. Davis Reference, Row 10 Z6479.Z9 B57.
  • Sales Number example: 1939 V. 2 = The 2nd Legal document published in 1939.

  • League Sales Number Categories:
    • IA: Administrative Commissions
    • IB: Minorities
    • IIA: Economic and Financial
    • IIB: Economic Relations
    • III: Health
    • IV: Social Questions
    • V: Legal
    • VIA: Mandates
    • VIB: Slavery
    • VII: Political
    • VIII: Communication and Transit
    • IX Disarmament
    • X Financial Administration
    • XI Traffic in Opium
    • XIIA Intellectual Cooperation
    • XIIB International Bureaux
    • XIII Refugees

• Guide to Reference Books.  American Library Association, 11th ed., 1996. League of Nations information will be listed under "Government Publications.

• League of Nations Documents, 1919-1946: A Descriptive Guide and Key to the Microfilm Collection. Edward Reno, Jr., ed. Research Publications, 1973. 3 vols.
  Davis Reference, Row 10, Z6473 R45.

• A Repertoire of League of Nations Serial Documents, 1919-1947. Victor and Catherine Ghebali.  Oceana, 1973.  Davis Reference, Row 10 Z6473.G45. 2 vols.

HANDBOOKS
Guide to League of Nations Publications.  Hans Aufricht.  Columbia University Press, 1951. Davis Reference, Row 10 Z6473.A85.

Research Guide to League of Nations Documents and Publications, Northwestern University Library. http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/league/background.html.

STATISTICS

• Armaments Yearbook, 1924-1939/40.  Davis Basement, Documents Collection, Row 193: Sales Category IX.
• International Health Yearbook., 1924-1930.  Davis Basement, Documents Collection, Row 193: Sales Category III.
• Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.  League of Nations, 1919-1946.  Issues from 1919-1921 were published by the British Board of Trade, then the Inter-Allied Committee.  Davis Basement, Documents Collection, Row 193.
• Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations.  1926-1942/44.  From 1926-1929 the title was International Statistical Yearbook.  Davis Basement, Documents Collection, Row 193:  This is in Sales Class II each year.
• World Economic Survey, 1931-1943. Davis Basement, Documents Collection, Row 193:  This is in Sales Class II each year.

BACKGROUND

ORGANIZATION

Organization Chart of the United Nations System, http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html.

Main Bodies of the United Nations Home Page, http://www.un.org/aboutun/mainbodies.htm

1. General Assembly
   Agenda for the Session, http://www.un.org/ga/59/agenda/index.html
   
2. Economic and Social Council
3. Security Council
   Tables and Charts on the Security Council, statistics from the Global Policy Forum. http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/data/index.htm
4. Trusteeship Council [suspended operations 1 Nov. 1994]
5. International Court of Justice
6. Secretariat

UN PUBLISHING

Document Symbols, from the Dag Hammarskjold Library Research Guide. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol.htm

List of Sales Number Categories, http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol1.htm

UN Depository Libraries, http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/deplib/aboutdeposit.htm

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Who's Who in International Organizations : a Biographical Encyclopedia of more than 13,000. Leading Personalities. Union of International Associations,  K.G. Saur, 1996.   Davis Reference,  Row 1: CT120 .W485 1996.  3 vols.

Who's Who in the United Nations and Related Agencies.  Omnigraphcs, 1992.  Davis Reference, Row 1, JX1977.W467 1992.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Books in Print of the United Nations System. United Nations, 1992. Davis Reference, Row 10, Z6485.B6.
• Complete Reference Guide to United Nations Sales Publications, 1946-1978. Mary Eva Birchfield, ed. Unifo, 1982. 2 vols. Davis Reference, Row 10, Z6485.Z9U52 1982.
• Guide to Reference Books. American Library Association, 11th ed., 1996.
  United Nations is in Section AF: Government Publications.
• United Nations System. Joseph P. Baratta. Transaction Publishers, 1995.
  Davis Reference  JX1977.B284 1995.
• The United Nations System and its Predecessors. Oxford University Press, 1997. Davis Reference - JZ5566 .S9613 1997.

DICTIONARIES/ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• Encyclopedia of Associations.  International Organizations.  Gale Research.  1989-
  Davis Reference Desk  HS17.E523.
• Encyclopedia of the United Nations. John A. Moore, Jr. and Jerry Pubantz. Facts on File, 2002. Davis Reference KZ2968.M66 2002.
• The Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. Edmund Osmanczyk. Routledge, 2003, 3rd ed. Davis Reference, KZ4968.084 2003. 4 volumes.
• Great Debates at the United Nations: an Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000. Robert F. Gorman. Greenwood Press, 2001. Davis Reference, KZ4968.G67 2001.
• Historical Dictionary of the United Nations. A. LeRoy Bennett.  Scarecrow Press, 1995.  Davis Reference,  JX1976 .B395 1995.
• International Organizations: a Dictionary and Directory.  Giuseppe Schiavone. Palgrave, 2001.
  Davis Reference.  JZ4838 .S344 2001.
• Key Resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, 1946-1996. Ed. Dietrich Rauschning, et. al. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Davis Reference, KZ5006.2.K49 1997.

• Guide to United Nations Organization, Documentation and Publishing.  Peter Hajnal, ed.  Oceana, 1978.  Davis Reference, Row 10  JX1977.H22.
• Information Systems of Inter-Governmental Organizations: a Reference Guide. Robert V. Williams. Ablex, 1998. Davis Reference JZ4850.W55 1998.
• International Information: Documents, Publications, and Electronic Information of International  Governmental Organizations.  Peter  Hajnal, ed. Libraries Unlimited, 1997.  Davis Reference Desk: JZ4850 .I58 1997. Volume 2, 2001.
• Introduction to International Organizations.  Lyonette Louis-Jacques and Jeanne S.
  Korman, eds. Oceana Publications, c1996. Davis Reference: JX1954 .I57 1996.
• United Nations Documentation: Research Guide from the Dag Hammarskjold Library. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/index.html
• UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest, http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf

INDEXES

• Index to United Nations Documents and Publications, CD-ROM, 1946- Newsbank/Readex.
• International Bibliography.  Kraus, 1973-1991.  Davis Reference, Row 10.
• PAIS International, 1972- and PAIS International Archive, 1915-1976. Article Databases page.

INDEXES FROM THE UN

• Checklist of United Nations Documents.  1946-1949.
  
• United Nations Documents Index (UNDI).  1950-1970.
  
• UNDEX: United Nations Documents Index.  1970-1978.
  
• UNDOC: Current Index. 1979-1996.
  
• United Nations Documents Checklist.  1996-1997.
  
• United Nations Documents Index.1998-present.
  
• United Nations Document Series Symbols, 1946-1996. UN, 1998. ST/LIB/Ser.B/5/Rev.5. Davis Reference, Row 10.
• UNBIS Net, http://unbisnet.un.org/.
• Official Documents of the United Nations (ODS). http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E

YEARBOOKS

• Annual Review of United Nations Affairs.  Oceana.  Annual.  1949-  Davis Reference JX1977.A1A5.
• Europa Yearbook  Europa Publications, Annual. 1959-  Davis Reference Desk  JN1.E85.  Two volumes.  Volume 1 includes a section on international organizations.   Europa Publications also issues several supplementary publications, by world region:
  1. Africa South of the Sahara.  Annual. 1971-  Davis Reference Desk DT351 .A37.
  2. Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.  Annual, 1992- Davis Reference Desk HC244 .E225.
  3. Far East and Australasia. Annual.  1969- Davis Reference Desk  DS1 .F3.
  4. Middle East and North Africa.  Annual.  1964- Davis Reference Desk  DS49 .M5 -
  5. South America, Central America and the Caribbean.  Annual.  1985- Davis Reference Desk  F1414.2 .S68.
• Issues Before the [Session number], General Assembly of the United Nations.  United Nations Association of the United States.  Annual  1976- Davis Reference JX1977.A1 U5244a.
• Yearbook of International Organizations  Annual.  1967-   Three volumes:  Organization Descriptions, Country Directory of Secretariats and Membership, Subject Directory and Index. Union of International Associations, 1967- Davis Reference Desk, JX1904 .A42.
• Yearbook of the United Nations. Annual. 1946- Davis Reference JX1977.A37 Y4.

STATISTICS

• United Nations Statistics Division http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm
• Index to International Statistics (IIS).  Congressional Information Service.  Monthly, with annual
  cumulations 1983-  [Davis Reference, Row 19].
  This is available as a module of LexisNexis Statistical, on the "Article Databases" page.
• UN Common Database. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/etc/logon.asp
• UNCOMTRADE database. Subscription information.

TREATIES

Treaties from the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide, Dag Hammarskjold Library. http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spectreat.htm

Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, Annual, 1981-

Statement of Treaties and Other International Agreements, a supplement to Multilateral Treaties...

TASK FORCES AND COMMISSIONS ON THE UN

Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program, (the Volcker Committee).
http://www.iic-offp.org/index.html

Task Force on the United Nations, United States Institute for Peace. http://www.usip.org/un/report/

INTERNET

• United Nations Home Page, http://www.un.org/
• Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament, from the University of Michigan. http://www.hti.umich.edu/e/endc/
• UN Pulse, http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf
• Researching the United Nations at UNC Chapel Hill, http://www.unc.edu/~mvanfos/model.html
• United Nations Scholar's Workstation, http://www.library.yale.edu/un/
• Global Policy Forum, http://www.globalpolicy.org/
• UN Wire, http://www.unwire.org/