Model United Nations
Research tips
Country Information
UN Information
UN Resolutions
UN Voting Record
Journals
AIDS
Africa
Arms Control
Desertification
Global Compact
Global Climate Change
Globalization
Human Rights
International Conflicts
International Monetary Fund
International Relations
Statistics
NGOs
Sustainable Development
United Nations Children's Fund
World Bank
World Trade Organization
Search Engines and Directories
Net Library
Government Documents

Research guide to Model United Nations

 

Turabian Style - http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/turabian.html

Midwest Model United Nations - http://www.mmun.org/

Model Uninited Nations Research tips- http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/modelun/prep.html

United Nations Association of the United States of America -
http://www.unausa.org

Links to research - http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/modelun/links.html

Learn about the Country you are representing

Economist - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&jid=ECO

BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Newspapers - Lexis-Nexis Universe

CIA World Fact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Portals on the world - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

NetLibrary - http://www.netlibrary.com

Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

United States Government Information

President's Remarks at the United Nations General Assembly - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020912-1.html

US Mission to the UN - http://www.un.int/usa

US Department of State - http://www.state.gov

The White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov

National Security Council - http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/

US Senate - http://www.senate.gov

US House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov

THOMAS ( Legislative Information) - http://thomas.loc.gov

Reference Books

The Statesman's Yearbook (R JA51.S7)

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations (R JZ1160.N65 2002)

Background Information on the United Nations Organization

Basic Facts about the United Nations (JX 1977.Z8 U554)

Everyone's United Nations: A Handbook on the Work of the United Nations (JX 1977 A37 E9)

The Statesman's Yearbook (R JA51.S7)

United Nations Handbook (JX1977.A1)

United Nations homepage - http://www.un.org

United Nations NewsCentre - http://www.un.org/News/

United Nations Documentation research guide - http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/index.html

Yearbook of the United Nations - (R JX1977.A37 Y4)

Texts of UN Resolutions

UN Documentation Centre - http://www.un.org/documents/

Official Documents of the UN - http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E

Finding Voting records

Research guide - http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scvote.htm

Search Voting Record - http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=voting&menu=search&submenu=power#focus Must change default. Pull down menu on the left from UN Resolution Symbol to keyword to search voting records by keyword

Available Periodical & Journals through Lambuth Library Databases Resources

Academic Search Premier

http://voyager2.lambuth.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

General OneFile

http://voyager2.lambuth.edu:2048/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_lambuth?db=ITOF

American Journal of Political Science EBSCO (1975-present)

CQ Weekly EBSCO (1998-present)

Economist EBSCO (1990-present)

International Affairs EBSCO (1975-present)

Journal of Economic Issues (1991-present) TEL

Journal of Public Health EBSCO (1999-present)

Modern China (1997-1998) TEL

New Statesman EBSCO (1996-present)

3rd World Quarterly EBSCO (1990-present)

UN Chronicle EBSCO (1996-present)

Washington Quarterly EBSCO (1997-present)

Women Environmental International Management EBSCO (2001-present)

World Policy (1990-Present) EBSCO

AIDS in Africa

http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm

Africa

http://www.afrika.no/index/Subjects/index.html

http://www.africa-union.org/

http://allafrica.com/whoweare.html

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/

Conventional Arms Control

http://www.armscontrol.org/act/

http://www.iansa.org/

http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=21

Global Climate Change

http://www.usgcrp.gov/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/climate/

http://www.pewclimate.org/

http://www.ucsusa.org/

http://epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/about/director/

Globalization

http://www.ifg.org/

http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/asia/

Global Policy Form http://www.globalpolicy.org/

Human Rights

http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/

http://www.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/10/3

http://hdr.undp.org/

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

International Atomic Energy Agency

http://www.iaea.or.at/About/index.html

International Conflicts

http://www.monitor.upeace.org/

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1098&l=1

International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org/

International Relations

http://wwwa.house.gov/international_relations/

International Statistics

http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/

NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations)

Research Guide for NGO's (From Duke University) - http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/

Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organizations - http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hauser/

Action Without Borders - http://www.idealist.org/

IGC Internet - http://www.igc.org/

Millennium Summit

http://www.un.org/millennium/summit.htm

http://www.un.org/millennium/

Ex-combatants

http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/focus/excombat.html

http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/118839/

Sustainable Development

http://www.usaid.gov/

http://www.worldwatch.org/

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/

United Nations Children's Fund

http://www.unicef.org/

http://www.un.org/

United Nations Documentation Center

http://www.un.org/documents/

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org/

World Trade Organization

http://www.wto.org/

http://www.worldwatch.org/

Key words and search strategies

Key words AIDS, Famine, Military, Policy, AIDS patients, Global Trading System, Poverty, Arms Control, Globalization Production Patterns, Climate Change, Governance in Africa, Sex Discrimination, Combatants, International Relations, Subsidies, Conventional Arms, International Terror, Sustainable Development, Desertification, Iraq, United Nations,

Best Internet Search Engines and Directories:

Google -www.google.com

Altavist - www.altavista.com

Alltheweb - www.alltheweb.com

ASK.COM - www.ask.com

WiseNut - www.wisenut.com

Open Directory Project - www.dmoz.org

Librarians Index to the Internet - www.lii.org

Net Library:

This digital collection has a wide collection of e-books and other types of information that can be accessed by students at any time. Here's what to do: click on the following link: http://voyager2.lambuth.edu:2048/login?url=http://ww.netlibrary.com/CreateAccount.aspx. When you get to the home page, click on create an account to set up an existing account. THIS ACCOUNT MUST BE SET UP ON A CAMPUS COMPUTER!!! After setting up an account, you can search by title, author, subject, and full text. Once you have found a book, you can simply click on a book and use the browse button to skim through it. You can also cut and paste different parts of the book onto a Word document if you need certain sections of a book. Also, you can access this Website from your dorm room or one of the other computer labs on campus. **DON'T USE PRINT BUTTON ON TOP OF PAGE; USE PRINT ICON IN NET LIBRARY PROGRAM!!!!

Lexis Nexis: This database includes current to back issues of newspaper articles and journal publications. You can access this site by going to the Library's main web page and looking under finding articles. Then go to Lexis-Nexis and click on the link: http://voyager2.lambuth.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic. Once you are there, you can type in your specific topic or the newspaper to find articles. This site can also be accessed through the dorms or one of the other campus computer labs.

Government Documents: Marcive

http://voyager2.lambuth.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.marcive.com/webdocs/webdocs.dll

FirstGov.com - http://www.firstgov.com/

Google Uncle Sam - http://www.google.com/unclesam

Last updated January 24, 2008