5. Links of interest.

Searching for United Nations Documents using UNBISnet and ODS.

UNBISNET

The United Nations Bibliographic Information System, that is, a catalogue of UN documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva.

The UNBISnet covers from 1979 to the present However, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis thanks to retrospective conversion.

UNBISnet also provides instant access to a growing number of full text resources in the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish), including resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1946 onward.

UNBISNET’s web site: http://unbisnet.un.org/index.html

ODS (Official Document System of the United Nations)

ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis.

ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards.

ODS’s web site: http://documents.un.org/

The United Nations’ main website: http://www.un.org