United States Foreign Policy

MIRLYN

• Connect to MIRLYN's MCAT for books
  • Author Search: a=kissinger, henry
  • Title Search: t=nuclear weapons and foreign policy
  • Subject Searches follow Library of Congress subject headings:
    United States--Foreign Relations--Argentina
    Japan--Foreign Relations--Bibliography
    Chemical warfare
  • Keyword Searching:
    • Uses Boolean Operators:
      k=nuclear or atomic broadens a search
      k=nuclear and atomic narrows a search
      k=nuclear not atomic narrows a search
    • Phrases must be adjoined with adj: foreign adj policy
    • The truncation symbol is a question mark (?): weapon? retrieves weapon, weapons, weaponry
  • Sample Searches:
    k=kissinger and nuclear
    k=nuclear and foreign adj policy
    k=kissinger.au. and nuclear.ti.
    k=(nuclear or atomic) and foreign adj policy
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Periodical Indexes

• CRIS: Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in Political Science, 1886-1974 (Z 7161 .C77) [Printed - Library Only]
  • Classified arrangement of 500+ English language titles
  • Author index

• International Bibliography of Political Science, 1953- (Z 7163 .I62) [Printed - Library Only]
  • Index to political science articles in Western European languages
  • Subject index refers to abstract number

• International Political Science Abstracts, 1989+ (UMich Only)
  • Index to scholarly political science journal articles in Western European languages
  • Choose IPSA from the menu first; go to the next screen before searching
  • Sample search: Russia near (Kosovo or Yugoslavia)
  • Searches may be recombined
  • Data includes author, title, journal, and abstract in English if the article is in English
  • If the article is in another language, the title is translated into English but the abstract is in French
  • Once you identify an article, search MIRLYN for the call number and location
  • Printed copy: International Political Science Abstracts, 1951- (Ref. JA 36 .I6)

• Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (UMich Only)
  • Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
  • Government documents include United States, United Nations, League of Nations, and State Governments
  • There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)

• America: History and Life (Umich Only)
  • Covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs
  • Indexes and abstracts books, book reviews, dissertations, and articles from approximately 2100 journals

• Bibliography of Asian Studies (Umich Only)
  • BAS contains more than 410,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. In addition to using the search function
  • Users can also browse by country/region, by subject, or by journal title

• Historical Abstracts (Umich Only)
  • Contains citations and abstracts of the worldwide literature from approximately 2100 journals and, since 1980, books and dissertations on political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history and related areas of the social sciences and humanities
  • Covers the history of the world since 1450 except for the United States and Canada

• Social Sciences Citation Index 1956+ (UMich Only)
  • Indexes current periodical articles by author, title/keyword, journal, and author's affiliation
  • Indexes cited authors by name, abbreviated title of book/journal and year
  • Results provide cross references between the cited author, the citating author, and related items
  • Data base also includes the Arts and Humanities and Sciences Citation Indexes
  • Social Sciences Citation Index Examples

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Periodicals on the Internet

• ABI Inform Global (UMich Only)
  • Research Library indexes some 1300 journals on domestic and foreign business since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the 1990s (marked by a full-page symbol)
  • Includes the Economist
  • Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
  • Articles may be marked for downloading
  • Text in HTML and image formats

• Columbia International Affairs Online (UMich Only)
  • Search engine indexes current world politics journals, books, conference pr$ and think tank working papers
  • Full text primarily of working papers

• Electronic Journals at the University of Michigan
  • List of electronic journals arranged by subject
  • Includes free journals and those available through University subscription

• JSTOR (UMich Only)
  • Full text of major 20th Century historical and economic periodicals as well as the American Political Science Review through 1995 and World Politics, 1948-95
  • Most periodicals available from 1900-90
  • Index approaches by keyword, author, title, periodical
  • Printing and downloading requires application/tifflist or Adobe Acrobat

• Political Information
  • Mega web index to public policy concerns
  • Indexes news, political parties, policy papers and interest group web sites

• ProQuest (UMich Only)
  • Research Library indexes some 2300 journals in all fields since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the 1990s (marked by a full-page symbol)
  • Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as Comparative Politics, Governing, International Political Science Review, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
  • Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
  • Sample searches
    security council and expansion
    security council and (expansion or reform)
    security council and (expan? or reform)
  • Articles may be marked for downloading
  • Text in HTML and image formats
  • Replaces the Core Journals Project, which printed articles from MIRLYN on request

• Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only)
  • Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
  • Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
  • Political party and election analysis
  • Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
  • Separate index for roll call votes beginning 1995

• National Journal (UMich Only)
  • National Journal focuses on the politics of the Executive Branch with some reference to current legislation
  • Full text since 1977 available through the University of Michigan's campus license to Congressional Universe
  • Follow the Inside Washington logo on the main Congressional Universe screen

• Oxford Analytica (UMich Only - Campus Only)
  • Concise, comprehensive analyses of political and economic developments around the world
  • Articles unsigned presumably to protect the writer from repercussions
  • Data base begins in 1987 and is supplemented by about 15 articles weekly
  • Searchable by country, topic, title, date, and free-text (preferred)

News Sources

• Foreign Broadcast Information Service
  • Texts of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English
  • CD-ROM indexes located in the Documents Center; paper indexes located in Graduate Library Index Room
  • Paper and microfiche translations located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms Room
  • Guide to FBIS
  • Replaced by the World News Connection on the Internet in 1996

• Newspapers at the University of Michigan Library
  • Lists newspaper indexes and newspapers around the world available in various formats within the University Library system

• Academic Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)
  • Full text of newspapers from around the world in English translation for last several years
  • Choose News from main screen
    • May choose all newspapers from a region of the world; you can click on sources to determine what is covered for each region
  • Sample Search
    Asia and Pacific News
    (Japan or China) w/10 Iraq and chemical weapon!
    1/1/98 to 2/28/98

• Christian Science Monitor
  • Daily newspaper with the full text of lead articles (U.S., international, cultural, crossword)
  • Archive back to 1980 searchable by subject

• Diplomacy Monitor (St. Thomas University School of Law
  • Translations of official foreign government statements and speeches for the last three months
  • Indexed by keyword, broad subject, country of origin, and country it is about

• Editor and Publisher On-Line Newspapers
  • Links to over 1000 newspapers worldwide
  • Arranged by continent and country; for the United States, subdivided by state
  • Annotations describe publication, provide links, and give pricing information when applicable

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  • News, analysis, special reports, and summary economic and human rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
  • The Newsline feature has current news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
  • Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest reports and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
  • OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-March 1997, also remained available as of May 30, 1997

• Reuter's News Service
  • Full text of today's headline news
  • U.S., world, politics, sports, entertainment, and business

• Voice of America
  • U.S. Information Agency radio broadcasts throughout the world for past week only

• World News Connection (UMich Only)
  • Text of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English since November 1994
  • Searchable by keyword, date, and region
  • Replaces the Foreign Broadcast Information Service beginning in 1996
  • Campus networking permits five simultaneous users using UMich IP addresses and dialing directly into ITD or the campus ethernet

• See Political Science/Newspapers for additional newspapers on the Internet

Comprehensive Bibliographies and Indexes

• American Foreign Policy Index, 1993- (Doc.Cen Z 6465 .U5 A44--Ref.)
  • Detailed subject index to documents, articles, and press releases on foreign affairs from the Executive and Legislative Branches
  • Quarterly with annual cumulations
  • Corresponding microfiche also located in the Documents Center

• Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-
  • Doc.Cen Z 1223.A18 with cumulative indexes in Reference section
  • Indexes publications from all three branches of government
  • Predecessors date back to 1774
  • Seek assistance from the Documents Center staff if titles identified in the Monthly Catalog are not identified in MIRLYN

• U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index
  • Web links to archives bibliographies, think tanks, journals, and foreign government web sites on diplomatic history
  • Encompasses subjects as well as countries

• Archives USA (UMich Only)
  • Index to holdings of 4400 archives and 100,000 archival collections in the United States
  • Searchable and browsable by keyword, collection name, city and state
  • Information includes a description of the collection, hours, and a link to the repository's web site

• CIA Electronic Document Archive
  • Copies of highly-selected electronic documents declassified and release to the public by the CIA
  • Searchable but not browsable
  • Advice on obtaining information through the FOIA Act

• Declassified Documents
  • Over 70,000 confidential, secret and top secret documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act and deposited in Presidential Libraries
  • Material includes White House, CIA, FBI, Defense Department, National Security Council, Atomic Energy Commission, NATO, United Nations and others
  • Most are dated 1946-68
  • Searchable by keyword with an advanced search that includes keyword, agency, classification level, sanitation level, date declassified and issue date
  • PDF format for the original plus a more easily-read text format with the search keywords highlighted in red
  • The corresponding microfiche is located in Serials Services and Microforms; the retrospective fiche is MICRO-F397; the current fiche is MICRO-F X194

• Declassified Documents and Other Sources for Secrets (Michigan State University)
  • Descriptive background on document declassification
  • Links to federal web sites with declassified material
  • Annotated links to non-government web sites

• Declassified Government Documents (UC-Berkeley)
  • Description of government declassification
  • Web sites on the Freedom of Information Act
  • Links to web sites and microform sources with declassified material (most also available at the University of Michigan

• Digital National Security Archive (UMich Only)
  • Full text of declassified federal documents issued during the Cold War period
  • Many of the documents issued by the State Department, Defense Department, and Central Intelligence Agency
  • Subjects include:

Afghanistan Berlin Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis El Salvador	Intelligence Community Iran-Contra Affair Iranian Revolution Military Uses of Space	Nicaragua Nuclear Nonproliferation Philippines South Africa

• Searchable by a combination of collection, subject, keyword, creator, recipient, classification, document type, and date
• Text in pdf or gif format
• Guide to the National Archives of the United States
  • Describes the files and record groups available at the National Archives
  • Most material must be consulted on-site
  • Doc.Cen. CD 3023 .A5 1974
  • A catalog of microfilmed publications is shelved next to the guide; microfilmed publications are available on Inter-Library Loan
  • National Archives and Records Administration web site
    • Historical Records of Government Agencies" includes lists of its Record Groups, microfilm publications, and genealogical holdings

• History Universe (UMich Only)
  • Index to an extensive microfilm collection of U.S. political and social history issued by University Publications of America
  • Topics include: African American Studies, American Civil War, Immigration Studies, International Studies, Jurisprudence, Labor Studies, Military History and War, Native American Studies, Political History, Southern History, Western U.S. History, Women's Studies
  • Sample collections: the FDR, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy Office Files; Lyndon Johnson National Security Files; Immigration and Naturalization Service correspondence from the early 20th Century; pacification in Vietnam; William Westmoreland Vietnam files; Confederate military records
  • Browsing by topic or title yields the guide to the microform collection (HTML or PDF format)
  • Search for individual entries in a single or all microform collections by keyword and date
  • Resulting entries refer to microfilm collection location
  • Search MIRLYN by title for the University of Michigan microfilm call number; contact Inter-Library Loan those collections not available at the University

• National Archives Information Locator
  • Bibliographic data base with many digitized images of federal documents
  • Includes declassified Presidential material
  • Rich source for President John F. Kennedy with speeches and foreign relations memoes
  • Numerous search capabilities, including limitation to full text materials available on the web

• National Security Archives
  • Non-profit organization which obtains primary documents on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence under the Freedom of Information Act
  • Web site provides catalog of publications
  • Selected electronic texts include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, death of Che Guevara, China, Okinawa, and a meeting between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley

• Nixon Foundation
  • Serves as a Presidential museum and library
  • Excerpts of taped conversations on the overthrow of Vietnamese President Diem in 1962, the CIA, and Watergate in Word 97
  • Transcripts of additional Nixon letters and memoes

• State Department FOIA Electronic Reading Room
  • Text of most-frequently requested documents released under the Freedom of Information Act since November 1, 1996
  • Searchable by keyword with advanced searching by source, destination, date, and various keyword options
  • Special collections on Guatemala, Raoul Wallenberg, and Amelia Earhart
  • Text of State Department's FOIA reports, instructions for requesting FOIA information, and material transferred to the National Archives

• Search MIRLYN for commercial microfilming projects
  • Identify likely microform sets in the catalogs of leading publishers such as University Publications of America, Scholarly Resources, and Chadwyck-Healey
  • You can also search MIRLYN directly with a keyword search under [subject] and sources and microf? (e.g. k=yugoslavia and sources and microf?)

• Federal Agency Web Sites (LSU)
  • Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
  • Includes search engine

• Federal Information A-Z (Duke University)
  • Alphabetical list of agencies, titles, and subjects available on the web
  • Focus is on federal government but includes foreign and international agencies

• Google's Uncle Sam
  • Keyword index to federal government web sites with a .gov or .mil extension

• HotBot
  • Advanced Searching permits Boolean combination of words with a .gov or .mil extension
  • Sample: prescription drugs [Boolean phrase] and .mil or .gov [domain]

President

• Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the President, 1789-1897 (J 81. B96)
  • Classic compilation of publicly available Presidential papers

• Public Papers of the President, 1929- (J 80 .A25)
  • Annual compilation of the full text of presidential documents
  • Coverage is 1929-32, 1945 to within past two years

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965-
  • J 80 .A1 W38 with current in Documents Center--Ref.)
  • Press conferences, speeches, appointments, Executive Orders
  • Self-indexed and indexed in PAIS
  • Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+ also on the web

• Public Papers of the President (UMich Only)
  • Full text of Presidential papers from George Washington to present
  • Sources include Richardson's Messages and Papers of the President and Public Papers of the Presidents as well as a separate collection for Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents (Columbia University)
  • Full text of inaugural addresses beginning with George Washington

• Digital National Security Archive Presidential Directives
  • Full text of available presidential and national security directives, Truman through Clinton
  • Some of the Truman through Reagan material has been excised due to classification; most of the George Bush Sr. and Clinton materials are still classified as of September 2001
  • Searchable by keyword, date, author, and date

• Presidential Addresses
  • Inaugural, farewell, and State of the Union addresses, 1789-1995
  • Text copies of 1996, 1997, and 1998 State of the Union addresses available through Documents Center

• Presidential Libraries (SUNSITE/LIA)
  • Links to Presidential Libraries, Hoover to Bush
  • Includes National Archives description of holdings
  • Alternative National Archives Listing

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965-
  • J 80 .A1 W38 with current in Documents Center--Ref.)
  • Press conferences, speeches, appointments, Executive Orders
  • Self-indexed and indexed in PAIS
  • Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+ also on the web

• White House Publications
  • Press releases and publications issued since January 1993 and updated daily
  • No keyword indexing but form searching permits user to select a date, broad subject category, type of publication, and name of prinicipal
  • Searching by keyword and date

Defense Agencies

• Arms Control and Disarmament Agency/State Dept.
  • Speeches, fact sheets, and reports on arms control
  • Approximately 40 international treaties on nuclear and environmental disarmament
  • Statistics on military expenditures and arms transfers for 172 countries
• DefenseLINK (Dept. of Defense)
  • Defense Department speeches and press releases searchable by date or keyword
  • Links to Defense Department agencies
• Military Network
  • Annotated links to U.S. military and military academy web sites
  • Extensive links to foreign governments and foreign government military web sites
• United States Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart/Rudman)
  • Investigation into the new world emerging, a national security strategy, and means for implementing the strategy
  • The first phase, New World Coming describes America's increasing vulnerability to terrorism
  • Web site includes the world's love/hate relationship with America, technological changes, and a readers' forum

Intelligence Community

• Central Intelligence Agency
  • Press releases, testimony before Congress, and publications
  • Links to intelligence community web sites
  • Factbook on Intelligence
    • History of the Central Intelligence Agency, key dates, and historic list of intelligence directors
• Intelligence Community
  • Web site of the Federation of American Scientists
  • Presidential Executive Orders and Directories, Defense Department Directories, laws and regulations affecting American intelligence
  • Links to official intelligence community web sites with FAS model web pages
• National Security Agency
  • Brief information about the agency
  • National Security Agency Declassified (GWU)
    • Electronic briefing book from the National Security Archive
    • Fifteen declassified memoes establishing the National Security Agency (Truman) and reports of its findings (e.g. Vietnam, India's water shortage, murder of Michael DeVine)
• National Security Council
  • The NSC advises the President on military affairs and is headquartered in the White House
  • Text of speeches and selected documents
  • History of the agency and a national security strategy
• Strategic Intelligence (Loyola)
  • Links to U.S. intelligence and military intelligence web pages as well as selected web pages of foreign countries
  • Selected declassified documents and journal articles from Covert Action Quarterly
• U.S. Intelligence Community (Columbia University)
  • Chart describing relationship of U.S. intelligence agencies
  • Annotated bibliography and web links to information on the CIA, DIA, NSC, NSA, FBI, Energy Department and State Department
  • Histories, intelligence reform, bibliographies, classified and declassified documents, periodical articles

State Department

• Historical Compilations of Diplomatic Documents
  • Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1861- (JX 233 .A3)
    • Full text of declassified diplomatic documents and correspondence
    • Latest volumes are 1968
    • Web Version has selected volumes beginning 1945; 1861 volume and 1900-1918 volumes from the University of Wisconsin
  • American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1950-55, (JX 1417 A42, v.1-3)
  • American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1956- (JX 1417 .A43)
  • American Foreign Policy: Current Documents Supplement, 1981- (MICRO-F X358)
  • Department of State Bulletin, 1939-88 (JX 232 .A435)
    • Monthly publication of State Department and Presidential policy statements and treaty status
    • Indexed in PAIS, available through MIRLYN
  • Dispatch, 1989- (JX 232 .A43511 with current in Documents Center)
    • Weekly periodical with Presidential and State Department statements on foreign policy
    • Available through ProQuest
  • See also State Department Electronic Reading Room for declassified archival documents
  • Use the Primary Source Media and University Publications of America web sites to identify microfilm sets of historic State Department documents that may be available in MIRLYN or via Inter-Library Loan

• State Department Web Site: Current, 2001-
  • Web site divided into countries, services, press briefings, and travel and living abroad
  • Background Notes
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

• State Department Web Site: Historical 1990-2001 (UIC)
  • State Department speeches and foreign policy documents beginning 1993
  • Arrangement varies; as of June 1996, a combination of hot topic, type of document, and region of the world
  • Most information begins 1993/94
  • Among the individual series on foreign countries:
    • Background Notes on Countries of the World
    • Country Economic Policy and Trade Practices
    • Country Human Rights Reports

• State Department International Information Programs
  • Extensive section on U.S. policy toward other countries, including press statements, background reports
  • Replaces the U.S. Information Agency, which was eliminated on October 1, 1999

• United States Representatives Abroad
  • Embassy Page
    • Lists U.S. embassies and U.S. Information Service outposts with web sites abroad
    • The Canadian representatives from the U.S. are listed on a separate page
  • U.S. Consular Offices Abroad (State Department)
    • Links to U.S. embassy and consular offices in foreign countries

Trade and Development Agencies

• Agency for International Development Budget Request
  • Arranged by country with country economic information included in rationale for development funding request
• International Trade Administration
  • United States export policy and export leads

• Office of Foreign Assets Control
  • Regulations on seizure of foreign assets and trade sanctions against terrorist organizations and certain countries
  • Includes master list of all countries and organizations against which there are some sanctions

• United States International Trade Commission
  • Reports and press releases on U.S. imports
  • Agency directs U.S. actions on what it considers unfair foreign trade policies

United Nations Mission

• Statements and speeches before the United Nations since January 1996
  
• Arranged chronologically with identification of topic

Congress

• Congressional Quarterly System
  • Congressional Quarterly Almanac
    • Browse annual table of contents or index
    • Usually published six months after end of previous year
    • Doc.Cen. JK 1 .C756--Ref.
  • CQ Weekly Report
    • Weekly periodical with quarterly indexes
    • More current than the Almanac
    • Doc.Cen. JK 1.C12--Ref. with older issues in Grad Library Stacks
    • CQ Weekly Report also on the web since 1983 (UMich Only)
  • Congress and the Nation
    • Cumulative summary of the CQ Almanac, 1945-
    • Doc.Cen. JK 1001 .C75

• National Journal
  • Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major legislative issues
  • JK 1. N28 with current issues in Documents Center--Docs.Ref.
  • Also available on Congressional Universe (U Mich Only)

• Bills
  • Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
    • Indexes Congressional bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor and date
    • Provides the full text and legislative status
  • THOMAS
    • Congressional bills and Congressional Record, 1993+
    • Best public source for keyword indexing of bills and Congressional Record due to proximity searching
    • Includes text of all bill versions

• Congressional Hearings
  • Testimony and reports of the House and Senate foreign relations and economics committees
  • Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
    • Indexes published hearings (1970+), committee prints (1993+), and reports (1989+) by subject, keyword, committee, and date
    • Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or microfiche format
    • Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988
  • Congressional Hearings on the Web
    • Lists government agencies and Congressional committees with selected testimony on the web
    • Public access material does not require University of Michigan affiliation

• Congressional Record,1873-
  • Full text of floor debates in Congress
  • Indexed by subject, Member of Congress and bill number
  • Older editions, 1774-1984, located in Graduate Library Stacks (J11.R); current paper issues in Documents Center
  • Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
    • Indexes Congressional Record since 1985 by keyword, speaker, and date
    • Provides the full text
  • THOMAS (Congressional Bills & Congressional Record, 1993+)
    • Indexes speeches on the floor of Congress by subject, Member of Congress, and date

• Congressional Research for UMich Class Assignments
  • Extensive guide to legislative histories, committee and member information, and public opinion

Foreign Government Information on the Web

• Links to web sites by and about foreign governments
  
• Foreign policy usually found on the web pages of the Head of State as well as defense and trade agencies

Additional Sources of Foreign Government Policy

• Background Notes on Countries of the World
  
• Country Economic Policy and Trade Practices
  
• Embassies
  • Foreign web sites in various countries
• Newspapers
  • Includes foreign newspapers and U.S. sources, such as World News Connection and Open Media
• Military Statistics
  • Correlates of war, military expenditures, strength of armed forces
• Periodicals
  • Several scholarly political science periodicals provide the lead article in the current issueA
• United Nations
  • Speeches not available on the Internet but often the text of draft letters and UN press releases often reflect developments

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Historic documents, NATO Handbook, NATO Review
  
• Current press releases and fact sheets
• Extensive information about the 1999 Kosovo Conflict

International Organizations and Information (UMich)

• Annotated links to additional international organizations on the Internet

Background Information [Library]

• United Nations Yearbook [Library]
  • Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64--UN Ref.
  • Most complete summary of United Nations activities with citations to or reprints of the most important United Nations documents
• UN Chronicle [Library]
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1977.A1 U6--UN Ref.
  • Quarterly summary of major issues before the United Nations
  • Includes selected citations to UN documents but seldom reprints
• A Global Agenda: Issues before the UN General Assembly [Library]
  • Summary of agenda items with citations to relevant documents
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1977 .A1 U54-Ref.

Official Records

• Definition
  • Texts of General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council proceedings
  • Includes speeches by delegates and resolutions
  • Each set has own index by subject and country for each year
  • Identify UN series number (e.g. A/45/PV.12, S/RES/242) and ask at Documents Desk for assistance in locating paper copy or microfiche
  • Example of General Assembly Index

• Indexes
  • Access UN (UMich Only)
    • Index to United Nations documents issued since 1961
    • Searches may be defined by author, country, type of document (official record, sales publication), subject, title, text, and date
    • Provides citations to United Nations microfiche and paper records located in the Documents Center
    • Includes the full text of resolutions since 1996, General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990, when they contain voting records
    • Full text of Security Council meetings since 1993
  • CD-ROM Index to United Nations Publications
    • Indexes all mimeographed publications and Official Records beginning 1971
    • Level 1 is a keyword index (e.g. China and "human rights")
    • Level 2 permits field limitations by subject, date, country author and type of document
    • Guide to the Readex CD-ROM

• Debates in Full Text
  • Access UN (UMich Only)
    • Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990, when they contain voting records
    • Full text of Security Council debates since 1993
  • Full text of earlier years for General Assembly and full text of current Security Council debates in paper and on microfiche in the Documents Center
  • Location Guide for current United Nations Official Records
  • Text of Security Council debates for 1967 and 1974 currently only available on microprint

• Resolutions in Full Text
  UN Web Site
  • Full text of General Assembly, Economic and Social Council and Security Council Resolutions since 1973

Mimeographed publications

• Definition
  • Draft letters and resolutions submitted by delegates to UN

• Index
  • Access UN (UMich Only)
    • Index to United Nations documents issued since 1961
    • Searches may be defined by author, country, type of document (official record, sales publication), subject, title, text, and date
    • Provides citations to United Nations microfiche and paper records located in the Documents Center
    • Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990, when they contain voting records
    • Full text of Security Council debates since 1993
  • CD-ROM Index to United Nations Publications
    • Indexes all mimeographed publications and Official Records beginning 1971
    • Level 1 is a keyword index (e.g. China and "human rights")
    • Level 2 permits field limitations by subject, date, country author and type of document
    • Guide to the Readex CD-ROM

• Full Text of Mimeographed Publications
  • Many but not all are located on the United Nations Web Site
  • Full text in microfiche or paper in the Documents Center

United Nations Web Sites

• United Nations Web Site
  • Basic information on the United Nations (history, charter, member countries)
  • Press releases, daily highlights
  • General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council publications and resolutions
  • Does NOT include debates; see paper copy in Documents Center
  • Indexed by keyword and type of document
  • Major conference documents, catalog of UN sales publications, audio-visual material

• United Nations International Organizations Network Search
  • Searches the main United Nations and related agency web sites by keyword, broad subject area
  • Includes the UN Headquarters, World Bank, UNICEF, United Nations Environmental Program, etc.
  • Results link to individual web pages with the full text

• United Nations System
  • Includes the texts of UN resolutions (indexed) nd press releases from international conferences
  • Considerable information on developing countries
  • Gopher and web sites of the various UN departments, affiliated agencies, and conferences
  • Gopher site alternative if web site is difficult to load on your workstation

• United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)
  • Subject index to web sites with United Nations information
  • Links to numeric data sites
  • Excellent research guide to United Nations information
  • Academic information about Yale's UN Studies program and Yale Library resources

Military Statistics

• Documents Center's primary web page for military data

SIPRI Yearbook

• Paper copy has lengthy annual summary of international military affairs, conflict, disarmament, statistics, and signatories to major treaties
  
• Paper copy: UA 17 .S12 with current in Doc.Cen.--Doc.Ref.
  
• Internet version is primarily a press release with limited information

World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (ACDA)

• Military expenditures, armed forces, GNP, and population for 172 countries, 1984-94
  
• Arms transfers by supplier and recipient
  
• Summary of world military forces and arms transfers for various years, 1961 to present
  
• United States policy on arms control and export

Foreign Affairs Online (University of Virginia)

• Comprehensive annotated guide to foreign relations from a U.S. perspective
• General reference sources, U.S., foreign, IGO and NGO web sites
• One of the best lists of UN related organizations
• History and focus of international relations think tanks

International Relations and Security Network

• Comprehensive site for peace, security, and defense issues
  
• Approach by subject or country
  
• Sponsored by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research

Arms Control Treaties and Agreements (ACDA)

• Full text of 40 historic arms control agreements
  
• Biological, environmental, nuclear, and space

International Treaties (NATO)

• Text of numerous treaties; focus on disarmament and Geneva conventions

Multilateral Treaties (Fletcher School)

• Historical and current international conventions
  
• Arms control, environment, human rights and trade
  
• Approach by topic or date with keyword index

Treaties in Force

• Cumulative annual index of treaties to which the United States is a party
  
• Bilateral treaties are arranged by country and multilateral by subject
  
• Doc.Cen. JX 236 .1929--Ref.
  
• Most references are to United States Treaties (JX 231 .A3) and Treaties and Other International Acts Series (Doc.Cen. JX 235.9 .A33)

Internet Searches

• AltaVista
  • Indexes the contents of web pages
• Excite
  • Indexes contents of web pages
• Yahoo
  • Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites

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