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Library Resource Guide for PSCI 4173 Section 002 and 003
International Organization: Theory and Practice
Model UN Simulation

1. 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

    

2. Search for statements, letters, sponsored resolutions and vote records of UN Permanent Missions in:
   • AccessUN
     If the full-text is not available, copy the document number and pasted it in the symbol field in the search screen of United Nations Official Document System (ODS) to retrieve the document.
   • UN Documentation Center (browsable list)
   • Speeches (UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System)
   • Voting records (UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System)
   • Voting Practices in the United Nations (US Department of State)

    

3. Newspaper Sources (US and foreign)
   • Keesing's World News Archives
     (Full-text access 1987 onwards, index goes back to 1931).
   • LexisNexis Academic (need to search World News, Wire, Transcripts sections seperately) (Commands-at-a-Glance)
   • ProQuest Newsstand
   • EIU Viewswire
   • Factiva (Search Quick Reference Guide)
   • World News Connection (translation of newspaper from native languages into English with 24- 48 hours) *contact librarians for password*

    

4. Earlier EIU and other country reports can be found in Business Source Premier

    

5. General Journal/Magazine Indexes
   • InfoTrac OneFile
   • Academic Search Premier
   • Social Sciences Abstract/Full Text
   • Alternative Press Index

    

6. Additional background sources can be found at Model United Nations Research from Government Publications Department.

Last Update: February 16, 2007/JY