International Governmental Organizations
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Search Tools
If you are not sure where to find information on International Governmental Organizations on the Internet, try these resources first:
- GovInfo: Government on the Web
A searchable database of government databases, directories, reports, statistics, and statutes on the Internet (University of British Columbia).
- International Governmental Organizations
A comprehensive alphabetical list of International Governmental Organizations (Northwestern University)
- International Inter-governmental Organization Web Page Finder (University of South Carolina)
United Nations
See also United Nations Research Guide
- United Nations
The official web site to the UN.
- AccessUN
An index to United Nations documents and publications from 1945 to the present. Also included is the full-text of several thousand UN documents. If the reference includes a Readex Year, then it has been filmed and can be found in the Microfiche collection at the Scott Library.
- United Nations Yearbook Collection
The Yearbook of the United Nations has been the primary reference work on the Organization since 1946. It details the many activities of the Organization and its organs, programmes and bodies. This online collection allows you to search across all yearbooks from 1946-2005. The most recent yearbook (in print) is kept at the Reference Desk in both the Scott and Frost Libraries.
- Official Document System (ODS)
Provides full-text access to official documents of the United Nations, including preliminary (masthead) versions of resolutions and decisions back to 1993 and resolutions back to 1946. Detailed information is available via Queen’s University Library.
- United Nations Documentation Centre
Full-text documents from recent sessions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Secretariat, Trusteeship Council, and the International Court of Justice.
- United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library
- UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest
A database of document symbols/sales numbers for UN materials (1946-present). UN-I-QUE focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrent nature: annual/sessional reports of committees/commissions; annual publications; reports periodically/irregularly issued; reports of major conferences; statements in the General Debate; etc.
- UNBISnet
Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications. Also included are full-text links to voting records for all resolutions which were adopted by the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-) and the Security Council beginning with its 1st year (1946-). Links are also available to the full-text of speeches made in the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-), the Security Council beginning with its 38th year (1983-), the Economic and Social Council beginning in 1983, and the Trusteeship Council beginning with its 15th special session (1982).
- UN Data
This search tool provides a single access point to over 20 UN statistical databases.
- UN Official Web Site Locator: A portal to web sites of the United Nations, its funds, programmes, and specialized agencies. It also includes links to key projects, initiatives, and various joint programmes of the UN System.
- United Nations Treaty Collection
A collection of treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat, since 1946. The UNTS includes the texts of treaties in their authentic language(s), along with translations into English and/or French.
- United Nations Juridical Yearbook
Published on an annual basis since 1963, the publication reviews legal developments of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations.
Selected UN Programmes and Agencies
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Includes selected statistics from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UN Information by Subject Category
- Economic & Social Development
- Human Rights
- Humanitarian Affairs
- International Law
- Peace & Security
- Action Against Terrorism
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
- OECD
- SourceOECD
Searchable database for OECD publications including full-text books, periodicals and statistical publications.
- OECD Main Economic Indicators
Available through SourceOECD
World Bank
- World Bank
- World Development Indicators (1960 to present)
Time series data from the World Bank’s annual compilation of development-related data. Includes over 800 indicators covering a wide range of topics including health, education, environment, income, finance, and economic conditions.
- World Bank Activities by Country and Region
International Monetary Fund
- International Monetary Fund
- International Financial Statistics
Available through Global Insight.
- IMF Country Information
- IMF Publications and Reports
IGOs
- Asian Development Bank
- European Union, see Foreign Governments
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Labour Organization
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Organization of American States
- Pan American Health Organization
Includes Country Health Profiles
- World Trade Organization and GATT Digital Library
- Non-Governmental Organization Research Guide (Duke University Library)

