Research Guides: PLS 2220: Home

Country information

UN Publications

UNBISnet: United Nations Bibliographic Information System
Index of United Nations publications since 1979 (and some earlier) and other publications in the UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Some links to full text. Other parts of UNBISnet provide voting records and an index to speeches.
Official Document System (ODS)
United Nations official document system: provides full text search of documents issued since 1993; resolutions of all principal organ & Security Council plenary documents since 1946 ; older documents are added regularly. Includes the Daily Journals of New York and Geneva.
Meeting Coverage and Press Releases
UN Member States on the Record
Research Guides by Topic
UN Security Council

Relevant Agencies

Note that these are not the only organizations that might have information on your country's position on a topic. This is to get you started. Consider a site search like that demonstrated in class for other international organizations or UN agencies.

Using good sources

For this project, you will need to include information from sources that are not in peer-reviewed journal articles. When information has not already gone through a review process, you need to make sure to consider the source and information critically. This research guide offers some sources as a starting place but you will also need to identify additional sources of information. Below are some suggestions for evaluating information.

Does it pass the CRAAP test?
CRAAP is an acronym for a variety of questions you can ask yourself about whether you should use information. It stands for: Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy & Purpose. You should get in the habit of asking these types of questions about information before you use it.
Evaluating sources - Easy as ABCD
If you prefer a different acronym, this is another set of questions and considerations when deciding whether to use information.