WHAT IS IT?
Access UN indexes virtually every document (including Masthead documents, Official Records, resolutions, sales publications, treaties, meeting records, etc.) from the main UN bodies- General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Secretariat, and International Court of Justice- as well as documents from other UN programmes and organs, such as UNEP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNITAR, and the many committees, subcommittees, and commissions. Coverage is from 1951 to the present.

Access UN is ideal for multidisciplinary research, including international affairs and diplomacy, political science, contemporary history, international law, peacekeeping, human rights, trade and economic development, environmental affairs, international statistics and demography, public administration, and atomic energy.

GETTING STARTED
From an InfoStation or the UCSB Library Web Page, choose Indexes and Databases: select Access UN from the list (or go directly to infoweb.newsbank.com). Note that Access UN is available from UCSB IP addresses only.

SEARCHING
At the main search screen, type your search term or phrase in the Search for box; narrow or broaden your search by typing additional search terms in the 2nd and 3rd boxes, and choosing AND, OR, or NOT from the pull-down menus at left:

For the broadest search, choose "All Fields" from the pull-down menus at right. You may also limit by fields such as "Author", "Title", or "Session/ Agenda." Note that although you can search the "Subjects" and "Country" fields, your terms may not always appear there, even if a document seemingly fits the criteria. If in doubt, use "All Fields."

Use * to search for alternative endings, e.g., environment* searches for environment, environmental, environmentalist:

LIMITING YOUR SEARCH
You may also limit your search to a specific type of document or documents, or by date. Although you may limit
to full-text documents, be aware that very few documents in Access UN contain full-text- primarily only recent resolutions and a few meeting records.

VIEWING YOUR RESULTS
Results are presented in reverse chronological order. Click on the title to see the full record. Those with the paper symbol at left (such as #1 below) contain full-text.

To modify your search, choose Edit Search.

FINDING THE DOCUMENT
UCSB owns nearly all UN documents. With the exception of sales publications, these documents are on microfiche (1982-present) or microcard (1946"-1"981) in the Government Information Center.

HELP
For further assistance, ask at the Government Information Center, chat with us online or contact Angela Boyd, International Documents Librarian, at aboyd@library.ucsb.edu or 893 5086.

See also: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/