Model United Nations Web Sites

ProQuest now includes Ethnic NewsWatch and Alt-Press Watch databases. You may limit your search to these specific databases. Use the country name and issue as keywords, for example: Nigeria and "human rights" Newest articles are listed first.
Europa World Year Book. Cannell Library has the 2004 edition (sorry, print only, not available online)
Call number: Ref JN1 .ZE855 2004. The 2005 edition is available at WSU-Vancouver. Photocopy the chapters for Paraguay and Nigeria and take them with you!
US Department of State: Nigeria (updated August 2005), Paraguay (Updated September 2005)
African Studies: Nigeria. Follow link to sources such as Nigeria, Politics and Human Rights to find press releases, reports, briefing papers, etc.
NEPAD: The New Partnership for Africa's Development.
nationmaster.com. Includes profile information, but the bonus is the "Make Your Own Graph" feature at the top of the page. Allows you to create a graph comparing many types of statistics with one or more other countries.
Electionworld.org. Elections around the world.
BBC Country Profiles. Thorough details cover history, politics and ecomonic background; includes video and audio clips. After you select a country, be sure to follow the links on the right side of the screen.
Current History: A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs. This print journal is shelved in the periodicals stacks. In the back of each issue is the month in review by country.

Use the Online Catalog to locate books. For more precise searches, use Subject Search with terms from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (red books).

Reference books are located in the reference collection, on the first floor of Cannell Library, unless otherwise noted.

Constitutions of the World: Call number: Ref K 3157 .E5 M33 1995
Provides excerpts and histories of the constitutions 80 countries. Check out the comparative table on pages xvi-xxi.


Encyclopedia of the European Union: Call number: Ref JN 30 .E52 2000

Europa World Year Book, 2003: Call number: Reference JN 1 .E855 2003 ( 2 vols.)
This book is the one with the great background information and up-to-date statistics about each country.

Historic Documents Series: Call number: Ref E 839.5 .H57 2000 (latest). Published annually, each volume includes reports, speeches, court decisions, statements, and other documents of significance, both U.S. and international.

Facts on File: World News Digest: Call number: Reference, Index Shelves
Summary of articles from 70 major U.S. and international newspapers. Updated weekly.

Treaties and Alliances of the World: Call number: Ref JX 4005 .T72 1986
Includes treaties and agreements up to 1986, mostly takes from Keesing;s Contemporary Archives.

Amnesty International: Report 2001: Call number: Ref HV 6254 .A45 2001

Encyclopedia of Human Rights: Call number: Ref JC 571 .E67 1996

Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945: Call number: Ref JC 571 .571 .L2747 1999

Human Rights: A Reference Handbook, 2nd edition: Call number: Ref K 3240.4 .W46 1998
Includes the history (from 1941) and an overview, current human rights issues, a chronology of events, organizations, selected human rights documents, and a bibliography.

Human Rights Documents: Call number: Ref K 3238 .H853 1983
From the Foreward: "This compilation of human rights materials assembles the provisions in current U.S. laws relating to human rights, the texts of key international human rights instruments adopted by the United Nations, by regional organizations, and the International Red Cross Conferences."

Human Rights: The Essential Reference: Call number: Ref K 3240.5 .H847 1999
Scope includes an overview of Human Rights prior to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as contemporary issues, biographies, organizations, etc.

United Nations (General Info and Publications)

Basic Facts About the United Nations (Ref JX 197.2 .U5 B28 2000): Abbreviated edition of the 2000 edition is available on the web, Basic Facts About the United Nations 2000

Everyman's United Nation (Ref JX 1977 .A37 E9 1968): Subheading: A Complete Handbook of the Activities and Evolution of the United Nations During it's First Twenty Years. 1945-1965

Human Development Report 2003 (Ref HD72 .H85 2003): Latest edition is available online, Human Development Report 2004.

The Law of the Sea: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Call number: Ref JX 4421 .L38 1983

The State of the World's Children (Ref HQ792.2 .S73 2004 ): Full text online, State of the World's Children 2000,2001, and 2002.
World Health Report: Call number: Ref RA 8 .A265 2000
Library also has 1998 edition. The full text is also online, World Health Report 2002 (Reports available online from 1995)

Careers in International Affairs (Ref JZ 1238 .U6 C37 1997)
Chronological History of United States Foreign Relations: 1776-1981 (Ref E 183.7 .B745 1985)
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy (Call number: Ref E 183.7 .E52 2002)
Foreign Counsular Offices in the United State (Ref JX 1705 .Z28 2001 Fall/Winter)
The International Relations Dictionary (Ref JX 1226 .P55 1988)
Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts: Guide for Business Representatives (Call number: JX 1705 .A255 1995)
The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations (Call number: Ref JZ 1161 .E94 1998)

Use EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier or ProQuest to locate articles. (ProQuest has full text for local newspapers plus the current three years of the New York Times.)