Locating Resources

UN Documents

For journal students, this suggested order of the checklist is based on Bluebook rules that often state a preference for certain formats when citing materials. Make sure to follow the Bluebook rules or your journal’s cite checking policies. 

This suggested order is based on trying to find recreations of the print UN document online, then moving to ILL.  

1. Check UN Official Documents System
2. Check UN Digital Library
3. Use this form for ILL

Below is more explanation about the sources in the checklist above. 

UN Official Documents System

Provides access to PDF versions of United Nations documents from the Security Council, General Assembly, Economic and Social Council and subsidiary bodies, as well as administrative issuances and reports.

UN Digital Library

Provides PDF versions of UN documents from collections including:

• Resolutions and Decisions,
• Reports,
• Meeting Records,
• Draft Resolutions and Decisions,
• Draft Reports,
• Letters and Notes Verbales,
• Legal Cases and Opinions,
• Petitions,
• Administrative Issuances,
• Concluding Observations and Recommendations,
• NGO Written Statements,
• Press Releases,
• Publications,
• Speeches, and
• Treaties/Agreements.