D-6 Beyond the Walls of the United Nations: Exploring U.N. Databases

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Monday, July 27 - 8:45am - 9:45am
Location: 
WCC-Room 152 AB
Target Audience: 
Librarians who are both familiar and unfamiliar with the databases of the United Nations
Learning Outcomes: 
1) Participants will be able to demonstrate the use of the United Nations’ databases to respond to various types of reference questions.
2) Participants will be able to identify and describe new United Nations databases.

United Nations documentation contains a wealth of information about global concerns and international law issues. Legal information is constantly changing and the importance of timely and accurate information is imperative in the field of law. Understanding how to navigate the abundance of information made available in the United Nations sources, including the United Nations Official Document System (ODS), the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet) and the United Nations Info Quest (UN-I-Que) can only enhance a librarian’s ability to retrieve information and, therefore, supply patrons with fast, comprehensive and accurate information. Many librarians are aware of the amount of information on the United Nations web site but are unfamiliar with how to locate and search these databases. Librarians from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library will demonstrate different searching techniques and will also identify and describe new U.N. databases.

Speaker(s): 
Rosemary LaSala, Coordinator and Moderator, St. John’s University School of Law, Rittenberg Law Library
Susan Kurtas, United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Maria Paniagua, United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld Library