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Dag Hammarskjöld Library

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Dag Hammarskjöld Library - DHL - is the central library at UN Headquarters in New York. It serves as an information centre for delegates and UN officials as well as researchers and others with an interest in UN matters. It is the main library for the network of UN libraries around the world.

Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL) - was dedicated in 1961 according to General Assembly resolution 1625 (XI) to honour the late Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who actively worked for the creation of
a central UN library.

Documentation

The official web site of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library contains information about the library collections and catalogues, links to UN databases and information resources, web portals to UN and depository libraries, and an extensive biography on Dag Hammarskjöld. 

Databases and Indexes

Dag Hammarskjöld Library indexes all UN documents and issues biographies, indexes and information resources:

UNBISnet - United Nations Bibliographic Information System - is a catalogue of UN documents and publications indexed by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the UN Office at Geneva. Contains references to all UN documents from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years in the official UN languages. Includes some non-UN sources. Contains all resolutions from the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council as well as voting records and index to speeches. 

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has developed the web searching tutorial How to Find a UN Document Using Document Symbol published at the library web site under section Dag Hammarskjöld Library Training.

An overview of UN documentation is contained in the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide, posted at
the UN official web site. 

Printed Indexes

United Nations Documents Index - a printed index for all UN documents and publications. The documents are filed according to symbols, and subject, author and title indexes are included. It has been issued since 1950 and nowadays it is published quarterly. A complete collection of indexes is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
 
Indexes to all meetings of the main organs are published as  Index to Proceedings of ...the General Assembly, ...the Security Council, ...the Economic and Social Council. ...the Trusteeship Council.  A complete collection of indexes is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
 
 
UNBIS Thesaurus contains the authorized terminology for subject terms used in UN documents and materials. The multilingual thesaurus can be accessed online through the UN official web site.
 
United Nations Document Series Symbols, 1946-1996 is a detailed guide to the UN documents symbols. 

Text: Gunnel Torén | Dag Hammarskjöld Library | Latest update: 24/08/2011