1. Political Studies 298.3 United Nations & Global Governance Research Strategies October 3, 2013 Angie Gerrard & Darlene Fichter angie.gerrard@usask.caangie.gerrard@usask.ca & darlene.fichter@usask.cadarlene.fichter@usask.ca Photo by Spiff Spiff Creative CommonsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0

2. What We’ll Do Today  Learn how to find United Nations official documents including General Assembly’s Resolutions Speeches Voting record  Strategies and useful sources to help prepare position papers for a particular country And today only, we will

3. A. Do an Interpretative Dance B. Perform Slam Poetry C. Participate in class D. All of the Above

4. Political Studies Research Guide > Courses > United Nations & Global Governance http://libguides.usask.ca/politicalstudies

5. Research Strategies & Your Assignment Prepare to participate in a Model UN about a contemporary global issue (TBD) by researching: The Issue Your country and its position

6. Researching Global Issues  Climate Change  Poverty  Refugees  Peacekeeping What would you do first? Photo by HTYLLHTYLL Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

7. Get a handle on the issue  Is it covered in your textbook, lecture or assigned reading? Google? USearch? Library Encyclopedia? Wikipedia?

8. Start here

9. Let’s Dig Deeper Topic: Forced marriage Does the UN have any resolutions regarding forced marriages of children What words would you search? Photo by Artbandito Artbandito Creative Commons CC-BY-ND

10.  Specialized terminology “UN Speak”  Increase your chances of finding a useful result and discovering the “preferred term(s)” Brainstorm Keywords BRB F2T AFAIK

11. Tips  Synonyms  Related concepts  More specific terms  More general terms  Popular terms; scholarly terms  Use Roget’s Thesaurus thesaurus.comthesaurus.com  UN Library Thesaurus UN Library Thesaurus Pair up and generate more keywords for the “force marriage”.

12. Dive In – The Art of Pearling  UNBISnet http://unbisnet.un.org/http://unbisnet.un.org/ Search by Keyword Photo by Kuwait-Ra'ed QutenaKuwait-Ra'ed Qutena Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2

14. Database Tips  Read the scope notes  Check for a thesaurus  Try “pearling” Credit: Martouf, 2 April 2010 Copyright: Wikimedia Commons..

15. Finding Country Information  Political Studies Subject Guide > International Relations > Country Information

16.  Draft resolutions sponsored  Voting Record  Speeches Where to look: Member States page UN Member States: On the Record (pre-set searches) Index to Speeches & Voting Records Finding Country Activity @ UN

17. What if you find nothing? Photo by Ross Griff Ross Griff

18. Piece it together History Related issues Political allies Other organizations Photo by Paul Reynolds Creative Commons CC-BY 2.0

19. Angie Gerrard angie.gerrard@usask.ca Political Science Librarian Darlene Fichter darlene.fichter@usask.ca Government Info Librarian Comments & Questions? Photo by bibliothekarin bibliothekarin Creative Commons CC BY 2.0