MS: Model United Nations (MUN)

Plan for researching your topic:

1. Review any documentation you have received from or has been posted to the website of the conference you will be attending. 
2. Look at the links posted below for your topic.
3. Go to the committee homepage of your committee and look for a Documents link.  Review any documents concerning your topic. 
4. Review the UN Global Issues page concerning your topic. 
5. Review the speeches of your country about your topic, using the UN Digital Library,
6.  Use Google.  Often you can find results if you search for your topic plus the word UN. When you find a page discussing your topic, look for mentions of your country or any organizations that it is a member of.  This often works better than searching for your topic plus the name of your country. 
7. Don't *ever* pay for a journal article! If you run into a resource that you'd like to access and can't, please email the librarians. We have many sources for journals and books - including InterLibrary Loan

All of these sites are trustworthy, reliable places to look for information and statistics about your country:

• CIA World Factbook
• CIA World Factbook: Executive Branch (lists of world leaders)
• U.S. State Department Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets 
• U.S. State Department Policy Issues
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• U.S. Census Bureau International Database (world population projections)
• Coface Economic Studies & Risk Assessments
• International Resources by Region (list compiled by Northwestern University - some of the links are defunct, but the guide still contains good resources)
• International Resources by Theme (list compiled by Northwestern University - some of the links are defunct, but the guide still contains good resources)
• International Institute for Strategic Studies
• World Bank Open Data