Upon request, the General Reference Desk can electronically provide daily, customized desktop delivery of global news and information extracted from the on-line services to which it subscribes. The General Reference Desk offers on-line searches of the multiple databases to which it subscribes. Because of the costs involved as well as the controlled vocabularies necessary to use these services, these searches are mediated by General Reference librarians. Public Internet Workstations Seven workstations in the General Reference Reading Room are reserved for Internet access.
Service is on a first come, first serve basis.
This course is open only to delegates and staff of Permanent Missions and Secretariat staff. For information, please call ext. These materials are collected with the aim of achieving a balance of national and linguistic coverage, and to represent different points of view. The Reference Collection also includes basic works in international relations such as the texts of constitutions, treaties and conventions and other legislative instruments. The Library receives more than 10,000 periodical titles and 140 newspapers from numerous Member States.