What is the ODS?
The United Nations ODS is a storage and retrieval system for United Nations documents that permits high-speed transmission of such documents through telecommunications links. The System includes a total of 300,000 documents produced in New York beginning in 1993; documents produced in Geneva, as well as, all resolutions and decisions in all official languages of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council from 1946.
How are the documents indexed?
The indexing of documents is based on the relevant bibliographic data which appear on the first page of each parliamentary document: The symbol (s), language, UN body or subsidiary body, session or meeting, agenda item number, date, title, and personal/corporate/conference name using entries contained in the UNBIS Authority File. Documents are also indexed by subject using descriptors from the UNBIS Thesaurus.
How much does this service cost?
| For Profit (commercial rate): |
US$ 300/month or US$ 2,250.00/year |
| Not-for-profit (academic rate): |
US$ 120/month or US$ 1,250.00/year |
| Government: |
US$ 100/month or US$1,125.00/year |
| NGOs: |
US$ 100/month or US$ 1,125.00/year |
| Depository Libraries: |
US$ 100/month or US$ 1,125.00/year |
| Additional passwords may be purchased at 50% of the subscription rate per year |
How is the ODS accessed?
The ODS is available 23 hours daily, seven days a week. It is accessible to subscribers from any personal computer with access to the Internet. When subscription payment is confirmed, an ODS password, which permits access to the service, is sent via e-mail.
Visit the ODS web-site
User's Manual and Help Desk
A Help Desk and a User's Manual will be provided to all ODS subscribers.
Documents Research tool: UN-I-QUE
This new database is an electronic research tool that serves as a guide to symbols/sales numbers of tens of thousands of selected documents and publications from 1946 to the present. It was created by the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library to respond quickly to frequently asked questions and complements the search process when accessing documents in the ODS.
Click here for the UN-I-QUE database.
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