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UNTERM: UN Multilingual
Terminology Database |
UN
Correspondence Manual |
UNTERM
is a multilingual terminology database which provides United Nations
nomenclature and special terms in all six official UN languages. |
A
guide to the drafting, processing and dispatch of official United
Nations communications. |
UNBIS
Thesaurus |
OECD
Macrothesaurus |
The multilingual UNBIS
Thesaurus contains the terminology used in subject analysis of
documents and other materials relevant to UN programmes and
activities. |
Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and Social Development. Html version is available at http://168.96.200.17/ar/oecd-macroth/ |
Chicago Manual of Style Online |
This is editorial
guidelines presented by the University of Chicago. Some of the features
include:
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Encyclopaedia
Britannica Online
Academic Edition |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Online Academic Edition is the only encyclopaedia the UNU Library
subscribes as the most useful and authoritative English encyclopaedia
for the UNU Community. Additional features include World Data, Notable
Quotations, and Gateway to the Classics. Classics accessible by
author. Britannica quick reference guide
in PDF is available. |
Yearbook
of International Organizations |
This database provides
the most extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations
available today and contains entries on 60,000 civil society organizations in 300 countries and territories, in every field of human endeavour. The Yearbook also has a bibliographic dimension documenting international organizations’ publications and biographical dimension documenting executives’ biographies. |
Oxford English Dictionary Online |
The OED provides
authoritative definitions of over 500,000
words. It traces the usage of words from their first recorded occurence
to the modern period through 2.5 million quotations from a wide rang of
international language sources. It also offers the best in etymological
analysis and detailed listings of variant spellings. OED quick reference guide in PDF is
available. *Note: For
drafting and editing UN documents and publications, the authority for
spelling and hyphenation in the United Nations is the 11th edition of
the Concise Oxford English Dictionary published in 2004. Refer to "Editorial
directive" dated 16 March 2005. |
Collection of Laws for Electronic
Access (CLEA) |
The Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)
database provides access to intellectual property legislation from a
wide range of countries and regions as well as to treaties on
intellectual property. This service is provided by WIPO. |
Japanese
Law Translation |
Promoting the
translation of Japanese laws and regulations into foreign languages,
this database system was created by the Japanese Ministry of Justice,
which was based on the decision by the Task Force on Judicial Reform
for the Cabinat in November 2004. |
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