UNBISnet -- Index to Speeches -- Keyword Search

6 keyword indexes are listed in this page. Click to view Keyword Indexes, Search Examples and Search Tips

To start a keyword search

  1. Click the New Keyword Search link below the Index To Speeches tab.

  2. Choose the search index that you want to use from one or more of the Search By drop-down lists.

  3. Enter a search term in the field that corresponds to the search index you selected from the Search By drop-down list.

  4. Choose the match options from the drop-down list.

  5. If you are searching by multiple criteria, choose the Or, And, or Not operators from the drop-down lists. (These operators let you include or exclude certain criteria from your search.)

    6. Tip:  You can also search for items using "wildcard" symbols. A wildcard is a symbol that represents a group of unknown search criteria.

    If you do not know the exact term you want to search for, you may be able to enter part of a word followed by a wildcard symbol. The wildcard symbols are: a question mark (?) representing one unknown letter, an asterisk (*) representing one or more unknown letters.

    Example 1: "SPV399?" will give you 10 records, including "S/PV/3990" to "S/PV/3999", while "SPV3*" will give you all the meeting records starting with "S/PV/3..."

    Example 2: if you wanted to search for all the speakers whose last name begins with the prefix "steven", you would enter "steven*" as the search criteria. Information Portal would return results from authors named "Stevens", "Stevenson", "Stevensen", etc.

  6. If you want to use a pre-defined limit, choose a limiting option from the Limits drop-down list. (You can choose multiple limits by holding down CTRL and clicking each limit that you want to use.)

  7. You can define your own limit on speech date (action date). Choose a  Year of Speech and operator, then enter the 4-digit year under User Defined Limits.

  8. Choose the sorting option that you want from the Sorting drop-down list.

  9. Click Go.

UNBISnet returns a list of results based on the search criteria you entered. For more information on how to understand your search results, see Interpreting your search results.

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Keyword Indexes, Search Examples and Search Tips

  1. Meeting Record Symbol
  2. Speaker
  3. Country/Organization
  4. Subject
  5. Speech Date
  6. Bib No.

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Keyword Indexes, Search Examples and Search Tips

  1. Meeting Record Symbol
    2.
    UN Document Symbols, Meeting Record Symbols and Issuing Body and Session numbers in speech records. Agenda Document Symbols are also included in this index.

    Quick Tips: Input the Document Symbol as a Keyword Search String:
    To make the Document Symbol keyword search easier, UNBISnet indexes the symbols by dropping all the punctuation marks in the symbol string. For example: A/57/PV.62 --> A57PV62

    Examples:
    A57* - To find speeches made in General Assembly in its 57th session.
    s57* - To find speeches made in Security Council in its 57th session.

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  2. Speaker

    3. All or a part of the name of a person who spoke before a General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council or Trusteeship Council.

    Examples:
    mandela - To find citations to speeches made by Nelson Mandela.

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  3. Country/Organization

    4. Words from the names of countries or organizations that may speak before a General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council or Trusteeship Council.

    Examples:
    china - To find citations to speeches made by China.

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  4. Subject
    5.
    Words from the agenda subject fields in speech records.

    Examples:
    terrorism - To find speeches made in UN on terrorism issue.

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  5. Speech Date
    6.
    Keyword search of action date field, which could be different from the publication date of the document. The format of the action date is "YYYYMMDD". For example: 20021001 represents October 1st, 2002.

    Vote Date is usually combined with other keyword search to provide a limit on the date.

    Quick Tips:
    Numbers may be truncated.
    for example: 2002* will retrieve all records with the action date falling into the year 2002.

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  6. Bib No.
    7.
    Bib number is system generated number, which is not duplicated. It is a quick tool for the librarians to locate a specific record.

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