The UNRIC Reference Library has direct access to the “Official Documents System of the United Nations (ODS)”. The Official Document System (ODS) is an online database of UN documents that was first launched in 1993 and updated in 2016. ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents.

A selection of further UN databases in a wide area of subjects are available below: