LibGuides: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Getting Started

General Resources for All SDGs

SDGs Website | United Nations
SDGs Goals and Indicators | United Nations
SDGs Knowledge Platform | United Nations
SDG Knowledge Hub | International Institute of Sustainable Development
The Global Goals | Project Everyone
Resources and information about the SDGs.
Global Compact | United Nations
Resources to guide companies and other stakeholders to action-oriented platforms and tools to support SDGs
The World's Largest Lesson | UNICEF/UNESCO
SDG Promotion & Education Resources

Searching for the SDGs in Library Databases

IU Indianapolis Libraries A-Z Database List
You can search almost all library databases for keywords such as "sustainable development goals," or the sdg you are interested in for example, SDG3, SDG10.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a large, multi-disciplinary database. Search for the SDG you are interested in finding all publications with that tag. For example, SDG3, SDG10.
Elsevier requires that you have an account in order to export from this database. If you do not have an account, you can create a free Elsevier account by going to https://www.mendeley.com and clicking on “Create Account.” Once you have created this account, it will work for other Elsevier products as well.

Dimensions
Dimensions is a large, multi-disciplinary database that has categorized articles by SDG. See the instructions below.

Click "Research Categories" on the right menu.
Click the dropdown menu for "Classification". Change to Sustainable Development Goals.
Select a SDG.
Add search terms to further refine the results.

Social Systems Evidence
Social Systems Evidence is a repository of syntheses/reviews of research evidence related to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Resources

These are resources for the SDGs in general, for resources specific to individual SDGs, see the individual tabs in the left-hand navigation.

Research Guides

Databases (for articles on topics related to the SDGs)

Books

Books are organized by subject. Search for your topic or keywords. If you find a relevant book, click on the subjects associated with that book to find similar books on the topic.

IUCAT
Search for books, ebooks, videos, etc across the IU system.

Reports & Multimedia

COVID-19 and the SDGs | United Nations Development Programme
How the ‘roadmap for humanity’ could be changed by a pandemic
The Goalkeepers Report (Gates Foundation)
The Global Goals (United Nations YouTube Channel)
ICTs for a Sustainable World (International Telecommunications Union)
Measuring Distance to the SDGs Targets (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Pilot Study on Measuring OECD Countries’ Starting Positions on the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024 (United Nations)
Sustainable Development Report (SDG Transformation Center)
SDG Measures at the country level.

Data and Data Visualization

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals | World Bank
Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Health-related SDGs | Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation
SDG Country Profiles | United Nations
Data visualization tool providing a snapshot of the SDG Agenda in specific countries.
Sustainable Development Goals Indicators - Global Database | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
U.S. National Statistics for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (US Office of Management and Budget)

SDGs at IU Indianapolis

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