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CQ Researcher Online
Comprehensive, non-biased reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia
This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
A collection of 25 reference books and encyclopedias in electronic format.
Newspaper Source
Newspaper Source provides selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
World Data Analyst
Statistical portraits and tools for making comparative charts and tables of countries.
BBC News World Edition: Country Profiles
These country profiles provide a guide to news, history, politics, event timelines, and economic background. Presents country overviews, basic facts, Web links, and details on leaders and media. Includes news stories and audio and video clips from the BBC archives.
Countries and Regions
List of links by country and region provided by the U.S. State Department.
Country Studies / Area Handbook
Covering 92 countries, this searchable and browseable site presents "a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors." Capable of boolean searches combining name of country and topic or subject. This is a great site for those who need an overview of a country.
CountryReports.com
Countries with their Anthems, Flags, Maps, History, Weather, Geography, Government and Economic Information. Links to flags of the world, national anthems, etc.
Europa
The European Union's server. Access to press releases from the EU institutions, the calendar of upcoming events, the official ecu rates, the latest statistics and other news services. Contains basic information on the EU: citizens rights, key issues such as the euro and employment; access to official documents, legal texts, publications and databases, and souces of information. Links to the home pages of EU institutions. Access by subject to legal instruments in force, legislative activity in progress, implementation of common policies, EU grants and loans, statistics and publications.
International Programs Center, US Bureau of the Census
Need current information on the world's population? You'll find it here. IPC assists in the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of statistics with counterpart governments throughout the world. Provides access ot the International Data Base and the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base.
Official Government Web Pages by Country
Links to official government web pages by country and also includes a list of links to supranational Websites such as NATO, United Nations, and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
State & Country QuickFacts
Provides frequently requested Census Bureau Information at the national, state, and county level in the United States.
UNCJIN / Countries of the World
Includes general information on countries, maps of the world, and Human Rights Reports from the US Department of State.
World Factbook
Full-text, current edition only. Information drawn from many government agencies about each country in the world. |
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