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BBC
News: Country Profiles Provides
concise information on countries, territories,
and selected international organizations.
CountryWatch
An online subscription database providing
the latest information about countries
around the world.
In
the search box above, enter the name of
a country or a global issue you would
like to research and click the search
button. Global
Issues in Context, a database published
by Gale Cengage, includes a browsable
list of current topics on global issues
providing full text from a variety of
sources, including news, reference books,
magazines, journals and more. Geographic
regions can also be browsed.
InfoNation
Contains geographical, economic, demographic, and
social indicators data for all 185 UN member countries.
Convenient and easily navigable.
Library
of Congress Country Studies A continuing
series of books prepared by the Federal Research
Division of the Library of Congress... This
on-line series presently contains studies of 85
countries. The Hermann Memorial Library has
many of these titles in paper format in the Reference
Collection as well.
Nations
of the World: (Nations and Associated
Jurisdictions) From the Law
Library of Congress, this site has links
to legislative and legal branches of
governments of the world.
The
Statesman's Yearbook Online 2009
Available only on-campus. This
is the fully searchable electronic version
of this indispensible reference book.
The paper version is on Ready Reference.
World
Factbook A collection
of country profiles compiled by the
Central Intelligence Agency. Includes
maps and a formatted profile of the
geography, demographics, vital statistics,
economic indicators, etc., but no histories
of each country.
Worldmark
Encyclopedia of the Nations From
Gale Thomson Corp., this online encyclopedia
has essential facts about countries
of the world.
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