Country Information Research Guide
Find Books | Overviews | Culture & Society | Business & Statistics | Associations & Organizations
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- Library Catalog (CLIC)
- The "Creighton Libraries Information Catalog" of books and other
materials. Use standardized subject headings to focus your search
results. For example:
[Country] -- Economic conditions
[Country] -- Economic policy
[Country] -- Education
[Country] -- Foreign relations
[Country] -- History
[Country] -- Politics and government
[Country] -- Social conditions
[Country] -- Social life and customs
Overviews by Country
- Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
- Brief profiles of the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and foreign relations of countries and other entities.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ - BBC Country Profiles
- Profiles of the history, politics, and economic background of countries
and territories. Includes audio and video clips.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/ - CIA World Factbook
- Compendium of data on the geography, people, government, economy,
communication, transportation, and military of 250+ countries. Also in
print.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html -
CountryWatch
- Provides demographic, political, economic, business, cultural, and environmental reviews, daily newswire coverage, and annual statistical data for approximately 200 countries.
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)
- Online versions of books that describe the history, society, economy,
politics, and national security of 101 countries worldwide (1988-1998). Also
in
print.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html -
EuropaWorld
- Directory of 250+ countries with statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, industry, finance, trade, transportation, media, and education.
- Political Handbook of the World
- Profiles political conditions, political parties, historical context, and
intergovernmental organizations for countries of the world.
Reference JF 37 .P6 (year) - Portals to the World
- "Links to electronic resources from around the world" maintained by the
Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html -
Statesman's Yearbook
- Includes history, city profiles, social statistics, climate, leaders and elections, defense, international relations, economy, energy and natural resources, industry and trade. Also in print.
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World Education Encyclopedia
- A survey of educational systems worldwide.
Culture & Society
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ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
- Includes a series of ebooks on the "Culture and Customs" of countries in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
- Countries and Their Cultures
- Profiles 200+ countries, including ethnic relations, food and economy,
social stratification, social welfare, gender, family, religion, and arts.
Reference GN 307 C68 2001 (4 vols.) - CultureGrams
- Profiles the national characteristics, general attitudes, manners, and
customs of countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania
(volumes 1-4).
Reference GT 150 C85 2004 -
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Anthropology
- Includes the Encyclopedia of World Cultures and
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.
- World Digital Library
- Significant primary materials that represent the culture of countries
around the world. Sponsored by UNESCO and the Library of Congress.
http://www.wdl.org
Business & Statistics
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Business Source Premier: Country Reports
- Includes country reviews, economic studies, and marketing reports for individual countries in PDF or HTML format.
- Doing Business
- "Provides objective measures of business regulations and their
enforcement across 183 economies."
http://www.doingbusiness.org/ - GLIN: Global Legal Information Network
- Official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other legal
sources contributed by governmental agencies and international
organizations.
http://www.glin.gov - International Monetary Fund Yearbooks
- Annual statistics by country, in print form. View library catalog (CLIC)
records:
Balance of Payments Statistics, Reference HG 3882 .B34 (year)
Direction of Trade Statistics, Reference HF 91 .I65 (year)
Government Finance Statistics, Reference HJ 101 .G68 (year)
International Financial Statistics, Reference HG 61 .I57 (year) - Nationmaster.com
- A clearing house of U.S. and international statistics organized by
topic and country, drawn from federal government sources, the UN, and
others.
http://www.nationmaster.com/statistics - OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
- Developed by the University of Auckland, New Zealand; this site
offers a centralized collection of links to free, official statistics
resources.
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/ -
World Development Indicators Online
- Data from the World Bank on the economy, health, education, welfare, environment, business, and technology of more than 150 developing nations.
Associations & Organizations
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- http://www.oas.org/
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
http://www.unesco.org/ - United Nations
- http://www.unsystem.org/
- World Bank
- http://www.worldbank.org/
