Useful Web Sites On Countries Of the World

CIA World Factbook - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

• Description: Country profiles based on information gathered by the National Intellegence Service. Topics include geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Encyclopaedia of the Orient - http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

• Description: Deals with North Africa, the Middle East, and their cultures. Has definitions of religious terms from Islam, Zoroastrianism, Babism, and the Mandean religion.
• Appropriate to course or program: HST157
• [Reviewed by: College and Research Libraries News, p. 812]

Foreign Government Resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html

• Description: A treasurehouse of documents from foreign governments and international agencies, full of statistics on individual foreign countries and of international statistics generally.
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• [Reviewed by: Staff, Oct. 1998]

INCORE internet country guides - http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

• Description: Provides scholarly and news information on ethnic conflicts in Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Ireland, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro, Russia, Chechnya, Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Sindh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, East Timor, Myanmar (Burma), Colombia. (Others may be added.) Each country's guide includes an annotated list leading to virtual libraries, topical Web sites and reports, news sources, maps, and relevant research articles.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1352]

Library of Congress / Area Handbook Series - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

• Description: Online version of books in the Country Studies series; area handbooks for 85 countries of the world. Information on culture, history, politics, etc.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1450]

Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC) at University of Texas - http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/

• Description: A beautifully-organized and comprehensive site with info on culture, archeology, history, geography, and more.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, November, 1999]

Organization of American States (OAS) - http://www.oas.org/

• Description: Information about OAS as well as its member states. Topics include: development; democracy; human rights; trade; environment; education; drugs; corruption; poverty; land mines. Accessible in both English and Spanish (con conexión a la página principal de la Organización de los Estados Americanos en Español. Temas incluyen desarrollo integral; democracía; derechos humanos; comercio; medio ambiente; educacíon; drogas; corrupción; pobreza; desminado).
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April, 1998, p. 1450]

Political database of the Americas - http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/

• Description: A comprehensive resource of current primary source documents and political information about Western Hemisphere politics. Base de Datos Políticos de las Americas, con una conexión a una página principal en Español. Una recopilación de información documental y estadística sobre los 35 países del continente.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Feb. 1998, p. 978]

Portals to the World - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

• Description: "Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.."
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United Nations Home Page - http://www.un.org/

• Description: Contains search engine for UN press releases, General Assembly documents, Security Council Resolutions, etc. Database subjects include treaties, relief, land mines, statistics & indicators, etc. To find agencies of the UN, most with their own search engines, click on "UN Around the World." Con conexión a la página principal de las Naciones Unidas en Español.
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See also Geography & Maps

See also Penn World Tables for statistics on 152 countries.

For cultural information, see also Anthropology